Green terror and tiger barbs?!?

Grundy

Grundy

"A Buckeye Behind Enemy Lines"
Jul 9, 2006
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I was talking to one of the guys who works at a LFS the other day and he was saying that his friend has a green terror in a tank with tiger barbs and tinfoil barbs. I can believe the tinfoils but do you think the tigers would be picked on? I am thinking about restarting a south american tank at some point but currently have a (mainly) barb tank. I would be pretty hesitant to try something like this, even with a juvenile green terror. Any thoughts? Please keep the flaming to a minimum, if possible - I am just asking for thoughts, not validation of this person's experiment. :D
 
I don't know about Tiger Barbs,but I have a single Tinfoil Barb that gets along fairly well with my other fish.
 
Max size on green barbs is listed at like 3 inches most places I've seen, but I've had experience with much bigger ones (don't know if the degree of hybridization plays a factor). I saw one returned to LFS that was easily 4.5-5 inches long, about as long as the width of my hand. He was in with assorted aggressives and was just fine.

If there were feeder fish in the tank I would worry less when trying it out. If you give aggressive/semi-aggeessive fish an easy target/meal, they typically will be easier on tankmates. That and barbs can just be nasty, even small ones hold their own pretty well (unless swallowed whole).

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graphicdesign_r said:
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If there were feeder fish in the tank I would worry less when trying it out. If you give aggressive/semi-aggeessive fish an easy target/meal, they typically will be easier on tankmates. That and barbs can just be nasty, even small ones hold their own pretty well (unless swallowed whole).

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Yeah, the barbs can be nasty little buggers, especially to other fish of different species in the same area.
 
It might actually be refreshing to find a post about tiger barbs being picked on :)
 
joylynn said:
It might actually be refreshing to find a post about tiger barbs being picked on :)
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Aw, but they are so cute! Nobody picks on my l'il nippers! (except me with the gravel siphon - it's for their own good) :rolleyes:
 
I love mine too, I just added 5 more to my 35G though because they were picking on one and I needed a diversion to give that one a break - ornery little things :)
 
Anyone else have thoughts or experience with this sort of setup? :cool:
 
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