Fishlover423

Can i have tiger barbs in my 55 gallon community? There are your basic fish in there like tetras and livebearers(all types exept for guppies) gourami, loaches, silver dollars, i want 6 of em, is that ok? will they be ok? THERE ARE neon tetras in there. IF not, can they be in my chichlid tank? (if large enough, leaning to 30 gallons right now)

Butterfly

Tiger Barbs are really nippy little fish. Nippy with each other as well as with their own school.
Carol

Fishlover423

Even in schools of 6?

Shawnie

fishlover you have more threads with fish you want than I have kids!!! and I have alot LOL ...how will you ever handle keeping and knowing what to do with all the fish you want? cichlids will eat your barbs...cichlids cannot go in a 30 gal (at least not the ones you want)

how about making your 55 gal a cichlid tank and making your 30 gal a community tank? that would take care of about 3 of your threads..

Butterfly

In my experience yes They are beautiful bratty little fish that like other fishes fins.
Carol

AlyeskaGirl

Tiger Barbs are nippy little buggers. If you still want to stick to the barb family I suggest getting the Cherry Barb. They are peaceful, go well with tetras and grow to about 2 inches. They are also a schooling fish.

Good luck!

Fishlover423

Your Q's:

how will you ever handle keeping and knowing what to do with all the fish you want?

Im expreinced belive it or not I have 5 tanks right now.



how about making your 55 gal a cichlid tank and making your 30 gal a community tank?


No, i already have plans that ive had for 1 month now



And those chichlids grow to be 5 inches and 4 inches and tiger barbs are 2.75 inches, no way a chichlid could eat it, well, if it bullied it to death, then i guess so.....

Shawnie

okies

Fishlover423

Not to be rude, but what does your post mean?

Shawnie

not being rude either but you have more issues with tanks and stocking and you ask for help but totally think we are nutso when we give suggestions you dont like...so I was banging my head against a wall thats all you asked

Fishlover423

'( That was rude

I dunt know why i even ask you guys, i can figure this out on my own!

Shawnie

we try to help you and you hate our advice .. sorry if you didnt like my honesty

2lucky

Tiger barbs are one of the worst types of community fish you can get -I'd say it's a big no no. They would find the long feelers on your gouramis irresistable. The tetras would make a great snack too.

And Shawnie -at least this guy's asking questions before he buys them, right?

Shawnie

very right!! I applogize fishlover

Fishlover423

im sorry too, i get mad really fast sometimes, i just cant tell you how bad i feel right now. And im not getting them for my tank tank you guys! and to shawnie: times 100000000000.

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Shawnie

Mike19

Fishlover, you should do one tank at a time, from reading your threads your going to have a 30gal and 55gal tank, cycling them one at a time will allow you to watch your water params and handle any unexpected cycling issues more efficiently. Fishlore provides excellent information about the tiger barb and other fish including compatibility, size of the tank needed and other fundamental requirements for keeping fish i would recommend having a look at it. From personal experience i got influenced that tiger barbs would be peaceful to my community fish i returned them within 12hrs and seperated them in 1hr the damage was a injured guppy and the tiger barbs will still really small.

Mike

lew2000

It is always interesting to read how fish behave in different tanks - i actually have 8 TG's in a community tank, and they have the reputation of being fiesty. However one of the TG's thinks it's a rummynose and schools with them alot, two think they are cherry barbs and the rest school together.