Explore Tiger Barb Traits, Origins, and Care Tips for Aquarium Success Reviewed by Nick Saint-Erne Tiger barbs are active schooling fish that can be mildly aggressive, making them unsuitable for ...

Gold barbs are a type of shoal fish, living and functioning in groups in the wild. This is a survival mechanism — they’re very small fish that would be more vulnerable on their own.

Tiger Barb Fish Life Cycle Tiger barbs reach sexual maturity once they’re about an inch long, usually at six or seven weeks old. Males and females only reproduce with one mate at a time.