Tiger barbs - Rasboras

[cdub1955]

I was thinking of puting some asian type fish in this 72 gal bowfront. A school of Harlequin Rasboras, and maybe some barbs, cherry barbs or tiger barbs. Is there a problem with this?

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[BiscuitSlayer]

Once you go with a school of harlequins, you won't want anything else.

Great schooling fish! They mix well with other types of rasboras as well.

[legomaniac89]

Be sure to keep Tigers in a school of 6 or more, that way they'll just spread their aggression out among themselves and not the other fish. But yeah, I see no problem with it at all

[JustOneMore21]

I would choose Cherries over Tiger Barbs. Cherry Barbs are super peaceful, unlike Tigers. The males have great color and while it would be alot of red, you'd be much happier with less aggression I'm sure. Keep the Cherries in ratios of 1 male to 2 females. They don't need a school, so you could have a trio or 2 trios and then a large school of Harlies. I suggest having atleast 12 of those....definitely worth it!

[legomaniac89]

You (or more specifically, your Harlequins) would definitely be safer with Cherries, but its really a matter of opinion. Tigers are very entertaining to watch and get very nice color, but so do Cherries. It would be a lot of red in the tank with Harlequins and Cherries though...
There are like 10 million different types of Asian barbs and other fish you could try too, so don't limit yourself to just those few.