So here’s a question…. I’m my 75 gal, I have 14 (give or take 1) Tiger barbs (along with some other fish). They seem healthy, they all have an appetite, the come up for food on command, and eat like there’s no tomorrow. No aggression issues in the tank. But they aren’t exactly “active”. By that I mean they will go through periods of being active (when fed obviously and also initially when I turn on and off the light (or turn it to night mode/black light led).
I wondered if the water parameters were off, doesn’t appear to be. The results read as follows:
Ammonia 0 PPM
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 0 ppm
PH at 6.0
Literally just tested that about 20 minutes ago. The only one that I could think maybe the PH being a 6.0? But I’m pretty sure they’re normally fine between a range of 6-8 on PH. And the fact that everyone else in the tank appears very active, I’m fairly sure it’s not a water parameter thing?
And when I say inactive… they aren’t just sitting in one spot floating there all day. They kinda just seem to hang out where the majority of cover is on each end of the tank. They’ll venture out from time to time, but in no means are they zipping across the tank. Could they somehow be timid of the other fish in the tank? The tigers should be the most aggressive fish I have in there (if you believe that they’re semi aggressive, I personally have not experienced this). Their tank mates are:
5 giant Danios
5 neon rosy barbs
8 neon tetras (who like to hide from the larger fish)
3 Buenos Aires Tetras
2 honey Gourami
5 false rummy nose tetras
Curious as to what you guys think?
I wondered if the water parameters were off, doesn’t appear to be. The results read as follows:
Ammonia 0 PPM
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 0 ppm
PH at 6.0
Literally just tested that about 20 minutes ago. The only one that I could think maybe the PH being a 6.0? But I’m pretty sure they’re normally fine between a range of 6-8 on PH. And the fact that everyone else in the tank appears very active, I’m fairly sure it’s not a water parameter thing?
And when I say inactive… they aren’t just sitting in one spot floating there all day. They kinda just seem to hang out where the majority of cover is on each end of the tank. They’ll venture out from time to time, but in no means are they zipping across the tank. Could they somehow be timid of the other fish in the tank? The tigers should be the most aggressive fish I have in there (if you believe that they’re semi aggressive, I personally have not experienced this). Their tank mates are:
5 giant Danios
5 neon rosy barbs
8 neon tetras (who like to hide from the larger fish)
3 Buenos Aires Tetras
2 honey Gourami
5 false rummy nose tetras
Curious as to what you guys think?