Female Tiger Barbs
The black ruby barb is a smaller barb with a docile nature that has a similar pattern to the tiger barb.
Female tiger barbs. They have a broader shape and a rounder belly. High calorie diet leads to the obesity as a result the male loses the ability to fertilize eggs and the female can t lay the eggs and dies because of this. Once spawning is finished they will usually eat any of the eggs they can find.
They can peacefully co exist with tiger barbs but also with lots of other species especially that they re less nippy than their tiger cousins. Average tiger barb size. Females are a lot less colorful than males and they exhibit a general paleness compared to males.
After fertilization separate the breeding pair. Male tiger barbs have distinctively red noses and above black part of their dorsal fin you can find characteristic red line while the dorsal fin of female tiger barb is mainly black. The ventral fins of female tiger barbs turn into a pale red or orangish color.
The eggs will take one and a half days to hatch. You re also going to need to know how to tell the difference between a male and female green tiger barb. Like some other egg laying freshwater fish the tiger barb female will lay her eggs and the eggs are then fertilized by the male.
To breed tiger barbs place several specimens in the same aquarium until they are paired. The males also develop a red snout when spawning. The fry will start free swimming after 5 days.
Tiger barbs have been documented to spawn as many as 500 eggs per female scheurmann 1990. The females tend to lay several hundred eggs 300 in some cases in the early hours of the morning over groups of plants. Ensure that they get the right food such as brine shrimp before introducing them to finely crushed flake.
Females are also more rounded at their bellies than males and they can even grow bigger than male tiger barbs. Green tiger barb fish reach sexual maturity at 6 7 weeks of age when they reach almost an inch in size. When this happens the male will chase the female and fertilize her eggs while she lay them.
If you re planning on breeding them i recommend selecting breeding pairs with strong coloration and great markings. Males are a smidge smaller. Females can spawn at approximately two week intervals munro et al.
It can be fed with any live plant or dry food. It s also worth pointing out that there are some noticeable differences between male and female tiger barbs. Unfortunately tiger barbs have a voracious appetite for their eggs and fry and removing the eggs soon after spawning is the best way to ensure that you will have tiger barb juveniles to raise.
The female tiger barb will lay at least 200 eggs and the male will fertilize them immediately. It is comparatively easy to distinguish between male and females tiger barbs the female tiger barbs are generally bigger in size then male tiger barb and have rounder belly.
