Tiger Barbs

[New Boy]

Most books seem to suggest that Tiger Barbs grow to 3 inches – has anyone ever seen that? The biggest Tiger Barbs I’ve ever seen were 1 ½ inches – anyone seen bigger??

Cheers
Andy

 

[andyt_uk]

i would agree in the aquarium you would be lucky to see much over 2"

 

[Losi]

The book may have been referring to fish in the wild, as Andy said I dont think they get anywhere near that size in a normal home aquarium.

 

[Wilsta]

i have seen close to 2"and a half.

 

[Losi]

Where they in a home aquarium?

 

[AquaNut]

My tiger barbs are at least 2" each. I'll see if I can get a more accurate measurement of them when I get home from work today. However, I must say that people comment on them looking as if I feed them steroids - they're considerably bigger than most tiger barbs I see.

 

[Death Penguin]

From the books and info i have collected about these dudes, they apparently grow to 57mm. How they can say that so accurately i don't know?

I'm sure in the wild they would grow bigger and probably meaner as well.

 

[Moe]

My local pestmart sells adult tiger barbs that are 3 inches. They also get a hump on their back right before their dorsal fin when they are that big. They are always head butting each other and circling each other in the tank. I had problems with tiny ones. Can't even imagine how aggressive the big ones could be.

 

[millym]

hi there,
our tiger & green tigers barbs started off as little tiddlers 6 months ago about
----- big and are now -------------- not including their tail fins but then theyre probably the best fed fish in the world........ theyre not aggressive at all, they have their little dominance spats with eachother every now & again ( where they spin around back & forth nose to nose ) but no nipping/biting/damage at all & we've never seen them have a go at anything else in our tank & we do watch them a lot. its more them that get chased by other occupants (peppered corys like to shoo them off every now & again )