x leper x

hi all,

im going to buy a trigon 190 tank, my friend is very experienced and is going to guide me through the tank cycling process and adding new fish to tank process, however we have different tastes regarding fish. He has a cichlid only species tank, i would like to have 7+ tiger barbs and a red tailed shark and some other fish that will compliment both.

Can i please have some advice on some suitable tankmates ?

Many thanks
x leper x

Shawnie

welcome to fishlore!!!

that would be approx 50 us gals..and yes you could have a school of tiger barbs and a rts...

x leper x

i posted this in a different section earlier, i think it should be here !

hi all,

im going to buy a trigon 190 tank, my friend is very experienced and is going to guide me through the tank cycling process and adding new fish to tank process, however we have different tastes regarding fish. He has a cichlid only species tank, i would like to have 7+ tiger barbs and a red tailed shark and some other fish that will compliment both.

Can i please have some advice on some suitable tankmates ?

Many thanks
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Lucy

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Your threads have been merged and moved the the proper forum. It's only necessary to start one thread per question. If it's in the wrong forum, one of the mods can move it for you.

x leper x

ok, thanks lucy.

AlyeskaGirl

Welcome to fishLore!

My advice to you is to keep Tiger Barbs with other active fish of similar size. No slow moving fish like Guppies or long-finned fish like Angelfish because they tend to be nippy at times.

http://www.elmersaquarium.com/c106community5barbs.htm

x leper x

wow thats great - thanks christine

x leper x

ive checked the link(thanks again) to elmers community suggestions and i cant believe that its ok to mix tiger barbs and rts with cichlids. surely severums,convicts,kribs, keyholes etc would kill the barbs/rts. this kinda goes against everything i have read up on. does anyone have any experience of mixing barbs with cichlids?

Red1313

50 gals?
I would suggest:
1 RTS
10 Tiger Barbs
and then a school of Rainbows to add some more activity and color.
or instead of the rainbows you could add 1 paradise fish and a few more tiger barbs. The whole tank would be aggressive/semi-agressive but would be very active and interesting. Add the RTS last and the tiger barbs OR rainbows first depending on the stock you go with.

Good Luck

agabr123

i love red's suggestions! that would be a great tank!

Amanda

Tiger barbs are tought little things, and mix well with medium size cichlids. At least ones that aren't big enough to fit the TB's in their mouth.

x leper x

thanks Red1313 + amanda

i will start reading up on rainbow cichlids and other med size cichlids.

x leper x

red1313 - when you suggested a 'school of rainbows' i initially thought you meant rainbow cichlids, did you mean the cichlid type or are you referring to the australian - Boeseman's rainbowfish, Melanotaenia boesemani?

sorry to be a pain, i just want to get this right!

AlyeskaGirl

The Krib and Keyhole are a smaller and peaceful cichlid.....

Oh and yes he was talking about the Australian Rainbow...below is a link of the Rainbow fish.

http://www.elmersaquarium.com/10rainbowfish.htm

Red1313

No problem
I wasn't refering to cichlids, didn't know that there was one. Depending they might work to but I thought I read you mentioning that you wanted then cichlids.

x leper x

ok thanks everyone

i just cant decide .....

im kind of leaning toward the following

1 RTS
7 Tiger Barbs
5 Rainbows (australian)
and maybe a keyhole cichlid, kribnesis cichlid or firemouth cichlid.

do you think these fish will get along with eachother?
is my tank big enough?
is it really ok to mix fish (pH, temp,+ possible colour because of the shark) that come from africa, the americas and australasia?

Red1313

www.mongabay.com
Has a lot of really good fish profiles that talk about ph temp ect.
fish will adapt to ph kh GH ect without trouble. behaviour and temp are the key concerns...
Good Luck.

JennDFK

I'm thinking about a similar stock in my 55 gallon minus the cichlids. I don't really know anything about the cichkids in the mix... but the rest sounds great!

Goodluck... sounds like a nice tank.

Jenn

x leper x

thanks red

jenn, are you going to add anything else or will it be just the tbs,rts and rainbows

JennDFK

I'm thinking about having 6-8 rainbows (two different varieties)... a RTS... and I'm not so sure on the barbs... either tiger, rosy, or cherry. After I get things settled I might think about adding more, but I thought I'd wait to see how stocked I am. I might not even do the barbs at all... I want to see how the whole tank looks with the rts and rainbows first.

I still need to set up the tank, plant it and cycle it. I am planning on getting it going this weekend. What about you? Are you ready yet... or just in the dreaming stage?

x leper x

lol @ dreaming... i like to call it ' planning ' haha, my b'day in a few weeks and i hope to make a start around then. cant wait. although the more i read and the more good advice i receive hopefully things will go as i plan/dream!

JennDFK

Well happy early birthday! I look forward to seeing pictures once you get it up and running!