Compatibility of snow white cichlid, tinfoil barb, aquariam shark and dwarf gourami

[Fishy689]

Hi , i recently bought 4 types of fish together and i want to see if they would fight each other when older because i heard cichlids are aggressive fish that may kill other fish when they are older.
I have 1 large tank 4feet x 2 feet x 1 foot (length x breadth x depth) and i have a pair of snow white albino cichlids, 2pairs of tinfoils barbs, a pair of aquariam sharks and a pair of dwarf gourami

 

[Tifftastic]

1. Are the "snow white albino cichlids" these:

If so, they're aggressive fish. If they are truly a male-female pair they will destroy everything in that size tank when they start spawning.

2. Tinfoil barbs get far too large for that size of tank. They need something nearer the 6 ft length of tank and also need a school of six. If you had a large tank, then the cichlids and the barbs would likely be fine together. But in that size tank, its not going to work out.

3. I'm not sure what "aquarium sharks" are. Do they look like
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or none of the above?

4. All of those fish are too aggressive and nippy to be in with a pair of dwarf gouramis. Also dwarf gouramis typically don't like to be in pairs as they aren't schoolers and are territorial.

Additionally, that tank is over crowded and I would recommend choosing which species is more appropriate for your tank and what kind of community you would like to have and returning the other fish.

 

[Sploke]

Agreed with Tiff, although you really need to positively identify what fish you have vs. using the common names, which could really mean anything. You can always check liveaquaria.com for pics and names to ID what you have.

 

[Kannan Fodder]

The tinfoils aren't going to work long term. They get HUGE, are very active, and can be very skittish. Or you may get ones that will terrorize the tank. (I have a 180g with 4 tinfoils, and they bully the green sunfish.)