Fighting Tigers

[Namelessthedogboy]

Hi, I have 8 tiger barbs and a RTBS , the tigers are constantly fighting amongst themselves and I was wondering how far they go. I understand that they are just sorting out their pecking order but I have 2 of a very similar size who seem to be fighting 24/7 , Will One kill the other? should i remove one from the tank?

I love these little guys and would hate to come back from work and see that one had payed the ultimate price for my ignorance.

thank in advance.

 

[Rice_slayer]

There is nothing wrong with that, they are probably fighting for who's the head of the school of barbs. Mine do it all the time but have calmed down now.

 

[millym]

hi
we've had tbs for nearly 4 years & the fighting you see is normal tb behaviour. they will fight so sort out the king for the day/week/month it settles for a little while & then will start up again.
we introduced a new teeny green tb in february to our older established pack of 5 & the teeny one turned out to be a real terror to the point where all the other tbs started hiding all day you couldnt see them anywhere. this went on for about 3 weeks until one day i spotted a stripey tb having a nose to nose with mean green. mean green appeared to lose the fight & since then is definately not king any more. & all our tbs are out & about all day as they were before.
i have never seen an injured tb from these dominance fights but i would just make sure that it doesnt seem to be one individual who is being picked on all the time ( may happen with a sick tb) its also important to have enough hiding spots (plants, ornaments etc ) so that the tbs can get away from the one being a pain.
im sure they'll be fine & you will find that mr bully will not be king forever & the tides will turn as they say.............as happened to our mean green!!!
theyre great little fish arent they. i love watching the nose to nose 'jousts' as we call them

 

[Namelessthedogboy]

Cheer's for your advice, they are really great fish to watch I've got 8 at the moment and am considering getting a few more, maybe round it up to 12.

The Jousting stopped last night and now one is so chuffed with himself if he was a chav he would be strutting! ya gotta love the little guys.