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.

AlyeskaGirl

Ok then, if you dont like the advice you are gettin then just get the Tiger Barbs! And find out for yourself.....maybe they will be OK or not, take the chance.....it's your tank!

Oops, I see you are not gonna get them! Good idea!

Shawnie

it depends on who they are with...rummy's and barbs arent a threat as they are alot alike...its the fancy tailed fish like guppies, bettas, gouramis etc that get the barbs in a tizzie or at least with my experience with them ...I guess theres an exception to every rule tho!

lew2000

Shawnie, your definitley right about the Gouramis, i moved my gouramis out of my community tank before adding the TG's otherwise they would just hide and stress out as i saw in one of my friends tanks - i should have mentioned that, my mistake.

AlyeskaGirl

I have 5 Rosy Barbs in with 3 Angelfish and a Dwarf Gourami and havin no probs with them. I read that they can also be possible fin-nippers too if not kept in a school. They keep to themselves and doin the pecking order thing. They are fun to watch! My 55 gal is overstocked but I have 2 HOB filters and keep up on w/c's gravel vac. So far so good!

sirdarksol

Let's all remember to be polite and respectful of each other. This goes both ways.
If you have a question to ask, then keep an open mind about the answers you receive. If you're asking, that means that it is information that you are lacking. If people are answering (especially if a number of people are answering in the same manner), that likely means that they have experience/information that you lack.

Likewise, we can't make anyone take our advice. If someone asks a question but is choosing to ignore the advice given, we should strive to let it slide. In the end, the only person responsible for any given member's aquaria, and the lives and deaths of the fish in those aquaria, is the member in question. We can offer our best advice, and, in the end, that is all we can do.

Fishlover423

P.S. Im only 12 years old

lew2000

Alyeskagirl - Of all the fish i have had over the years, both fresh and saltwater, i have never kept Angels, i have always seen them (web sites and threads) as very aggressive fish unless in tanks with other large fish - interesting.

Fishlover, i started out keeping fish at about 10 years of age and that was 40+ years ago. Every person, group i have been involved with has learned by trial and error. You now have someting i never had when starting out - web sites like this and wealth of information on the web. Just remeber as it has been said in this thread, people are trying to help each other, and what works for one person doesn't always work for another or even when i have set up two identical tanks - that is one of the most facinating aspects of this hobby/life. You can always keep learning.

Lucy

Well said.

Fishlover423

When i said im only 12, i said that becuase you guys(in my opinion) were being a little harsh, but i am really 12 years old, i didnt make that up.

Amanda

It's not that we're trying to be harsh - it's just the facts that we are relaying to you.
It's your choice whether you follow them or not.

sirdarksol

Fishlover, if people were seeming harsh, it's because you've asked for advice, and then basically said that their advice was wrong.

We believe that you are twelve.
We also believe that you (like all of us at one point or another) have a lot to learn. The first skill that a successful aquarist learns is patience. Patience to work with one aquarium at a time until you've got it fully fleshed out and stable. Patience to listen to others, bounce their information off of what you think is true, and adjust your beliefs based on this. Patience to research, research, research, and then, once you have a solid plan, act upon it.

Fishlover423

Hey, we all make mistakes right?