Thanks Byron,Congrats on the daughter.:cheers:
Keep a very close eye on your tank. It sounds like the new barbs had a bacterial or protozoan issue, and both are very contagious to other fish in the tank. To be safe, I would not add new fish to this tank for a couple weeks. Perhaps the store, who seem to understand things, will "hold" the barbs with this in mind. If you can set up a QT, it is a wise investment these days. I've been through this.
Byron.
Yeah the manager of the LFS is actually the owner. I was glad that he was honest with me and didn't lie about their tank getting infected too. He plans on keeping them in quarantine until I get my 6. He's not going to order them until next week to make sure both of our tanks are good to go. So by the time I pick them up it'll be 10+ days from now. Hopefully my last 5 will still be nice and healthy.
Matt