Barbs

[FishFanatic13]

Hi i have 3 albino barbs, 3 green barbs, 3 metalic barbs and they seen to always be fighting (chasing, and what seems like kissing)
is this normal

 

[the biffster]

it could be territorial or
could be signs of breeding

 

[fluttermoth]

Sounds normal to me; my tiger barbs do it all the time! Males often fight by jaw-locking and they don't (normally) do each other any harm.
As long as you keep an eye on it and make sure no ones actually getting injured I wouldn't worry

 

[pinkspider]

Yup, sounds normal to me too. We have a mixture of 20 or so Tiger Barbs: Standard, Green and Albino and they go through spells of chasing and "fighting" with each other.

I've never seen the nipping turn into anything more aggressive and they don't seem to damage themselves.

I've seen smaller numbers (less than 3 in total) of Tiger Barbs being very aggressive to each other - but that was because they were fighting to dominate each other in such a small group.

Alys

 

[Timmy_Bee]

Never heard of metalic barbs. you got any pics?

I agree with above, sounds like boisterous fun to me!

 

[moochy13]

maybe anther name for tinfoil ones ?

 

[Timmy_Bee]

well that might be worth asking... Cos those little peckers can get pretty big!

FF13 - how big is your tank?

 

[FishFanatic13]

No they are not tinfoil barb they grow to big
and 100l

 

[Timmy_Bee]

are they like the one in your avatar? i think that is a 5 banded barb (aka Pentazona? i think?)