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Will tiger barbs and albino tiger barbs school together?
I know tiger barbs like to be in a small school but I am wondering if the regular and albino ones will school together if I add them at the same time.
I have a 40 gallon tank so there is plenty of room for a small school or barbs atleast until they get full grown. I know they are only supose to get a few inches long but a friend of mine had some in one of her 90 gallon tanks that got almost 5 inches (she had them for several years)so I might need to move upto a larger tank in the future if mine grow that large.
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- DeadDudeLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yep. Tiger Barbs, Albinos Tiger Barbs, and Green Tiger Barbs (also called Moss Barbs) will all school together. They are all the same species just different colors and can all get to 3in long. In fact if you like Tiger Barbs but want different colors I would encourage you to get some of all three. Tiger Barbs are semi-aggressive and can nip fins so it is best if they are kept in schools of ATLEAST 6-10.
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- 6 years ago
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Will tiger barbs and albino tiger barbs school together?
I know tiger barbs like to be in a small school but I am wondering if the regular and albino ones will school together if I add them at the same time.
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Yeah regular, albino, and the green varieties will all school together just fine, I just hope you have at least a 29 gallon for these guys as they need that space because they're such active schooling fish and need to be in schools of 6+ so they don't get too stressed (be sure to have some kind of plants in the tank, don't have to be real just somewhere for them to explore and hide if necessary) or nip anything else you have in the tank.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
They should school together as long as you have an overall number of 6 or more barbs they should be ok
- PenguinLv 71 decade ago
Yes, they are the same species, so they will school together without incident. Please make sure you have enough room for these guys (minimum of a 20 long for a small group of these, more if you plan on keeping them with other fish). Also, be aware that keeping them in a "small" group is a very bad decision if you have other fish. They are extremely bad fin nippers and need at least a group of 7 to keep them from shredding other fish in the aquarium.
- 5 years ago
have seven tiger barbs in a 13 gallon tank with two aqueon 20 filters and an airpump i do regular water changes, do you think they will die on me
- 1 decade ago
As long as you add enough, and they have enough space they should. they are still the same species. Barbs are always a bit nippy to each other though, so it's important to have enough individuals so that no one fish is bullied.
