Switching to more aggressive

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baileya74

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I currently have a 46 gal community tank with
5 black tetra
3 cory peppered
6 zebra danio
2 dwarf Gouramies.

I would like to move to a more aggressive tank by adding a redtail shark, some barbs. Can I do this and have the cories and Gouramies still in the tank? I would hate to give them up.
 
Shark might not like the cories, never had them both in the same tank.

Tiger barbs, as long as you have enough, generally keep to themselves, and you have no long-finned fish there. if it's another barb, what kind?
 
My brother had a red tail and cories together and they were fine. As long as thereis enough room and make sure he has some sort of cave to hide in. They like that.

Barbs and gouramis might not be a very good mix. Those feeler are very tempting.

But as was mentioned a group of 5 barbs generally helps to keep the aggression amoungst the group. Cherry barbs are kind of spunky, stay small and are very colourful.
 
I've got 5 tiger barbs, 1 green tiger barb, 2 albino tiger barbs, 3 black ruby barbs and 4 serpae tetras along with a gold gourami and they never bother the gourami. The dwarf's however might be a little intimidated. Kyle
 
My buddy tried sticking a cory and a redtail in 10g before and they faught too much, but it might just be the small tank. I just swithced from an aggressive (convict and fire mouth cichlids) tank to a community tank. I couldnt add anything to the tank, not even another convict because they would kill it. Im like the community tank alot more.
 
I have 4 gold barbs with cories and a dwarf gourami. No problems here. The only things the barbs attack are my plants.
 
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