Starting Fresh With Barb Tank Advice?

[leighton_87]

I agree - you'll be fine with black ruby barbs and they are stunning fish.

I love mine

 

[Acetone]

I have 10 tigers and 9 Odessa's bit of chasing every now and again but I have no over aggression and 99% of the time they are happy with each other. Tigers can have a bad rep but if there is any bullying in my tank its from the Biggest Odessa. wish people would not blame everything on Tigers maybe there are some issue but generally they are fine

 

[leighton_87]

I have 10 tigers and 9 Odessa's bit of chasing every now and again but I have no over aggression and 99% of the time they are happy with each other. Tigers can have a bad rep but if there is any bullying in my tank its from the Biggest Odessa. wish people would not blame everything on Tigers maybe there are some issue but generally they are fine

Most of the time it's the fish keeper that's the problem and not the tigers.If they are kept in a tank that's too small, in inadequate numbers or with long finned fish then they can cause problems. Kept in the right environment in the right numbers they can be wonderful fish.

 

[Paradise3]

I have 10 tigers and 9 Odessa's bit of chasing every now and again but I have no over aggression and 99% of the time they are happy with each other. Tigers can have a bad rep but if there is any bullying in my tank its from the Biggest Odessa. wish people would not blame everything on Tigers maybe there are some issue but generally they are fine

Most of the time it's the fish keeper that's the problem and not the tigers.If they are kept in a tank that's too small, in inadequate numbers or with long finned fish then they can cause problems. Kept in the right environment in the right numbers they can be wonderful fish.

 
You can keep them in a group of 20 in a 4ft tank as stated above and they still nip... That's from mine and someone elses experience.