How would 4-5 tiger barbs work?

Question

with 1 paradise fish and 1 rainbow shark?in my 29 gallon fish tank

Answer 1

Thats sounds fine to me im not sure about the paradise fish but the rainbow shark yes.

Answer 2

The trick here is not to throw off the bio load too much when adding an entire school of fish all at once, I mixed my barbs up in my aggressive tank 7 tiger barbs 2 albino tiger barbs and 3 tin foils, but if you add them all at once you will trigger a mini cycle and could lose fish. The catch is if you add them a few at a time they will be fin nippers until you get them up to schooling numbers. You should be fine with that mix though. They are hella fun to watch when feeding and they stay pretty active all day. good luck and happy fish keeping.

Answer 3

thats sounds ok (as in not overstocked), but be carefull about the barbs, cuz they might nip at the paradise fish's long wavy tail, i have one in my tank, and hes kind of the boss who runs the tank. otherwise, its fine, if u have enough tiger barbs, they will keep their bullying within their group and not cause harm to other fish, good luck with it

Answer 4

No Barbs with Gouramis or Rainbow Sharks at all. Period.

Barbs and Rainbow Sharks are both fin nippers, and they may attack each other and/or the Gourami. If they're in a school of 6 or more then they won't nip the fins, but your 29 gallon doesn't have any room for ANY Tiger Barbs at all (well maybe 1 or 2, but they'll nip fins).

E-mail me for any questions!