My tiger barbs terrorized 4my favorite white cori catfish, they had all their fins nipped and torn😅. And now let's just say the barbs are swimming with the fishes and my coris are safe🙂
I was contemplating adding a school of Tiger Barbs to my 125 gallon tank. You have convinced me! I am so excited!!! If only they were as inexpensive here in the US as they are there......But I can't wait to get some!!!!! BTW, LOVE the intro!!!!!!
@@SGBeardedAquarist I have 2 silver dollars (they are BIG), 3 Honey Gouramis, 2 Blue Gouramis, a King Tiger Pleco, a long fin Bristlenose pleco, 5 Ancistrus Plecos, 2 Striped Raphael catfish, 3 Clown Loaches, and one common Pleco named Percy. Percy is the sole reason I upgraded to this 125 gallon. I have returned several common plecos to the LFS when they outgrew my 55 gallon tank, but for some crazy reason I got really attached to Percy! I just couldn't let him go!!! He's almost 10" now. As I'm writing this, it sounds like a lot of fish, but most are bottom dwellers (I'm a pleco/catfish junkie!!!!!) and I recently moved my Angel fish to another tank. They were the only ones preventing me from being able to add Tiger Barbs. How many do you think I can add? I'm wanting to have around 40. Of course, I'll only add them 10 at a time.
Yeah 40 sounds like the minimum ill go with in the 125. I dont see an issue with adding all at one go, just wouldnt do any big feeding in the following few days. 10 a time works too and is of course a much safer way. That sounds like a really nice tank you have there. Would love to see it. If you're on instagram send me a video/photo! (@sgbearded_aquarist)
I love tiger barbs you're my favorite fish. The albino ones are even better but I can't find him anywhere other than online stores and I really don't buy anything online.
I have 25 in a 50 gallon. A bit overstocked but my filter is rated for a 75-90 gallon, and so far no problems. Super active fish. I recently dropped in some boiled mussel flesh and they attacked it like piranhas
I’ve had tiger barbs in the past, and loved them...just set up 18 in a single species tank, and love to watch them. When I walk around the room the whole shoal follows me (they know where the food comes from) so much personality and activity in these guys. Totally recommend keeping tiger barbs!
I just got my new aquarium set up. First aquarium I have had in like 25 years. The first fish I got was a school of Tiger Barbs. They look really great in my aquarium with natural river rocks and plants and mopani branch. Their colors and stripes look really great in the environment.
Your videos are both amazing and inspiring... I’m strongly considering getting at least 6 to trial with my juvenile Flowerhorn. Thanks for breaking the rules and helping others think outside of the box.
I've got all the barbs! Tigar, black ruby, and rosy barbs. I love them! I also have 1 long fin tiger barb with 7 regular ones. He doesn't get picked on at all! Its crazy I was extremely worried when I had gotten him but I've had him for months now n he's doing great!
what are some good tank mates for tiger barbs, I have a rainbow shark in a 55 tank its about 1.5inch now, looking to add about 15 to 20 tiger barbs, what else can I add that will be good?
I was going to have a guppie tank but I fell in love with tiger barbs , the energy, the curiosity, and they Soo cute . No regrets they are like puppies that want to see everything and do everything look in ever nook and cranny they love my barrels and Pirate ship. 💜💛
I have three green barbs and one tiger, they ate all newcomers in one night, 5 mollies and a fighting fish. Theres not a trace of them, didnt think they could to do that with their little mouths. Newbie lesson specially those impromptu owners of existing aqauriums and fishes, know whats their breed and be patient in trying to research.
Hi, dude.. Im facing a problem with my tiger barb, don’t what happened with them, the tummy looks bigger, reddish around face & the scale also stand up, do u have any suggestion? What kind of medication which can cure this fish? This ll be the 3rd tiger bard with same issue 🤦♀️
For me I love tiger barbs wayyyy more than tetras and guppies. Their more entertaining and fun to watch, and since piranhas are ban in SG tiger barbs are the mini versions of it. But one thing is for sure tiger barbs are aggressive. Owned a few many years ago and at midnight they were fighting with the blood parrots
Thirty Tiger-barbs for ten buck? Please tell me where. .. .. .. ... ...Very cheapest I have seen them is $2.50 for tiny ones at the big stores. Cory's, small bottom feeders and Tiger-barbs are all I keep in my 55 gallon. Guppies, a few other cheap talebearer's in my 20 and 30.. .
Hi can I check how long did it take for your tiger barbs to grow to that size? And what type of good helps promote their growth? I recently bought 25 of those at around 2-3cm. Hoping to Comms them with my thaisilk.
My biggest ones i got them as juvis and they got to that size in about 4 months. Any good quality food would do, i would say more importantly is multiple meals a day and very clean water. Low nitrates.
Why did you remove the parrots from your tank? Too aggressive?! To which fish? I'm seriously wanting a male flowerhorn. I have two in s community, added lots of plants logs. When not breeding the parrots aren't much problem. My single Denisoni chases my single Mono Sabae, but the mono is too fast. I added two Angels. One pectoral has been nipped shorter. Virus is preventing imports in my local store. Can't get more easily. I was gonna get tiger barbs but I like my Angels too much.
I love these nutbagss but they are no fish for a small aquarium. That's barbaric IMO. They need space so they can behave like a school and get rid of their huge amount of energy. So much fun to watch
Ick comes from an infected fish , low temp drops the resistant of the fish , the fish was already infected . Experienced fish keepers know to quarantine for at least a month
Very useful and nice video. I was sketical about keeping barbs as my next setup but now almost decided to keep after watching this video. Can you suggest which all barbs and hows can i keep in my 5 feet tank?
Great video, thanks :) What do you do with Tigers who are been nipped on and loosing their fins? do you put them in a different aquarium or do euthanize them?
people have criticized me in the pass because my fish dont seem to school, but i think thats because they don't feel threatened. the only time ive ever seen my barbs truly school was when i introduced angels into the tank. they were like "woah who are these guys". pretty interesting to see.
I love all barbs, but tigers are awesome. In a large enough group, they'll leave pretty much everyone else alone. I've even kept them with a betta (plakat) without issue. They ignored him. Sadly, I lost the majority of my tigers due to a ph swing when I did a large water change. My water comes out of the tap like liquid rock, but it turns acidic in the aquarium. Small water changes for me from now on!
Omg so sorry to hear about the loss. That must have been a really drastic swing. They are such hardy fishes. Hope you give them another go and yes, small water changes!
Happy Saturday! SG Beared Aquarist. Thank you for this great video! I have a 55 gallon tank and a Cascade 1200 filter ( in addition to the filter that came with the tank) We are setting it up now to upgrade the red eared slider. We have 5 tiger barbs and are in the process of adding aquatic plants and drift wood. Are there any plants that are nutrient rich for turtles that you would recommend? We would love to add more tiger barbs how long should we wait? or is it ok to add different types of tiger barbs?
Tiger barbs spar with each quite often. It's part of establishing and maintaining their social hierarchy. How many barbs do you have? The fewer you have the more this will be a problem. 2 is an absolute no. Every one you add afterwards just helps the problem. Theres no magical minimum number. Some might have success with just 3. I personally wouldnt do any less than 6.
Me too. I had to limit myself to 5 reasons and you've no idea how much I had to edit out because i was just rambling on and on about them. And OF COURSE I RMB YOU. Been here since I was 40+ subs. ;)
I have a 7500 gallon lagoon. I had eight medium to small tiger barbs. I kept finding my large prize fish dead. I finally figured out the problem when I saw the tiger barbs attacking a large pleco. I got rid of the tiger barbs, no more dead fish.
SG Bearded Aquarist I found that all of my plecos had been chewed on to where their fins were almost gone. Three of them died. All were over 8" long. The rest, of the plecos, after a couple of years still have messed up fins and scars. I lost 7- 3"-4" angels. 5 blue guoramis. All my fancy goldfish. After returning the tiger barbs back to the store, I've had no more fish come up missing or chewed on. They were pretty, and they were reproducing in my lagoon. Unfortunately, there are enough plants and hidey holes I didn't actually see the attacks until many had died. I'm starting a new lagoon on the order of 56,000 gallons. Would love to have someone to discuss it with. It will be in Nicaragua on a peninsula into a fresh water lake full of native chiclids and a green spotted pleco.
SG Bearded Aquarist I failed to answer your question. I did buy several rounds of angels before I knew what was happening. They all died pretty much immediately. I'd find their bones in the lagoon. But my rosy barbs and rummy nose barbs, and swordtails were reproducing so fast, I didn't go buy other fish. I like watching them school.
I thought so at first but later found out its actually a short bodied pink convict cichlid. At least thats the consensus. Goes by the common name Jellybean Convict!
You have absolutely convinced me to get tiger bards. They are really stunning and seeing them in you tank with a turtle. That aqua scape really makes those fish pop. I love it
I first started this hobby back in 2014 but stop at around 2017 due to expenses like paying for the electricity etc etc. whilst seeing fish videos like this makes me want to start it all again
