aquaticapinoy Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) right now i currently have 40gal tall aqaurium with a Eclipse 3 system and a fluval 305 as well for added filtration 1 gourami (5') 1 clown loach (3') 1 albino cory (1.5') 1 chinese algae eater (4') 2 bristle nosed algae eater (3.5') i was wondering if i could add 10-15 tiger barbs into the tank? what do you guys think? Edited February 24, 2009 by aquaticapinoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Gourami's are relatively peaceful fish...and Tiger barbs tend to be more aggressive, nit picky...it's completely up to you to keep them together...but if you're going to have 10-15 tiger barbs in the tank, it might be best to find the gourami another tank. But, you never know... Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaticapinoy Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Gourami's are relatively peaceful fish...and Tiger barbs tend to be more aggressive, nit picky...it's completely up to you to keep them together...but if you're going to have 10-15 tiger barbs in the tank, it might be best to find the gourami another tank. But, you never know... Good Luck. the gourami is quite large (i would save even close to 6inches) will that play factor in any? from what ive read, the tiger barbs (as long as you get 5+) should only school by themselves and don't usually bother bigger fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syno321 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Gourami's are relatively peaceful fish...and Tiger barbs tend to be more aggressive, nit picky...it's completely up to you to keep them together...but if you're going to have 10-15 tiger barbs in the tank, it might be best to find the gourami another tank. But, you never know... Good Luck. the gourami is quite large (i would save even close to 6inches) will that play factor in any? from what ive read, the tiger barbs (as long as you get 5+) should only school by themselves and don't usually bother bigger fish? My bet is, the Tiger Barbs will not be able to resist nipping the long trailing ventral fins of the gourami, no matter how large it is. Try them together but be prepared to remove the gourami very quickly if the barbs start on the ventral fins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cale262 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I added a group of 15+ to a community tank and those guys pretty much picked on everybody who wasn't faster than them, size didn't seam to matter, all the other fish were completely ragged in a matter of days,...the only thing that quelled the TB's was being moved into the Oscar tank where the lasted almost a full two weeks, my wife called them "Twinkie barbs"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaticapinoy Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 so if i take the gourami out? are the rest of the fish ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 so if i take the gourami out? are the rest of the fish ok? Probably, Plecos can usually withstand the nit picking, but I like my bristlenose, so nothing nit picky gets to go in with him/her/it. The others are probably going to hide more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 FYI, The Clown Loach can get up to over a foot big. Will eventually need a bigger tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaticapinoy Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 FYI, The Clown Loach can get up to over a foot big. Will eventually need a bigger tank ive had my clown loach for almost a year, and he hasn't grown since ive gotten him... and the previous owner said he's had the loach for almost a year too... so that's two year old loach.. and he's still the same size... and i have a 70gal tank that my clown loach can go into when he gets too big (if and when that happends) :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: i love my clown loach, he's soo fun to watch.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I agree the Clown Loach is fun to watch have them also, and yup takes long time for them to grow up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkstar Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 FYI, The Clown Loach can get up to over a foot big. Will eventually need a bigger tank ive had my clown loach for almost a year, and he hasn't grown since ive gotten him... and the previous owner said he's had the loach for almost a year too... so that's two year old loach.. and he's still the same size... and i have a 70gal tank that my clown loach can go into when he gets too big (if and when that happends) :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: i love my clown loach, he's soo fun to watch.... Be prepared to have even more fun with that loach when he starts to school with and think he's a tiger barb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I agree that either taking the gourami out or adding another on is your best bet, if you take him out you could easily add those tigers in. If you want want to take him out I would drop the amount of tigers you want to 5ish. IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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