Tiger barb
Puntigrus tetrazona
Also called tiger barbs.
Notorious nipper. A group of eight or more keeps them busy with each other.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 7 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 110 L, at least 75 cm long
- Temperature
- 22 to 27 °C
- pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Hardness
- 5 to 19 dGH
- Kept in
- groups of 8 or more
- Temperament
- semi-aggressive
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- at every level
- How hard
- easy
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether tiger barb fit the tank you have.