tony

i want to breed some tiger barbs in a 10 gallon tank i have. i put them both in last night and woke up this morning and nothing. no suprise. i didnt expect for it to work lol. so what should i do. i kno that there are supposed to be certain water conditions and finely leaved plants, but are these absolutely necessary?? help me!! tell me what i need to do

angelfish220

Tiger barbs are an egg scatterers. You want to create places where the eggs can fall and not be able to be eaten. You want to provide a high protien food, live is best. brine shrimp would work great. Then I find that if you 'make rain' it usually gets fish to breed. basically go to the dollar store and get a plastic watering container that is ment for fish only then, whenever you do your water change, drizzle the water in from the water container.

Taku

I find that if you raise the water temp by about 4 degrees it helps too. Make sure you have a place for the eggs to fall where the adults cant get them. Barbs are notorius for eating their own eggs