Since I cant pick up my new 55 gallon until Wednesday, i decided to set up another 20 gallon to pass the time. I would like to have a school of tiger barbs and another school of some other colorful fish in this tank along with a couple bottom feeders. I will be over filtering this with a Tetra EX45 that is rated for a 45 gallon tank. What other fish would make a nice school along side Tiger barbs and, what would be a good bottom feeder?
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grace130994
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I'm no expert but I do have some tiger barbs and they can be quite nippy but I have them with lamp eyed tetras and some Congo tetras (the males are beautiful IMO) these go together ok for me and I haven't had any trouble with them... One thing about the tiger barbs is they do dash around a lot and I have been told that they can make some of the 'quieter' breeds of fish nervous 
Here's my 20 gallon that I am setting up. Would ghost shrimp be ok with what little plants and hiding spots I have?
Yes,they get pretty large
But they will kill and eat fish fry and small fish
Ive never seen a ghost shrimp over an inch in size. I've also never heard of them killing other fish. Fry maybe but I dont think they could bring down anything larger.
Coursair
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Cherry Barbs should be fine. They are very adaptable.
DancesWithEwoks
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A school of tigers should be fine. I have six tiger barbs, 4 panda corydoras (great bottom feeders!! Also they help clean the bottom of your tank) and 6 gosh shrimps. They are all happy in my tank for over a year!!!
