Tiger Barbs

[ANIM4L]

that is true, unless i really see a good way to make it work, i mean ihave lots and lots of plants and caves and driftwood, i wll see what i can do....

 

[Grouchy]

I would recommend against getting them.

Lots of plants, driftwood, etc. provide no shelter from a TB that has the urge to nip. Really, the only fish that work with TB's are more TBs and larger more aggressive fish. My pearl gourami lasted about 3 minutes before the barbs started in.

I believe in two things: 1) every shoal of TBs has to potential to have one or more "rogue" barbs that initiate fin-nipping; which causes the rest of the shoal to join in, 2) TBs are territorial as soon as one can be established.

To successfully have TBs in a community tank you would probably have to stick with a group of six to eight initially then add them to a an environment they cannot establish dominance in. Even with such a setup you could likely have one or more fish that are just more nippy than the rest.

I have seen TBs fin nip plecos three times their size, gouramis, corys, platys, neon tetras, and recently a rainbow shark.

Again, using your existing environment I would probably recommend against TBs as you will probably have better success with other fish.

 

[ANIM4L]

that is true, i will say no to the TB's. I have had great luck with non aggressive fish, no mean fishies but i dont want to take a chance and i am sure i will get atleast one that has an attitude problem, so i guess it is a no go for TB's