langman

i have a 29 g tank with 6 tiger barbs and a new albino cherry barb that i just added. when i put it in the tank with my other 3 albino cherrys they got aggresive twords it. wondering what to do?

Blub

What sex are they all? if they where 3 males they would have chased the female.

manish94

maybe your new albino cherry barb was younger and was rejected by the others

Blub

That wouldn't have been a problem. If it was, it's the first time I've ever heard of age relating to schooling behaviour.

langman

can you tell the sex of a albino cherry

Barbrella

That's what I'm thinking. You should always have at least 2 females for every male.

Can you post pics of all the cherry barbs?

sirdarksol

I've never heard of anyone having problems with gender in a non-livebearer, schooling fish. I had several male gold barbs and one female, and never had any problems.
There's a much more basic issue at stake here: The cherry barbs aren't in a proper school. This can cause them to present strange behavior. In a school, the fish are constantly jockeying for position, but if there are six or more, no one fish gets picked on (unless it is injured or ill, which draws predators). With less than six, a weak one could be considered an easy target by the rest of the barbs. I would suggest getting at least two more cherry barbs, providing plenty of hiding places (so the weaker ones can hide while pecking order is established), and keeping an eye on them.

Blub

I had a male and a female cherry barb once, and they where always chasing. Now I have a school and everyone gets on perfectly.

To tell the sex: males are more red, females are a lighter colour.

langman

so i allready have 6 tiger barbs 4 cherrys and and getting a clown pleco, so i still can get 2 more right (i am just to scarrd to over cramp my tank)

Blub

That wouldn't be overstocking. What sex are the cherrys, and how are they doing now?

langman

a little better i dont see and phisical damge yet. i still cant tell the sex because 2 of my albino cherrys are blaze ornge and the other to are just a tint ornge (i cant spell, school hasent sarted yet so i dont think)

Blub

Sounds like 2 males and 2 females... Get more females!

peacemaker92

Maybe it's schooling problem? Your 3 current cherries probably have already made friends and are half way schooled? So you can't just add one cherry at a time to join the group. You've gotta add like 2 or 3 cherries at one time so they can all join the group. It's happened to my cherries! I added 1 cherry to the group of 4 and they killed that 1 little guy. It was a 2 males and 2 females. The new one was a female. So my point is, you've gotta add them at 2 to 3 at a time to a group. Hope it helps! Good luck!

langman

there doing better now still fighting a little but alot better

Fishies-for-me

I had 10 cherry barbs ...2 males 8 females....one male decided that the whole tank was his territory and kept everyone...10 glowlight tetras...6 albino corys and the other 9 cherry barbs in one tiny corner of the tank....I tried to rearange and it didn't work. the rest of the cherry barbs were very peacefull....he was the only one...musta got a shot of extra testosterone in the egg...lol. I lost them in a ICH outbreak.