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Will my tiger barb survive if the water is 82 degrees. http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/cyprinid...erbarb.htm?rd=1 says it should be cooler, but the tank water sits between 80 and 85 will he be alright? I haven't put him in yet.

I started with six at college. That was really overstocked and I learned. The guy at petco wanted a fast sale. I lost three at college and one in the move. The final one ate the last one. So he hasnt been "alone" forever. Just a week or two. I should get him another male friend you think to play...

Right now I've had a tiger barb for 6-9 months. He lives alone in my 2.5 gallon freshwater tank. Could I get him a friend or will he tear them up?

could I keep one even though they like to live in groups?

how does petco keep them in the small tanks they do with like 4x the amount I have to sell them? Do they rotate them daily?

Are you serious I was told by the man at petco that it was ok? He assured me that they would be fine as long as I got them into a bigger tank as they grew bigger. Could I take four back and leave two? or leave one? Petco also offers a 15-day guarentee not that I want them to die.

http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/cyprinids2/p/tigerbarb.htm according to that it mentions you can keep it in an unheated thank. Is that wrong? As for the master test kit I'll try to get one soon, but tommorrow is a holiday in the US so it might have to wait till wednesday. Until then I need...

Yes I didn't do the cycling part. I realize this may have been a mistake, but I dont have a car to get to the pet store often enough so I figured Id get it at once. so I need to buy a gravel vac to clean the bottom of the gravel? I do that weekly? I assume this will be a very small gravel vac...

I ended up buying a new tank that is a 2.5 gallons. I got six tiger barbs for this 2.5 gallon tank. I filled it with distilled water. I then put the chemicals in to get rid of the chlorine and what not that you use. I then let it run with the air filter for a couple of minutes. I put the fish in...

alright, I'll try to keep it out of the window. But the window only gets sun in the morning from 6-12am b/c of the way it's faced. It also has ugly blocks of cement that stick out minimizing more light and if that isn't enough I normally have the shades closed till 10 am when I get up or noon to...

Well sadly my platy died last night. I guess she could'nt make it. None the less I'm going to start from the beginning on this process and hopefully the fish will live longer than 2 months. Also remember people I'm in a dorm and I'm getting a 5 gal tank. I also plan on having the fish tank in a...

http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_det...030099&Ne=2 if I get that tank what heater would you guys recommend? Also what fish would be good together after I get done setting up my tank in the future?

does it matter that tank 5 doesnt have a heater?

I know this may be rude of me, but are there any tutorials or steps to "setting" up this tank for the optimum use and life for my fish. Like I've seen you guys discuess cycling what are my basic steps to setting up a tank with time periods and I can google for details if that helps.

two videos: http://66.7.202.77/~padespla/Video%202.avi http://66.7.202.77/~padespla/Video%203.avi here are some more photos for you guys. This is what my local shop said was best. After reading your posts it seems like he needs a bigger habitat. Filter and a heater. I've been on petsmart trying...