Cool! With a 55g, look at getting two filters, one for each end. That will make sure you have a good flow of water going and no dead spots devoid of oxygen. Can't have too much filteration 
Roan
Roan
3 tiger barbs in one gallon tank?
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We lived on St. Joe -- Cherry Hill Rd./S. Newburgh Rd./Warren Rd. area. About 7 miles from youDrekkyk said:I'm at Joy and middlebelt, right on the livonia boarder. I'm originally from Mt. Clemens, but spent time in WA, MS, and AZ while in the military. (Korea too). Got a great job in dearborn and hate commutes, so Westland / Livoinia was it for me
Drekkyk
We only lived there for a few months, though. Bought the house in March of '99 and in Dec '99 my husband was transferred to Herndon, VA. He's from NE and MI and I'm from Ontario, Canada. I've neighbours that just moved in. Came from Seoul, military. Dunno what he does. Neighbours that just moved out, military, pathologist. He worked three days a week at the Pentagon and was 20 mins away from work on 9/11. Man he was lucky.
Anyhow, nice to meet you
Mrs. Burns,
Sorry for the little hijack. Not often you meet someone that could have been a neighbour
Roan
You two are too cute. Hey, do any of you know what kind of fish you can put in with tiger barbs? Or are they just better by themselves? And do they like to hide like in caves or plants?
Hey, do any of you know what kind of fish you can put in with tiger barbs? Or are they just better by themselves? And do they like to hide like in caves or plants?
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Roan,
Nice to meet you! I was at Osan in Korea, but spent some time in Soul. I did calibrations for 6 years, then changed to communications. I'm now an Intrusion Detection Engineer for SAIC, working on a contract for the Defense Logistics Agency. Ok, 'nuff about me.
Mrs. Burns,
My experience with Barbs is limited, as I've only had some for 6 days. I can tell you this, they are not into hiding but enjoy plants. Very active and hyper; entertaining to watch!
Nice to meet you! I was at Osan in Korea, but spent some time in Soul. I did calibrations for 6 years, then changed to communications. I'm now an Intrusion Detection Engineer for SAIC, working on a contract for the Defense Logistics Agency. Ok, 'nuff about me
.Mrs. Burns,
My experience with Barbs is limited, as I've only had some for 6 days. I can tell you this, they are not into hiding but enjoy plants. Very active and hyper; entertaining to watch!
You really have to be careful of what you put in with tigers. They are very nippy and will go after anything that has prominate fins or appendeges. They will go after each other as well.Mrs. Burns said:You two are too cute.
Most recommend that, if you want to keep other fish with tigers, you keep the barb school very large (min 10) so that they pick on each other instead of others. Some have reported that that didn't even help. Some have no problems at all, however IME the majority have had problems.
Since they are schooling fish, they don't hide. They do like plants, tho.
I had tigers for 4 months and took them back to the LFS. At first they were fine with the other fish, but I found that the older they got, the more aggressive they got. They were in a 20g high (24x12x16) and I can say from experience that *anything* smaller than a 20L (30x12x12) is way too small for even three of them. They get pretty big (3") and are very active. A 55g would be a great size for a nice school of them.
As for companions, I would try other semi-aggressive fish, but not gouramis or any other fish that has feelers or larger fins.
Roan
