joseph5815

in fish tank 2 1year oldblue gourmi 5new tiger barbs 2 new plateis 1 3 moth old gold gourmi 2 sucker fish the ones that grow big and 1 rosy barb all in a 29 gallon tank............................ i want to breed the tiger barbs but i don't know how and i wounder will the tiger barbs breed around the other fish the tank was given to me on my birth day soo i'm woundering if anyone can give me help on breeding the fish and teliing me if i have to many fish in my fish tank and if i do how should i fix this problem? last how do you you tell when a tiger barb is ready to breed?

sick-lid boy

Hey Joseph.. welcome to fishlore.

I don't know a whole lot about breeding fish and I don't have any Tiger Barbs, but you'd probably get the answers to your questions a whole lot faster in the 'Breeding Fish' section http://www.fishlore.com/Forum/index.php?board=8.0

COBettaCouple

Welcome to fishlore joseph.. you've got a good full tank there and will need to watch those gourami for signs of aggression but hopefully they'll be peaceful. tiger barbs can also be a bit nippy so those platies might be happier in a different tank, if possible (are they both male or both female?).

sick-lid boy is right and hopefully some of our members have done some tiger barb breeding and can tell you what to do for setting up a breeding tank and/or baby barbs tank.

Amnagrla

2 blue gourami x 6 inches = 12 inches (unless you have blue DWARF gouramis.. then it's only 4 inches)
5 tiger barbs x 3 inches = 15 inches
2 platys x 2 = 4 inches
1 gold gourami x 5 inches = 5 inches (again - unless it's a DWARF, then only 2 inches)
2 sucker fish the ones that grow big x 18 inches = 36 inches (unless they are chinese algae eaters, and not plecos, then only 12 inches for either.. 24 total)
1 rosy barb x 4 inches = 4 inches

Total adult size.. you have 76 inches of fish... you would need a MINIMUM size of 76 gallon tank.

The way to figure it out is 1 gallon per 1" of adult size fish. Here is the link for the species.. http://www.fishlore.com/TropicalFishProfiles.htm if you click on the species of fish, down the bottom it will tell you the size and more information!

I would get rid of the plecos, take them back to the store... that will get rid of 36 inches. You can get otocinclus' instead, they only get to be 1" and they are algae suckers, too!

So if you get rid of the plecos, you're left with 40 inches... so you need to get rid of another 11 inches of fish... maybe the 3 gouramis.. and if you're set on having gouramis.. you could get dwarf ones that only get to be 2". (They look larger but only take up 2" of gallon space)

Sorry to be a downer... you do have a WAY overstocked tank. You could, of course, get another tank and split it up... but you're probably still looking at getting rid of the plecos. You really need a large tank to have them.

I don't have a lot of experience with breeding so I hope someone else can answer that for you!

WELCOME!

~Amanda

sgould

Welcome to the site!

Neville

Hi Joseph Welcome to fishlore

i think it will be quite difficult to breed barbs especially in a community tank with gouramis. they r egglayers and will eat their own eggs if not separated, u have to put broad leaf plants so that they can lay their eggs. platies r much easier to breed if u put heavy plantation for the fries to hide in.

Sabi

Welcome to fishlore! You'v a full tank there!

Shrimpy

welcome

Muffymouse

Greetings, you should be able to get all kinds of help and advice =)

armadillo

Helloooo! And welcome to fishlore!

atmmachine816

Welcome to Fishlore

Stradius011

Welcome to Fishlore! Seems like you got tons of good advice as usual.

BettaBuddy ~ Miley