When Are Barb's Sexually Mature? / Someone Please Respond

[I Love my fishies]

At the moment I have 3 tiger barbs and a baby green brab I know they should be in groups of six or more just waiting to do a fishless cycle on my new bigger tank and I will get some more barbs.... anyway after some research I have come to realise all my tiger barbs are male, the tiger barbs are acting really quite strangely they would do head stands and spread all their fins out on display and push each other out of the way .... and then I realised they where all trying to gain the little green barbs attention she is a female it is really quite funny she just watches them and they all show off and try and get her attention for I am guessing mating reasons (they are like teenage boys he,he) it is really quite cute......

but I am wondering if this is weird at all because the little female is only young and small and I would think it would be impossible for her to carry eggs yet, anyone who could enlighten me on Barbs breeding habits it would be much appreciated. Please see pic's for size Ratio. Please note Males (tiger) Female (Green)

Let me introduce you to Big Red, Audrey and Randy aren't they cute

 

[GuppyDude]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=60999

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=187862

Those links should help a little bit if you haven't seen them already. I don't have a lot of experience with tiger barbs, but i think the females are slightly bigger and fatter than the males, and i know breeding them can be a bit of a chore. As far as maturity goes, I'm unsure.

 

[I Love my fishies]

Thankyou Guppy Dude ................... Audrey is alot younger than the male tiger barbs as you can see by her size so I guess the odds of successfully breeding are pretty low.