Recent content by Ajones89

Thanks for your reply :) I did know what I was getting myself into to some extent, I knew they had a tendency to nip fins, but had no idea they could be quite as aggressive! The man in my aquatic centre said if I had 6+ they should be ok. But at present they do seem ok with the other fish gone...

At the moment they seem ok, so I will just keep a close eye on them. Since the other barb hasn't been in the tank they have been swimming around together, only nudge eachother now and then. If I were to get more how many would you recommend I get, because I don't want to overstock my tank? I...

Yh the QT was cycled & all was fine in there, tested it for everything (set it up same time as main tank just encase I had to quarantine something at some point), I put loads of hiding places in there for it, But true it may have just been stressed:( I just really wanted to try and help the poor...

Thank you for your reply :) When I realized that they were picking on one, I thought oh god I wish I'd never got them! But after I took the injured one out, because I thought there was something wrong with it, they have calmed down, they only nudge eachother every now and then. Unfortunately...

Hi all :nod::) I have a fully cycled 25gallon tank, 205 fluval external filter, water levels are perfect, no problems there. Added fish about 4 weeks ago, I have 6 tiger barbs in there and they seemed to be pretty happy, didn't seem to be nipping going on. But I started to notice that they were...

Hi all :nod::) I have a fully cycled 25gallon tank, 205 fluval external filter, water levels are perfect, no problems there. Added fish about 4 weeks ago, I have 6 tiger barbs in there and they seemed to be pretty happy, didn't seem to be nipping going on. But I started to notice that they...