So i’m experimenting with these two species. I purchased four dwarf puffers a month ago and they were put in a 5.5 gallon for a week or two while i cycled my larger tank, I guess you could say i quarantined then in there. I have now put them in to the larger tank and... they are only tiny little guys and its a heavily planted tank so most of the time you cannot see them. I did something i’ll maybe regret, I purchased 2 albino tiger barbs, 2 green tiger barbs, and 2 regular tiger barbs. They were all labelled “small.”
When I added these fish to the aquarium they were extremely frantic and had a nip at my puffers. The puffers didn’t seem too bothered and would just sit there and let it happen, but not fight back. They’ve been in the tank now for a couple of hours and i’ve been observing them and it appears that the tigers have all lost interest in pecking the puffers. I was hoping this would happen, but in case it didn’t work out I have a tank that I could set up and put them in to.
Does this mean it’s going to work out? I have no experience keeping tiger barbs but did my research before hand. Might they live in peace but out of the blue go for one of the puffers or vice versa? There’s also 3 cherry shrimp in there with them and the tigers have decided they look like a nice snack, despite being fully grown so i guess i’m going to have to set up my other tank for them anyway .
When I added these fish to the aquarium they were extremely frantic and had a nip at my puffers. The puffers didn’t seem too bothered and would just sit there and let it happen, but not fight back. They’ve been in the tank now for a couple of hours and i’ve been observing them and it appears that the tigers have all lost interest in pecking the puffers. I was hoping this would happen, but in case it didn’t work out I have a tank that I could set up and put them in to.
Does this mean it’s going to work out? I have no experience keeping tiger barbs but did my research before hand. Might they live in peace but out of the blue go for one of the puffers or vice versa? There’s also 3 cherry shrimp in there with them and the tigers have decided they look like a nice snack, despite being fully grown so i guess i’m going to have to set up my other tank for them anyway .