FrogFrenzy
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How big is your tank and the shoal of your barbs?
55 gallons with 10 barbs.
How big is your tank and the shoal of your barbs?
large shoals, space for the barbs to swim play and chase, plants and areas for other fish to hide just in case one of the barbs decides to be a bully.
I find my barbs spend their time all over the tank and like to feed off the bottom gravel, and dont bother my cory catfish or shrimps. Also feed them shell less peas and boiled zucchine and blood worms or baby brine shrimp every now and then. They love shell less peas!
Here's my barb tank, shrimps are behind the fossile tree and the cory catfish are eating of the back plants, can't see in the pic though
I had 11 tiger barbs in my 55g. I added 2 bolivian rams, an they got it pretty bad. So I took the barbs back and got 2 more rams.
My Odessa barbs are full out crazy without the aggression, slightly larger than tigers though, 3" or so..
Odessa's? I have 2 m 2 f, the females can be a bit pushy with the males, they are the largest fish in the tank but I never really see them bothering anyone else other than steamrolling during feeding..always have found them to harass most of the other fish
Odessa's? I have 2 m 2 f, the females can be a bit pushy with the males, they are the largest fish in the tank but I never really see them bothering anyone else other than steamrolling during feeding..
Keep mine at 78-79 no problems yet.I've been reading they like colder water (64-71), is this true? If so, could they be kept in 75 degree water? 75 would be a happy medium with the other troical fish.
My room mate has a school of 7 tigers with 2 angels and approx 6 danios. The tigers pick at the angels (not doing any damage) until they loss the angels off and they start chasing everything in the tank around.
Are the Cory's still active in the tiger tank? 5 days is a proof of concept that it could work but not necessarily proof in itself. Still very interesting though. I might give it a shot, I'll just make sure to have a backup tank just in case.
Beautiful tank by the way
What size tank do you have? From what I'm gathering in this thread, they seem to be less nippy and more peaceful in larger 3-4 foot aquariums.
well wouldn't you been more happy in a larger environment then having to sit next to something tempting in a small environment xD hehehe
Anyways hope you find your solution and get barbs, they are simply awesome! Love them so much that i am thinking to put them in my bigger tank and add more LOL! (bigger tank is my new tank which has 0 fish as its currently cycling.. although snails have turned up with no plants -_-...... )