Common Name Green Tiger Barb Species/genus Barbus tetrazona Keeping A very pretty fish, named for it's black stripes and for it's sometimes aggressive behavior. Likes company and makes a good schooling display. Can be a fin nipper and shredder. You might not want to keep this "Tiger" with any small, docile or long finned fish. Experienced aquarist's have reported that they are able to keep them safely with other fish if they are kept in a shoal of 6 or more. They can grow to 3 inches and need a big tank to reach full size. This fish is easily susceptible to ich and hence the water quality must be maintained. They take all foods but their diet must have live food and vegetable matter. Male and female have distinct characteristics such as colour and fins but it is better to buy a group and let them pair off. They are a colour variant of the regular tiger barbs. Breeding They are easy to breed. You need a 20G long tank for the barbs to do their mating ritual runs. Condition the male and female by introducing them into the breeding tank with a glass partition. Breeding tank should have plants at the bottom or a nylon wire mesh net so that the eggs can drop below the net. This will prevent the parents from eating the eggs. Feed them well with live foods for three or four days. Then one morning before dawn remove the partition, mating takes place early morning at dawn. This is usually accompanied by ritual mating runs. Spawning may last a few hours, then remove the male and female from the breeding tank. The fry hatch after a couple of days and tiny fry can take freshly hatched brine shrimps and powdered flakes. The fry grow fast provided enough room is given. Filtration is not required during the first two weeks, but water must be changed partly using the small air tube as hose with a nylon mesh net at the end. Origin Temp Water Temper Size Tank Food Breeding Thailand, Sumatra 68-81 °F Neutral to soft Aggressive 2-3 inch 30 Gallon All, Worms Egg Layer, Easy

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Ron	I didnt realize that there was a profile for green tiger barbs. I do not have tiger barbs but green tiger barbs witch are brother & sisters of the tiger barbs. They school much better than my neons. ( Authors comments: They are colour variants of Tiger barbs)