tiger barbs in a 10g?

[dmopar74]

how many tiger barbs could i put in a 10g, and could i put a few cories or a bushynose pleco with them?

 

[deathtoll]

I think it's around 1 small fish for every 1 gallon of water.If it were me I would probably put 5 or 6 tiger barbs.

 

[syddakyd]

i wouldnt put them in anything less then a 20g long, personally. and if you keep only a small group, they torment each other . i would keep a minimum of 8 in a decent sized tank.

 

[Z Trip]

Yeah, tiger barbs are a ver yactive fish and will not work in a tank so small. And yes they need to be kept in large schools to prevent "bullying". Get around 10.

 

[Bderick67]

I think 5-6 would be fine in a 10g. Since they are schooling fish they do fine being somewhat crowded. In a 10g the entire shoal would not have much roaming room but the individual fish would have more then enough room to roam within the shoal.

 

[dmopar74]

so what about some cories?

 

[Allan01230]

Have you ever seen black ruby barbs? they are a little less agressive and you could do 6 in a 10. The males get a deep red almost purple color when breeding. The females look like washed out tiger barbs. Google some adults in breeding dress they are stunning.

 

[erk419]

Tiger barbs need a minimum tank size of 30 gallons due to them being very active. They also need to be in groups of at least 6 to keep aggression issues down and kept inside the school.

 

[Bderick67]

Tiger barbs need a minimum tank size of 30 gallons due to them being very active. They also need to be in groups of at least 6 to keep aggression issues down and kept inside the school.

The 6-7 tiger barbs I kept in a 55g then a 72g tank were not very active at all outside of the shoal. The shoal mainly stayed in about on quarter of the tank.

 

[syddakyd]

^i have 11 in a 125g and they are all over the place. maybe they felt uncomfortable in your tank.