Recent content by mumbakki

The regular TB's I've had since March, they've never gone upside down like that, or chased fish that were nipping at them -_- could be they were all male at first though, and this is the first time to see this side of their behavior. It seems to be doing a bit better now though, swimming more...

Request Help Tank size: 45G long tank (48l x 12w x 18h) Test kits not readily available here where I live. The tank is relatively new, only about 6 weeks, with initially about half the water from an established tank and half RO water. This doesn't seem to be important though as the problem...

Once again, a LFS ends up confusing me with their bad labelling of fish. This one was called "orange fin barb", but after looking it up orange finned barbs are supposed to have a thick black stipe going down the length of their body, aka "Dusky Black-Striped Barb". I bought them anyway because I...

hi there a couple of friends gave my 4-yr-old daughter some tiger barbs on her birthday last Feb 29. NONE of us knew anything about keeping fish before then (including those who gave them), which had some disastrous results- 2 of them died :sad: :-( i am happy to announce tho that after some...

thanks guys! i try. ^_^ i guess tiger barbs are just a whole lotta fish for such tiny bodies, as apparent when you scroll to the bottom of this page under "similar topics", where the tiger barbs have either died, killed, or just generally really confused their keepers, many to the point of...

i've only had fish (and in fact knew anything about having them) for a little over two months, but i've enjoyed it so much i've been asking for a bigger tank for father's day :lol: problem is, i don't have much space to put another one in. the best spot i think is on top of a waist-high...

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm............. they seem to have started nipping the plec's dorsal fin, and the tiny fin right before the tail seems to have been split in two...... can plecs (with their armor) take this kind of beating? will update further, now too dark to see or take pictures (7pm here)

hmmm... resized the images in photobucket, but they're still large here. is there just a lag or something? or is my noobieness showing again? :blink:

my tiger barbs in a rare photo op! :lol: they were all on the left side of the tank, grouped together following me coz they thought i was gonna feed them :rolleyes: sorry bout the reflections, the tank is located semi-outdoors so there's no "off" switch for the lights heheh plus these guys...

oh man. those fish store boys, i tell you. probably gonna return it, met the owner a couple of days ago, seemed more honest than his workers he said it WILL grow but very slowly, his employees on the other hand insisted it wouldn't grow more than an inch more the day I was buying it. was...

ah. well. i guess il need to wait and see how much more this guy grows :lol: if it gets near 6" i'll complain to the lfs and either return it or....... been thinking of getting a much bigger tank...... heheheh. at least i know about fishless cycling now. (the fish were a gift to my 4-yr-old...

Hi all, Recently went to my lfs to get an algae eater, they said this was the only kind that didn't grow much bigger than it is right now (Later went back and found out they had otos! Would've been great for my setup, except are tiger barbs aggresive to them?). Only I'm not sure what it is...

I have 5 Tiger Barbs and one suckermouth catfish in a tank. I had the fish BEFORE I knew anything about keeping them responsibly (couple of friends gave my 4 yr old daughter 3 Tiger Barbs in a bowl and told us to "feed them each just maybe 3 flakes a day and change water once a week", which in...