Tiger Barb is a Cyprinidae family Semi-aggressive freshwater aquarium fish.that small beautiful fish origin place is Sumatra. Adult Tiger Barb fish grow around 3 inches. there are many barb varieties in the world tiger one is the most popular barb variety in the fish store.you can also buy Albino , Blushing , Moss green , Black tiger varieties in the online fish shop. Barb is the another type of schooling fish like neon tetra. Angle Fish and gouramis are slow-moving therefore not recommend as tiger’s tank mate.
Tiger Barb Tank Requirement
Tiger Barb Fish require 10 gallon fish tank or large fish tank.you can made cute barb school using 55 gallon fish tank. they prefer water temperature as a 77 to 83 Fahrenheit and 6.0 to 8.0 PH value best for their tank.set Tank water hardness level of 5 to 19.
Food’s & Breeding
Feeding is not hard because this is omnivorous fish species.you can use Flake food and Tablet Pellet as a their normal diet. Also you can use live food , they like fishes , worms and shrimps. meat food and vegetarian food’s are best for some of diet’s.you can easily order these fish food amazon or any other online fish store.
Their live around 7 year’s and after two or three month’s they become a sexually mature. Their Breeding is not hard , moderately easy to breed. First you want to Choose strong colored pair for breeding. They are egg layers that spread out their adhesive eggs. You can use 25 gallon breeding tank for their spawning process. Sponge filter, heater, and plants are used for your breeding tank. You want to use marble substrate for save from harm their egg’s. Slightly acidic water condition best for breeding tank. Also set 75 to 79° F water temperature and medium hardness level.
First introduce female in tank and use brine shrimp or any other live food. After two or three days introduce male to breeding tank. Normally spawn begin morning and around 300 egg’s release in their spawning process. But some time it’s going 600 to 700 eggs range.
After spawning you must want to remove both male and female fish. That not like a Betta fish Breeding no? After 2 day’s eggs will hatch and after 5 days the fry will start free-swimming. Next you want to start feeding. you can use liquid fry food , baby brine or infusoria as a fry diet. Feed three time’s per day but never overfed if you overfed water can quickly unclean and it’s danger for your new-born fry. Betta breeding is different from tiger fish breeding.Basically Tiger barb available anywhere in the world you can buy online or local fish store.