How do you know if a tiger barb is male or female?

Answer 1

Hello, its fairly hard to tell if a tiger barb is male or female, but the best way that ive learnt how is when the males get excited their nose becomes dark orange to almost a red. So yeah, i hope this helps mate, otherwise u might want to contact a breeder that breeds them personally. Or maybe if ur aquarium doesnt know ask them for their supplier/breeder number to ask them urself. Anywho, I hope this helps :oD

i have had green tiger barbs for 12months and i have used the net to find out more info about them. the male green tiger barb has a thin orange to red line on its fin the female has none.

Answer 2

www.aquaticcommunity.com "Sexing Tiger barbs is not very hard, since the female Tiger barb is larger than the male and sports a rounder belly. The male have a distinctive red nose, and above the black part of his dorsal fin you can see a characteristic red line. The dorsal fin of the female is mainly black." I hope that helps.

Answer 3

the belly will look lumpy and the belly will also look alot bigger

Answer 4

Tiger barbs are egg layers and have eggs in them always. The females will be more plump and have a rounded belly. They lay their eggs on plants and the males come behind and fertilize them.

Answer 5

Don't worry about it. Tigerfish can not get pregnant.

Answer 6

Barbs are egg layers, so don't get pregnant.

When the belly is rounded the fish is filled with eggs and ready to spawn.

Answer 7

they will be rounded