riftlaker

Recently, i just gave all my fish away except for a oto cat and a clown pleco, they are in a 25 gallon fully cycled tank. I need to get new fishes there and i'm thinking a group of schooling fish (such as tiger barbs) and a pair of large fish that can spawn. i'm thinking of getting a group of tiger barbs because they are cheap, hardy and good looking, but they can be aggressive and i don't know what fish can live along them. any suggestions? right now i'm thinking of either a pair of convicts or ram but i don't know if they will work

MeGustaUnaPez926

Tiger barbs can be pretty aggressive, so I would be sure to keep them in a school of at least six. And if you have one otto, you need to get a few more, so that he doesn't get lonely. And with the pleco, your pretty much stocked, if not overstocked... I don't know what kind of bioload barbs have. Maybe someone else can answer that?

abc123d30

With tiger barbs you need to have at least 6 to keep the aggression down, with 6 tiger barbs, an otto, and clown pleco I think you're probably overstocked like megustaunapez said. Also, convicts get really aggressive when breeding so keeping them in a friendly community tank isn't the best idea.

Jaysee

A Crayfish!!! There aren't many opportunities for most to keep these fantastic critters, but tiger barbs are a GREAT one. Similarly, tiger barbs are best kept in a species tank, although some can get them to work in community tanks.

I've heard people try to keep tigers with convicts - the convicts won.

I would do 12 tiger barbs and a crayfish and that's it.