Just Got 2 Tin Foil Bards In My 50 Gallon Uk What Fish Next

[samxx]

just got 2 tin foil bards in my 50 gallon UK what fish next



any ideas



thanks

 

[Fella]

http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/tinfoil.htm

You may have some trouble a bit further down the line...

 

[samxx]

why

 

[CFC]

just got 2 tin foil bards in my 50 gallon UK what fish next



any ideas



thanks

A 150 gallon tank would be my next step, that and arranging a small mortgage for their food bill

 

[samxx]

what
is the tank not biggest for them
do they eat a lot

 

[CFC]

why?

Tinfoil barbs have an adult size of about 14 inches and one of the fastest growth rates of any fish ive come across, a 3" fish can easily be a 12" fish within a year.

 

[samxx]

oh ok

what the trouble in that

 

[Fella]

Size wise, they have some in a local display tank, and they're one of the few fish I've seen not dwarfed in size by the full grown giant gourami.

They grow very big, very fast.

 

[samxx]

sorry i really not getting you ) )

do they fight when they get big or something

 

[Fella]

Well, they're not going to reach 14"in a 55 gallon tank, which means you will stunt their growth if you do not upgrade.

 

[FBF]

sorry i really not getting you ) )

do they fight when they get big or something

the point people are trying to make is that your tank isnt big enough for one of these when full size. if you cannot get them a bigger tank they will reach a size thats going to be hard to rehome. as for food nahh they dont eat that much. they make great tank mates with oscars as they will work as a clean up crew living happily on the debris

one poster advised a 150 gallon tank and id have to agree with that. didnt you research these fish before buying them?

 

[samxx]

oh right

 

[CFC]

I had 4 of these years ago, they were fine until they reached about 8 inches but then became the terrors of my tank. Their appetites became so huge that they would eat almost every scrap of food before anything else could get anything to eat, they would also chase and bully off any fish that came up in the water level to try and compete, there was no food they wouldn't eat ranging from lettuce and courgette for my plecs through to lance fish and mussels for my predatory catfish and anything else inbetween. They final straw came when one of them litterally ripped the gill cover off of my lima shovelnose in an attempt to get to a mussel it had in its mouth, all 4 tinfoils were bagged boxed and returned to the store that day.

I would only recomend these for public aquaria or very large species tanks.

 

[samxx]

oh

well just when i see them & one just started going for the other one



ok so if i return them

what should i get for my 50 g

 

[Bloo]

You can start off by telling us what you currently have in that tank ?

How long has the tank been established ?