Should i buy another barb fish?

Question

I bought a tiger barb that killed my other fish and petco is having a sale [5 for $5] but they only allow a couple diffrent fish that u can buy and i have most of them but only 1 barb and i wanted to get another 1 but a diffrent kind of barb [i want a cherry barb]. But i was wondering if it will kill anymore fish. So should I?

Answer 1

Barbs of every kind are known to be aggressive going after other fish and nipping their fins or even kill them. Barbs should be in a school being able to swim together in groups of about six and it shouldn't be any less then that at a time. They are even more aggressive when there's less then six fish together. You can mix the different types of barbs together. I have a fish tank that has only barbs in it. I have tiger barbs, green barbs, albino barbs, and rosy barbs they are all six years old and still going strong. I've even mated the rosy barbs a couple of times. Even the babies are aggressive. Even to themselves. I've has d babies that have killed each other off over night. And they were tiny yet.

Answer 2

you want to buy more than one barb like 3 , 7 , 9 are good nothing in an even number.  Barbs are fin nippers also so remember if you have a school of barbs there more it should not be a problem.

Answer 3

i answered your other question aswell if you buy a different barb it will die...tiger barbs school in 6 or more fish so you may want to think about buying 5 or 6 more tiger's....this will greatly reduce the aggression and it will keep it amongst themselves

Answer 4

if it's gonna kill the other fish and you're ok with it, then go ahead buy it