Would Any Barbs Be Compatable

[Dana C]

Hi,
I have a 180 litre tank which has
3 albino cories
3 bronze cories
6 leopard danios
1 platy
10 neon tetras
I was looking for some brightly coloured fish so I was looking at tetras but a friend told me to have a look at barbs but to stay away from tiger barbs as they can be nippy. Is there any type I can get that will get on with my fish and not be a problem with any fish I get in the future.
Thanks for any help in advance.

 

[Captain Retardo]

I've read that Cherry Barbs are peaceful

Here is a site with some info on them: http/www.petresources.net/fish/cyprinid/cop_tit.html

I dont know about you, but i think they are beautiful fish.

 

[The-Wolf]

Tiger barbs are only nippy when kept in small groups, personally I'd say 8 as a min, but others say 6.

If you like TBS then why not look out for pentazona barbs and/or black ruby barbs.

 

[Dana C]

Thanks for the replys,
If I got cherry, ruby or pentazona barbs how many would I have to get?
Do you have to have males and females or doesn't it matter, and if you do is it easy to tell the difference between the sexes?

 

[The-Wolf]

cherry barbs can be kept in pairs (1male{red hence the name} 1 female{brownish})
or in small groups (1 male per 2 females)

the others should be in groups of at least 5. mixed or single sex groups is ok.

 

[Dana C]

Thanks for that, I can never tell the difference between males and females so I do like fish that don't care what sex they are with.

 

[phlawed]

Thanks for that, I can never tell the difference between males and females so I do like fish that don't care what sex they are with.

there is also albino tiger barbs that are pretty