Battle of the tiger barbs

[Ben2522]

Anyone know anything about tiger barbs? 10 tiger barbs in a 240l tank originally for 3 months. Today added 6 yo-yo loach, 6 golden barb and 6 albino tiger barb. The 2 biggest tigers just went at it for about 10 mins lol. A proper fight. Fascinating to watch but why now today? One to me looks male and the other female. Any idea? Also, the female tools pretty fat. See video.

 

[Fishmanic]

upload it to youtube and then post the youtube link here.

 

[Ben2522]

upload it to youtube and then post the youtube link here.

Thanks and done now

 

[Retired Viking]

They sure go nose to nose, hope no fish was hurt.

 

[Ben2522]

They sure go nose to nose, hope no fish was hurt.

They seem fine now. Was good to watch to be fair lol

 

[Byron]

I would not worry. You have a good sized group (10, plus the Albino TBH which is the same species so now there will be 16), and they are in a suitable sized tank. That is the best anyone could do for this species. So that brings me to the species itself. This is a feisty fish, mildly aggressive, sometimes individuals take this further. But the species develops an hierarchy of sorts in the inter-personal relationships, and this scene in the video is part of this. It may continue on and off, or it may escalate. Because it is natural to the species, you cannot "do" anything, it is nature being nature, or "natura naturans," nature naturing, as some medieval author once wrote!

 

[Ben2522]

I would not worry. You have a good sized group (10, plus the Albino TBH which is the same species so now there will be 16), and they are in a suitable sized tank. That is the best anyone could do for this species. So that brings me to the species itself. This is a feisty fish, mildly aggressive, sometimes individuals take this further. But the species develops an hierarchy of sorts in the inter-personal relationships, and this scene in the video is part of this. It may continue on and off, or it may escalate. Because it is natural to the species, you cannot "do" anything, it is nature being nature, or "natura naturae," nature naturing, as some medieval author once wrote!

Thanks yea. Added quite a lot of stock though today. The new fish are small but basically doubled the stock. Thoughts on it staring a new cycle? Water changes every 2 days for a while? Or will the tank be able to keep up as it was already cycled. I mean the new fish are only half inch each?

 

[JuiceBox52]

Thanks yea. Added quite a lot of stock though today. The new fish are small but basically doubled the stock. Thoughts on it staring a new cycle? Water changes every 2 days for a while? Or will the tank be able to keep up as it was already cycled. I mean the new fish are only half inch each?

Just test the ammonia and do water changes if it goes up from the new fish

 

[Retired Viking]

I would consider adding a few more plants like water sprite to help deal with any extra ammonia and waste produced.

 

[Ben2522]

I would consider adding a few more plants like water sprite to help deal with any extra ammonia and waste produced.

Yea I’ll have a look at the LFS for something. Cheers

 

[Byron]

Thanks yea. Added quite a lot of stock though today. The new fish are small but basically doubled the stock. Thoughts on it staring a new cycle? Water changes every 2 days for a while? Or will the tank be able to keep up as it was already cycled. I mean the new fish are only half inch each?

You should have no "cycling" issues with live plants. Even just a few when they are fast growers like the Wisteria. Floating plants are ideal for this. I would stay with the regular weekly water change (50-70% of the tank) unless you do see something, but again I doubt it.

 

[Colin_T]

As Byron mentioned it's just a couple of young males fighting over dominance and nothign to worry about unless it escalates and one beats the hell out of the other. then you remove one.

Filter bacteria can multiply every couple of hours and there should be no problems with ammonia spikes when you add fish to an established tank.