20 gallon tank possibilities

[MAM]

have a 20 gal in the works. i'm planning on having a school of 6 or 8 tiger barbs, 3 or 4 yoyo loaches (hopefully the lfs that has them now will continue to stock them), or 3 or 4 botia striata (if i can find them). was kind of going for the whole species tank thing and was going to leave it at that. but is there any other fish that might work with this school of tigers (other than bottom dwellers) or should i just stick with the tiger barbs and call it good?

 

[freshmike]

I think, with tiger barbs it is best to have 6-8 for a good school and if you are planning to have 3-4 loaches, small loaches, you are gonna have a pretty good setup.....if you decide to go with less tigers and put someone else in their place you will probably run into some aggro probs with the barbs. I would stick with 6-8 barbs and 3 yo yo's and call it a fine tank!!!

 

[Moe]

You could go all barb - try some ruby barbs or red glass barbs if you can find them.