[Fishman]

I recieved these two fish in the purchase of my 125 gal and was told that they were tiger barbs.
I was checking on the net for some info and it says that these fish only get to 3" when full grown!

The fish i have are like 6" and I was told by the previous owner that they are Tiger barbs but how did they get this big!!

Just wondering if anybody has a pic of a tiger barb full grown or info.

Thanks

Plan to post pics of mine as soon as I get back my digital cam!!

 

[piranha45]

if its 6", it is NOT a tiger barb! Good lord, I dont know what kinda weirdo would tell u that they WERE

heres a listing of barbs: http://www.aquariacentral.com/species/cyprinids.shtml

and this is the Tiger barb: http://www.aquariacentral.com/species/db.c...&view_records=1

 

[unxchange]

Possibly TINFOIL barbs, these guy get up to 12'' big, need ALOT of room and will take out scales of other fish when bored.

 

[Fishman]

I checked all those barbs on that link and could not find a description that matched mine!

maybe it is not a barb at all!!
I will post pics up tomorrow so I can get these fish figured out !

Thanks for all your imput guys!!!!

 

[Innes]

not tiger barbs

 

[SnowCichlid]

coud be T-barbs, they get 20cm or so... thats 8 inches

 

[Innes]

hey snow what do you mean by T-Barbs?

tinfoil?
tiger?

 

[SnowCichlid]

hey snow what do you mean by T-Barbs?

tinfoil?
tiger?

No actual T-barbs
go here for more info
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gtbarb.html

 

[Innes]

Thanks Snowcichlid

 

[SnowCichlid]

Thanks Snowcichlid

anytime Innes

 

[Fishman]

Thanks Snow Cichlid!

Those are my fish!
Thanks for the help!
Maybe I misunderstood the seller when he actually said T-barb.

Thanks for all help everybody!