Tiger and Green Barbs

[Discomafia]

Just want to know if they'll school together? Do tiger barbs or green barbs school very well anyways? How many could I keep in my 33G? (Look at profile for list of fish)

Also would like to hear any experience people have with this fish. I'm getting them in part because I know they prefer soft & acidic water and that's exactly what I have...

Also, I read that tiger barbs nip fins... Will they leave my cories alone? Can't do much to a BN pleco I assume but I'm just checking. My betta in my 33G will be moved to his own 1.5G kritter keeper once I get some fish for the tank. Waste of space IMO, looks so empty except for some plants and a few cories...

Cheers,

 

[The-Wolf]

Hi disco

my school of 15tbs(10 reg,2green,2albino) all school together.
I have cories and and they haven't touched them.

If you keep tbs in a group of 6 or more you shold haveno problems,
aggression wise.

 

[digital_run]

Yep just like wolf said they will school together....Green/Albino/Regular Tigers are just different color strains but still the same fish....They get a reputation for fin nipping when A) kept in small groups (5 or less) and B ) when kept with slower long finned fish such as Bettas/ Gouramis etc....They do best in a tank that has cover/plants on the outside and an open swimming space in the middle...They do not cope well with high Nitrite/Nitrate levels and seem to prosper with frequent small water changes..HIH a little.

 

[Discomafia]

Just what I wanted to hear. Probably going to get 8... Do they school tightly? Any other suggestions on what I could keep in there as well? Thanks for the input guys!

 

[digital_run]

Yea there great together.... They always look like a pack of hooligans....the best part about introducing a new school of Tigers is watching the little dominance dances they do...This is two of the Lip locked and flared spinning in a circle....These little "dances" are perfectly normal and no one ever gets hurt...such a blast...Mine dont do it anymore because they know whos boss. You'll like having them...colorful and active and always hungry.

8 is a perfect number...You going to mix it up and get a few Greens? Like 5 and 3...Have you seen the albino form yet..Im not to big on Albino anything so i strayed away from them....They school fairly tightly but will spend time on their own looking for food but never too far away from others. A BN would be good...Or a dwarf NW like Keyholes or Rams.

Ðigital

 

[Discomafia]

Yea, I was already planning to get a BN pleco for algae... I've got two pieces of driftwood on either sides of the tank and plenty of swimming space in the middle, plus a lot of plants for them to ahve fun in... Probably going to mix half and half, although I've not seen the albino variety before.

 

[digital_run]

They actually look ok in this pic...still not my thing though.

 

[Discomafia]

They actually look ok in this pic...still not my thing though.

Yea, I'm with ya on this one...

 

[chris_1127]

my mixed (green, regular, albino) shoal of tigers also school together with my black ruby barbs. tho the black rubies are a bit more "nervy" than the tigers. Except at feeding time - which is just a mad frenzy from all of them!!

 

[flash]

YOu'll love your Tigers.. they've got great character. I started with 3 Tiger and 3 green. THe green ones unfortuately died from some sort of muscle wasting disease. Got more tigers to replace them.... then got more... and more... got kinda addicted.

Ash

 

[leafs]

I have 8 regular and 6 green Tigers and I love the way the greens contrast with the regular Tigers. They all like mix together nicely. I'm not too crazy about the albino's either. Like digital_run said, they don't do well if nitrites and nitrates are high. I lost a few a while back due to high nitrate levels. I've added some plants now and it helps keep the nitrate level low.

 

[millym]

hi we started with 3 tigers & 3 green tigers when we first got barbs & they always hung together, i dont think the greenies actually know theyre green if you know what i mean . they spend a large part of the day hanging together, & then some time by themselves pottering around. ours make us laugh by doing what we call the 'tank patrol' every am & pm swimming in a tight little group round & about the tank - just checking out whats happening in their world. they also everynow & again have little fights where 2 of them ( sometimes a 3rd tries to join in ) spin madly back & forth nose to nose dorsal fins up at 'full sail',, hillarious to watch, its a fight to see whos going to be king for the day ( we think!). they also have times where they swim madly in a tight little group against our filter current, makes me laugh as they take turns at being leader in the formation & then the leader will peel off to the back of the pack & let someone else have a go theyre fantastic fish & we'd have loads more if we had room. sadly we lost 2 of our original greens a while ago ( dropsy ) & now have 5 tigers & one green, mr green hangs with the stripey ones all the time & we are definitley going to get another green or 2 as soon as we can. our original tigers we've had for going on 4 years now & we love them they remind me of naughty teenagers the way they behave
ours are actually in quite hard water (pH around 7.8 - london tap stuff) but seem quite happy, but as said they dont like nitrite (does any fish ) & will start floating nose down with nitrite in the tank ( although they park nose down at nighttime when sleeping too)
we've had ours with peppered corys for nearly 4 years & they never bother the corys in fact never have bothered any of our other fish at all, but you do need at least 6 as said - that way theyre too busy creating mischief amongst themselves to bother with any tankmates) see my signature ot see who else shares our tigers world.