Tiger Barbs

[AppState7]

Hey everyone, I'm new as you can see, but I have had fish for a long time, since I was really young.
Well, i'm in college now, so i've decided to buy a 5 gallon aquarium. When the time came to buy fish, I had always loved Tiger Barbs, as they are full of energy and look awesome, so I bought a small school of 5. Well, I have had them for about 4 days now, and last night, they apparently killed my Pleco. I have never heard of Barbs attacking Plecos before.....has anyone else had this problem. If Plecos won't work, is there any other kind of algae eater fish that will?

 

[WILDER]

That tank is way to small for tiger barbs and a plec, plec are big waste producers, plus tiger barb need a 25gal tank, as they are aggressive fish and need room to move,the reason they are attacking is because the tank is way to small.

 

[AppState7]

oh, ok. In the past, i've had them before and they never attacked my Armored Catfish. I guess I will just leave the Barbs by themselves then?

 

[WILDER]

I would take them back to the lfs as that tank is way to small for them, all a 5gal in good for is one male betta, sorry.

No profile in the fish index so here is one for you.
http/species.fishindex.com/species_2017p...tiger_barb.html

 

[dwarfgourami]

A 5 gallon tank is too small to handle the waste of the tiger barbs, let alone their activity levels and potential aggression. A betta is not quite the only alternative in a tank that size, but you are really going to be very limited.