Tiger Barb

milindsaraswala · May 28, 2008

my 2 tiger barb putting there mouth in mouth getting round very fast. What it means they are fighting or just playing. Is there is anything wrong in it??

beany_bot · May 28, 2008

Dont know but i know bards can be a bit nippy, probably playing and nipping and play fighting. like kids do you know. i wouldnt worry about it

pinkdolphin_113 · May 28, 2008

i'm sure they're just organising a hierarchy... nothin to worry about, totally the opposite actually.

minxfishy · May 28, 2008

My 9 do this all the time with each other, goes on for an hour or so, then they settle back down and swim around, think its just sorting out the pecking order, but they are not hurting each other, so nothing to worry about B-)

Bignose · May 28, 2008

The question really is... are there only two tiger barbs? Because if there are only the two, once they figure out which one is in charge, the one in charge is going to make the other's life miserable. If there is a good sized school, however, the top fish can spread his aggression out among many fish so typically no one fish will be too stressed.

Otherwise, it sounds like they are just behaving in typical pecking-order type behavior.

stumpy57 · May 28, 2008

Bignose said:
The question really is... are there only two tiger barbs? Because if there are only the two, once they figure out which one is in charge, the one in charge is going to make the other's life miserable. If there is a good sized school, however, the top fish can spread his aggression out among many fish so typically no one fish will be too stressed.

Otherwise, it sounds like they are just behaving in typical pecking-order type behavior.

like the others i think you will find there just playing

JOSH75 · May 28, 2008

I had a goup of barbs and they did this but they would create a little pit in the grave from fighting. they go at it for a little bit then stop and go back to normal.

milindsaraswala · May 29, 2008

JOSH75 said:
I had a goup of barbs and they did this but they would create a little pit in the grave from fighting. they go at it for a little bit then stop and go back to normal.

It is something like that only. I have 7 tiger barb in 10 gallon tank