greengreen

Hi everyone,

does anyone know what a tiger barb egg looks like?

I think a pair o my tigers spawned.

let me describe my setup.

I have two 2 foot tanks connected by a pipe. I have a pair of dwarf gouramis

and ten tiger barbs.

I used to just have tigers, and they would swim up and over into the other tank, usually at night, so you'd rarely see them do it. But this would sometimes leave just a couple of barbs on one side all day and they'd fin-nip badly, so I put all the barbs on one side, and fenced off the pipe with pantyhose. Someone needed to rehouse a male dwarf gourami, so I put him in my empty tank along with a new female. Both tanks are still connected water-wise, but divided fish-wise. I pump water from one tank into the other, and the water flows back through the pipe.

Currently two of the underdog tigers are in with the gouramis so their fins can re-grow. They got pretty nipped, and just when they start to look like they're growing back, they would get re-nipped. They'd just sulk and looked quite sad, but they're much more active and happy-looking in with the gouramis.

They're both planted tanks, but there are a couple of fake ones in the tiger tank left over from my pre-plant days.
So, two of my barbs were fooling around, and I'm pretty sure they spawned on the fake plant in the back corner, because they were all starting to eat stuff off it, I assume eggs.

So I took the fake plant out and put it in an icecream container filled with tank water. I can see a tiny little orange bubble on the fake plant. IS IT AN EGG??

Ive seen my tigers definitely spawning before, back when I only had 6 barbs. Upon adding to the numbers, the dynamics changed, and I havn't seen them spawn since, until now.

I have a little 1 foot tank and a 25 watt heater doing nothing; do you think i should keep the plastic plant in there and see if anything hatches??

If anyone could describe what a tiger barb egg looks like it would be greatly appreciated.

aquarist48

Hello Greengreen and Welcome to Fish Lore! I don't have personal experience with Tiger Barb eggs but if it's tan to orange (ish) colored it very well could be an egg. I'm sure you'll get some more responses from other members that have these fish.
Best of luck and please keep us updated.
Hope you enjoy the site!
Ken

greengreen

Well I have the fake plant with possible egg(s) in the little 1-ft tank with one of those air-pump operated corner filters with charcoal in it, and the tiny heater. If nothing shows up, I might put a spawning mop in the tiger tank, let'em spawn and then put it in the tiny tank. Would be cool to have a baby barb or two.

peacemaker92

You have a connected tank? That's cool! Any pictures? oh and not to forget, WELCOME TO FISHLORE!

Butterfly

Barbs are egg scatters. Meaning they swim up and down the tank scattering/fertilizing eggs as they go. Then most eat eggs on their way back Some time a few are missed and you will get a couple of little fry. They will be single eggs not in clusters. Fingers you have fry
Carol

lorabell

wow ...butterfly youre amazing...how do u know ALL this stuff? way cooooool

Butterfly

AWWW Lorabell Thanks. As to how... a long time fish keeping, researching before I buy and reading everything I can on the different kinds of fish. They are just fascinating to me. I have a bookcase full of fish books plus journals where I have kept records of the fish I have bred.
and yes fish are way cooool
Carol