Tiger Barbs always hide, have had them for over a year now

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Amf1996

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Hello!
When I first got my tiger barbs they were very active fish, always swimming around. But since roughly 7 months ago they started hiding all the time. I did get a new light but it is not really any brighter than the previous one that I had. The tank is well planted and they are a school of 7 ( in a 20g long). They hide in my very overgrown water wisteria exclusively. Any ideas of why it is like this? We always had tiger barbs in my family’s fish tank when I was a kid. From what I remember they were not ones to hide, always swimming all over the place.
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Welcome and that's a nice looking setup. That is odd with your TB. Do you have a read in PPM for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? I've only got one tiger barb left out of a batch I bought from Petsmart some years ago, but he/she is always out and about.
 

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Check your water parameters. They maybe a little off.
 

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Agreed, it's probably the water parameters.

If you don't have test kits try doing a couple of big water change and see if that perks them up.
 
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