Do tiger barbs eat plants?

[Cherries Lover]

bro,

Best to keep them in a tank of just them alone...

Tiger Barbs normally are not friendly fishes with the rest. Plants might be tear off by them so best not to with plants...

[Justikanz]

Tiger barbs have NO problems with plants. My plants are fine with them. There are some misconceptions with tiger barbs and barbs in general. Not all barbs eat plants like they have no tomorrow. And tiger barbs do NOT necessarily go around tearing other fish's tails...

Tiger barbs are not unfriendly... They are just creatures that are just too playful. If kept in a small group of at least 5, they will 'play' amongst themselves and will generally ignore others. If you keep less than 5, then they will disturb their tank mates. They are fast, so if you keep slow fish with long fins with them, then you are inviting them to tear the fins. My group of 6 tiger barbs are doing VERY well in my community tank and non of my smaller fishes are disturbed by this group.

A point to note is that tiger barbs do not always remain as small as when they are being sold. They can grow to slightly more than 2" in length and their body 'height' is about 2" as well when they are well fed... They are definitely not for the smaller tanks.

[Cherries Lover]

Oh okie... I rear tiger barbs back then when I am much younger....
That was the impression i got by then... Noted with thanks...

[redcaptrio]

Tiger barbs have NO problems with plants. My plants are fine with them. There are some misconceptions with tiger barbs and barbs in general. Not all barbs eat plants like they have no tomorrow. And tiger barbs do NOT necessarily go around tearing other fish's tails...

Tiger barbs are not unfriendly... They are just creatures that are just too playful. If kept in a small group of at least 5, they will 'play' amongst themselves and will generally ignore others. If you keep less than 5, then they will disturb their tank mates. They are fast, so if you keep slow fish with long fins with them, then you are inviting them to tear the fins. My group of 6 tiger barbs are doing VERY well in my community tank and non of my smaller fishes are disturbed by this group.

A point to note is that tiger barbs do not always remain as small as when they are being sold. They can grow to slightly more than 2" in length and their body 'height' is about 2" as well when they are well fed... They are definitely not for the smaller tanks.

this seems to be a thread a long time ago but i have a question Justikanz.. how many tiger barbs do you recommend in a 40 gal (US) tiger-barb only tank? and what plants do you keep with them that they have no problem with.. im planning to keep them in a planted tank.
thanks!

[joeyttk]

I have 45 tiger barbs in my 6feet today. I do see that they like shady area (i.e. under floating plants). I have confirmed that they will nibble at the roots of those floating plants, but I have not saw them "attack" my plants.

My floating plants has very short roots but they will live to see another day

[a1matt]

I am reviving this old thread as I am thinking of getting some tiger barbs (between 15 and 20 in my 160l).

My tank is well planted with lots of mosses in it, has anyone kept tiger barbs with mosses?

(Already I know form experience that my amano shrimp will eat all willow moss they can see, and snowballs will eat all stringy moss, and also nibble on taiwan moss! Do not get me started on SAE's!!!)

Thanks!
(this is my first post here, but I have visited many times, it is a great source of knowledge and inspiration, thanks everyone )