Another Compatiblity Question

starsatnight

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hi - i am new to the hobby and am cycling my tank. i'm on the second week now.

i've been researching and looking at lfs and i am wondering about the compatibility of cherry barbs and golden barbs. i want a group of 6 cherry's and have started noticing that the goldens would look nice as a contrast colour. does anyone know if these two strains will get along with each other?

both are described as peaceful and active.
the goldens are about 1 inch larger (3" to the cherry's 2").
and i've been reading that goldens are bottom to mid-dwelling and cherry's are mid to top dwelling.

basically, i'm wondering if i'm looking for trouble by getting 4 cherries and 2 goldens at the same time.

thanks!
 
the only problem i see is that the golden barbs will probably out-compete your shyer cherry barbs for food.
 

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