Barbs And Neon Tereas

[cleekdaFish]

i was gonna buy some tetras today but the lady told me not to cuz my barbs ( 4)would bother them to death , is that true?

 

[skiltrip]

what kind of barbs do you have??

most barbs probably won't bother them. the only barbs i can see being a pain are tiger barbs. but in my experience they usually only bother each other and similar or even larger size fish.

 

[cleekdaFish]

what kind of barbs do you have??

most barbs probably won't bother them. the only barbs i can see being a pain are tiger barbs. but in my experience they usually only bother each other and similar or even larger size fish.

I have 2 green tiger barbs , 1 blk ruby and a tiger barb, I was gonna buy 4 baby neon tetras, she said they were small and my barbs r too big for them and could bother them , so I ended up buying a krib...but I want to add some color to my community , all my fish are not quite colorful

 

[sic0198]

Tetras are too small for my tastes. They are pretty but their size is a disadvantage, if ya buy them they can be ate by just about everything. I have a soft spot for oddball fish, most oddball fish will have a tetra as a snack.

 

[DarkEntity]

simply put, Tiger Barbs should be a single species tank, they will fin nip anything and everyting. They will badger, harass everything else.

 

[cleekdaFish]

well my barbs seem to be very well tamed, cuz they dont bother my cories , krib at all

 

[Tommy Gunnz]

I would disagree with the statement that tiger barbs should be in a species tank, but they should be considered somewhat dangerous to some types of fish who have large fins or are slow moving. I keep tiger barbs with cichlids and they all 'tame' each other.

I would be hessitant to keep small tetras or high-fin (skirted) tetras with tiger barbs. They do get bigger than some people realize at a good 3 inches long and very round.

 

[Sambo]

tiger barbs are renowed for fin nipping other fish especially long finned ones. however if you keep them in groups of at least 6 or more they tend to only bother each other. this is what i have found from the majority of research i have done on them.

 

[xxBarneyxx]

I kept a group of 8 tiger barbs in a tank with 10 cardinal tetras and they got on fine. The tetras where fully grown though and I tend to go by the general rule that if one fish will fit in another fishes mouth then it will end up as dinner.

I ended up giving the barbs to my sister and she had a pair of angelfish in there. Again they seemed to be more interested in picking on each other then on anyone else.

I couldnt say if this was what they are like in general though as its only one group.

 

[chipster55]

I kept a group of 8 tiger barbs in a tank with 10 cardinal tetras and they got on fine. The tetras where fully grown though and I tend to go by the general rule that if one fish will fit in another fishes mouth then it will end up as dinner.

I ended up giving the barbs to my sister and she had a pair of angelfish in there. Again they seemed to be more interested in picking on each other then on anyone else.

I couldnt say if this was what they are like in general though as its only one group.

I had 6 tiger barbs and had to get rid of them or get rid of the rest of my tank. They went after every fish I had except RTS. They are really nice looking fish but I don't think they would get along with anyone..I gave mine to the LFS

 

[Gooner]

I have 6 large tiger barbs and 5 small cardinal tetras and so far (8 weeks together) have only had one problem, woke up one morning to find the smallest cardinal with no tailfin, sadly it didn`t make. not sure who the culprit was but my finger pointed to the largest tiger (about 2") with a grin on its face, if thats possible, it certainly looked guilty!!!!!!