tiger barbs and other barbs

[The-Wolf]

hi, this has proberbly been asked before (countless times) but I'm asking anyway

I'm setting up a barb only tank 40"x 19"x 19",
this comes with two trickle filters that use bio balls and sponges
I'll also be adding an eheim classic 2213 cannister.
I'll be using live plants and sand as a substrate.

I'm thinking of 4 tigers, 4 green tigers and 4 albino tigers for a
start (not all at once).
so the question is what other species of barb would be ok with them?

 

[sylvia]

How big is that in gallons?

Anyways... sounds like a good idea.

Tiger barbs do ok with most any of the common barbs - cherry, checker, golden, arulius, rosy, cuming's, clown, zebra, ember, black ruby, odessa, five-banded, schuberti, half-banded, ticto, banded, walker's... Anything fast and not too small or too large should be fine IMO.

 

[Fish Buddy]

I think that is a 62.5 us gallon tank. (L*w*h*.00433=us gallon)
I think you will be fine with any species of barb as some one already said.

 

[mwm]

thats sweet get LOTS of tiger barbs!

 

[The-Wolf]

Tiger barbs do ok with most any of the common barbs - cherry, checker, golden, arulius, rosy, cuming's, clown, zebra, ember, black ruby, odessa, five-banded, schuberti, half-banded, ticto, banded, walker's... Anything fast and not too small or too large should be fine IMO.

cool just what I was looking for. thanks silvia

yes thats 62.51 us gallons of air but I think the water
volume would be around 60.

 

[Nauplii]

i like denison/dansion.. duno (sp) but i duno how big they grow

 

[gwlee7]

I'm thinking of 4 tigers, 4 green tigers and 4 albino tigers for a
start (not all at once).

Be careful about the Albino tiger barbs. I have had terrible experiences with them. I bought a total of eight from to different LFSs and they have all died. My water tests fine and all of my regular tigers are thriving. I am not the only person who keeps them to have this trouble. I'll see if I can find the thread.

You will really love tigers in a planted tank. Mine chase each other through the plants and it looks like they are going throgh a jungle.

 

[The-Wolf]

Be careful about the Albino tiger barbs. I have had terrible experiences with them. I bought a total of eight from to different LFSs and they have all died. My water tests fine and all of my regular tigers are thriving. I am not the only person who keeps them to have this trouble. I'll see if I can find the thread.

Thanks for that

 

[gwlee7]

Of course, it is doubtful that you and I get fish from the same distributor. Rocky Mount, North Carolina is a long way from England

I don't know if they have been too inbred or what over here. They were pretty but never as active and finally died off one by one. I hated it too....

I replaced each one with a regular tiger and they are all doing fine.

 

[gwlee7]

Here's the link to that thread and I was mistaken. This person was having a bad time with the green ones not the albino ones. Maybe just stick with the regular ones?? Oh , and since tigers like all levels of the tank, I moved mine to a 29 gallon so I could house some different fish in my 30 long.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=65337

 

[northpaul]

hi the red line torpedo barb looks a great fish dont think it grows to big about £12 each though