hahah ok so here is what i have done
i told you the tank already. It is a barb themed tank. I have got most of the barbs that remain under 4 inches, do not yet have roseline barbs (they are coming soon).
I started off with getting 6 of each type.. and immediately noticed that was WAY to many if i intended to get a lot of types...
So i had 6 black ruby barbs and 6 tiger barbs.... and they were about 2 inches each..
My buddy has a 30 gallon with a whopping 2 ruby barbs in it.. so I just gave him 3 of each of those two species..
So now I have
x3 tiger barb
x3 black ruby barb
x3 panda barb
x3 albino barb
x3 checkerboard barb
x3 five stripe barb
x3 cherry barb
x3 rosy barb
x3 red cheeked tiger barb
x1 t barb
x1 philosphous (sp?) barb
x1 green fin barb (not sure on exact name, a knockoff of philosophous barb)
x3 zebra loach
x1 red tailed botia (3 inches now, had it from previous tank, friend will prob throw this in his 30g)
x1 pleco (I know this will outgrow the tank, the LFS has a agreement that they will trade for a smaller one, once it gets to big. They like this because there are a list of people waiting for big plecos for bigger tanks so this works out well.)
I think that is it.... lol its not easy keeping track of these guys. Tank has great parameters, very clean, weekly if not twice a week water changes. Plants healthy, just upgraded to T5HO.
The tank is cloudy right now due to the fact I had to pull things in order to catch the 6 barbs that were taken by my buddy so i can have room for 3 roseline barbs once i find them somewhere.