Ok watch the cories video, and yeah they need I soft substrate. But the pearl gourami may really work nicely. I read on your link above, It is one of the most attractive, hardiest, and easy-to-keep gouramis. That sounds like a fish for me. Any chance they could eat the barbs, as 4" is a lot bigger then the barbs?
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