Tiger barbs/ich

[mandymartinez]

HELP! Tiger barbs/ich

I have three questions. First I have 6 tiger barbs(I had 4 and added 2 yesterday), 1 angel, a pictus cat, pleco, and a betta. My barbs seem to be nipping my angel. Is there anything I can do to get them to stop. Will adding another angel help.

I noticed that one of the two tiger barbs I added to my tank yesterday appears to have ich. I began the salt/heat treatment. I have a 55g tank. Do I add between 55-160 tsp of salt? So far I have only added about 5tsp because I didn't want to add it too fast. How often do I add it? When I do a water change do I add salt in to replace the taken out salt.

Lastly, how many fish can I house in my tank? I heard there an inch per gallon. If I can get more fish and after my ich is gone, what other fish do you suggest?

Thanks,
Mandy

 

[Grundy]

I think you are going to have trouble with the barbs and angel / betta no matter how large a school you have. Yes, a larger school seems to diminish the aggression somewhat but not totally in my experience. I think either the barbs or the long-finned fish will need to be moved (or a divider set up). I believe in a 55 gallon tank you could have a nice school of 10-12 barbs OR 3-4 angels and they should be pretty happy. When I have done salt treatments in the past I have put the salt in about 1/4 of the total each day for four consecutive days and, yes, you should salt the replacement water until the treatment is done. I always have to look up the amount per gallon, though, so I will get back to you on that...

 

[graphicdesign_r]

I used 1.5 tsp per gallon with heat for good results. I still lost two barbs to ich but it prevented the others from becoming infected.

Long finned fish and barbs don't mix. Small quick fish and medium sized semi-aggressives do well.

 

[Web Gazelle]

Tiger Barbs are prone to getting Ich. The salt treatment is the best I have heard of and cleared up Ich in my tank. Your Tiger Barbs may never stop picking at your Angel or Betta. THey are not good tankmates.

 

[mandymartinez]

So what can I put in the tank with tiger barbs?

 

[Grundy]

Other barbs is probably the best option (other color tiger barbs, rosy barbs, etc.) They also do well with cory cats. If you are looking for something a little bigger, a lot of people will put red tail sharks with their barbs since they are similar fish and can hold their own against barb tendencies. I believe they get to be 5-6inches and are territorial so you would only want one (with appropriate hiding places / caves for it). I have not had a RTS in the past but am considering one for my 125 gallon barb tank. Danios should work well also.

 

[daveedka]

I would also suggest just finding other Barbs, and maybe some really fast movers like torpeodo shaped tetras or daniio's of some type. Giant Danio's are awesomne in a 55g.

As far as salt Quantities, The range recommended is 1-3 teaspoons per gallon, I actually always do 2 teaspoons per gallon , and if tyhere is still ich visible after 5 days (never happens for me, but has for others) then I'd raise it to 3 teaspoons per gallon.

Dave

 

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[plah831]

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