pic of my new tiger barb...

some of them just seem to be colored a little differently... probably a recessive trait or something showing through... thats my guess
 
Tiger barbs are schooling fish, you really shouldn't have less than 5 because the single guy might be threatened by the other fish since he is by himself. What size tank do you have?
 
i have 6 now, i bought 4 and one died (unknown resons) and that left 3. so today i bought 3 more... i didnt want to get 6 all at once cuz i wanted to go slowly... but its a 55g (didnt you look at the pics??) maybe you just cant tell from the pics....
 
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