These decorations can help the fish avoid confrontation by offering hiding spaces for smaller or bullied fish. If you plan to keep barbs in a community tank, adding some plants and hideouts will come in handy. Finally, the water movement should be moderate. The pH should be around 6.0-7.0 (slightly acidic to neutral), and the general hardness should be up to 10 dGH at most. In their natural habitat, barbs enjoy warm and slow-moving waters.įor your tank, a 74-79☏ water temperature is ideal. You’ll need a tank of at least 30 gallons to house them. They require plenty of space to move and go about their day without causing an altercation. Habitatīarbs are energetic and feisty fish. Plants like algae pellets, carrots, and peas contain vitamins and plant pigments to keep the fish healthy and colorful. With regards to feeding frequency, you can feed a barb once to twice a day.įoods such as brine shrimp, bloodworms, and beef heart are good for protein, B vitamins, and healthy fatty acids. A combination of flakes, pellets, frozen, and live food is best. It can enjoy a variety of foods as long as you feed it a balanced diet. Like its parent species, this glofish is omnivorous. And unlike other species, tiger barbs don’t get aggressive as a form of territorial display. Tiger barbs can get easily irritated by other fish in the tank, especially slow-moving fish. Males are always trying to fight to establish their place in the pecking order. However, they’re also competitive and extremely aggressive. They’re quite sociable within their own species and they can often be seen shoaling. They’re very active and curious and tend to seek out ways to entertain themselves. You can choose between bright electric green, starfire red, and sunburst orange. Its distinguishing characteristic lies in its neon coloring.

This glofish is also around the same size, growing up to 2-3 inches at most.

It has the signature forked tail shape specific to barbs. It has a flat body covered in dark tiger-like stripes. Except for its vivid glow-in-the-dark colors, this glofish looks exactly like its parent species.

Tetra glofish