Breeding Tiger barb

"Mariachi" wrote...
I was just wondering if ti's possible to breed tiger barbs without
seperating them first?

assuming you mean 'seprating them first' from the rest of the group by
isolating them in a breeding tank, yes. although breeding them is not the
problem, survival is.


Also any other advice?

your shots at success are at the best, beyond minimal. even with a crowded
tank (by crowded i mean lots of other objects eg. plants/decorations etc.)
barbs will eat every egg they can find, which is most given that they are
egg-scatterers. secondly as the fry begin to hatch they make themselves
more suseptable to predation by drawing attention to themselves via
movement. third, food-- fry need an abundance of micro foods which are
commonly not found in an established tank and require you to either i.
provide it as a supliment (liquifry or other) or ii. culture your own. in
either case the surviability of the fry is dependent on their ability to
'accidentally' find food, which again leads to predation by other fish.
lastly, even if they survive long enough to pass beyond the fry stage, wrt
tigers-- if it will fit in its mouth, it's food. young tigers are food for
bigger tigers.

my personal recommendation-- if you are serious about breeding barbs, get a
breeding tank, else you end up frustraited with the attempts. i have kept,
bred, and raised barbs for a number of years and never have i had them
successfully produce offspring in an environment that includes the parents
(or other fish for that matter).

in my personal opinion-- tigers are some of the most wonderful fish to keep
and breed.