Blue Tiger barbs

mattfishgeek

Saw these and couldnt help but buy them. Ive never seen blue tigers before and they are actually proper blue. I bought two males and a female and the males are spawning with one of my normal tigers allready :)

jaysee

They are a hybrid of two species, one of which may be a tiger barb, but doesn't have to be.

mattfishgeek

yeah i know what they are they are a result of brreding darker and darker green tigers and you eventually end up with blue tigers

jaysee

Tiger barbs "naturally" occurring color patterns are normal, albino and green. The latter two are selectively bred to achieve those colors. Any other kind of tiger barb is a result of hybridization. The blue tiger barbs are likely a cross between green tiger barbs and black ruby barbs.

mattfishgeek

these blue are the result of green being breed darker into an eventuall dark blue. I deal alot with importers in this country and have been informed by them

jaysee

Cool. How much were they?

Inga

And where are the pictures?

Jayy

Do they look like this? http://www.google.com/imgres?q=blue+...9,r:0,s:0,i:73

mattfishgeek

they were £5 each :)

mattfishgeek

will get pics up asap. not easy to get pics of barbs as soon as i go near the tank they all go everywhere thinking its food time lol. They are greedy but i love to watch them feed they are so aggressive