Tiger Barbs

Tiger Barbs in the freshwater aquarium adds color and diversity to the tank. They are a schooling fish and is best to keep them in pairs of at least six. I haven't done this yet but in the future I want to try to breed these fish. They are an egg laying fish. You can easily see the difference in the sexes mainly due to the size of the fish. Females are much larger than the males. Some of the points I have ran across during my research is that they have a tendency to eat their eggs or young fry. Another problem is just getting them to breed. To try to solve some of these problems people have suggested to me to separate the males from the females for a few days and the theory of this is that it will entice them to spawn. It was suggested to me if they do spawn and lay their eggs have in the bottom of the spawning tank big marbles or something round where as the eggs can fall in between the marbles and the adult fish can't get to them. I'll try some of these tips and tricks and report back to you when I have successfully bred these species of fish.