jonall
New Member
Hi looking for a little help
Today we decided that our cycle was finished and it was time to buy some fish
We decided on Green Tiger Barbs, we bought 6, Initially coming out of the bag they were all quite active and shortly after they were given a little food
5 of them seem perfectly fine but one seems very sluggish
and only when the rest swim by does he try to join them for a few seconds before giving up again, it has spent most of the time alone and upon closer inspection it seems to be much more yellow/brown round the mouth.
Any ideas what it might be and if yes should i seperate from the others at all ?
Today we decided that our cycle was finished and it was time to buy some fish
We decided on Green Tiger Barbs, we bought 6, Initially coming out of the bag they were all quite active and shortly after they were given a little food
5 of them seem perfectly fine but one seems very sluggish
and only when the rest swim by does he try to join them for a few seconds before giving up again, it has spent most of the time alone and upon closer inspection it seems to be much more yellow/brown round the mouth.Any ideas what it might be and if yes should i seperate from the others at all ?
our first attempt at buying green tigers we ended up with 3 who clearly had ich, we didnt notice it in the fish shop but noticed it whilst they were still in the plastic bag(thankfully) & took them back (didnt want to infect the other occupants of the tank obviously) our 2nd attempt wasnt much better- one of them as soon as it came out of the lfs bag sank to the bottom of the tank & obviously had a serious problem. it didnt recover so my other half euthanased it, it was quite sad - poor thing. its quite hard to check fish you buy in those bags - you dont seem to be able to see anything clearly. thankfully our 3rd attempt was much better we've got 3 green & 3 stripey tigers & have had them for about 5 months & all are well. i love them theyre such great characters 
