wHAt aRe My tIGeR BArbS dOIng???

saraveza408 · 04-21-2006, 01:51 AM

my tiger barbs were acting very weird today.I have 2 females & 2 males.They never had mated yet and I've had them together for about 3 months now.(Both males were bought at the same time from one pet store & 3 months later I got the 2 females from a different store.)Today the black stripes were near invisible on the male(I think) & the females were deep black.The 2 were locked at the mouth & their bodies were curved towards eachother and their fins were fluttering towards eachother.They did this for about 3 minuits then darted around the tank.As they did the black reappeared on the male.What was all that about???

**Cichlid Man** · 04-21-2006, 06:08 AM

Most fish can change their color according too their mood. So your tiger barbs were either fighting or mating. Hope they were mating!lol

Jojo · 04-21-2006, 10:24 AM

My guess would be mating.

garfieldnfish · 04-22-2006, 01:57 AM

When my males fight, they sort of head butt each other and nose shove each other around. I haver never seen any mating behaviour among my tigers, so I don't know how they do it.

04-21-2006, 01:51 AM	#1
saraveza408 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 33 Posts: 7	wHAt aRe My tIGeR BArbS dOIng??? my tiger barbs were acting very weird today.I have 2 females & 2 males.They never had mated yet and I've had them together for about 3 months now.(Both males were bought at the same time from one pet store & 3 months later I got the 2 females from a different store.)Today the black stripes were near invisible on the male(I think) & the females were deep black.The 2 were locked at the mouth & their bodies were curved towards eachother and their fins were fluttering towards eachother.They did this for about 3 minuits then darted around the tank.As they did the black reappeared on the male.What was all that about???

04-21-2006, 06:08 AM	#2
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Most fish can change their color according too their mood. So your tiger barbs were either fighting or mating. Hope they were mating!lol __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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04-21-2006, 10:24 AM	#3
Jojo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tennessee Age: 17 Posts: 189	My guess would be mating.

04-22-2006, 01:57 AM	#4
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 661	When my males fight, they sort of head butt each other and nose shove each other around. I haver never seen any mating behaviour among my tigers, so I don't know how they do it.

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