Tiger barb behavior..

[BugMan]

Hey... I went to my LFS and saw that all and i mean all of their Tiger Barbs were doing head stands... Why would tiger barbs do this???

[matteffect]

Swim bladder problems maybe ?

[BugMan]

But that would only affect a few fish would it not? Because each and every tiger barb in the tank were doing it...

[matteffect]

Maybe the shipment was all bad... unlikely though. Ive heard of male tiger barbs standing on their heads because they are ready to mate and ant to mate, it is a mating dance. Could have been it?

Ive also heard of it being a resting pose.

Also heard that bad diet clogs up the digestive system and then it happens.

[BugMan]

i've checked in a book i have here... Very very very old book... And it says that the tiger barbs do head stands if there is a nitrogen build up... Wonder if this is actually so...

[Vis]

Hi Bugman it will be due to some water condition. A lot of fish will do head stand or try to burry itself in the grave when the get exposed to high levels of ammonia or nitrite.

[BugMan]

Thank you Vis...