What to add with Tiger Barbs

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Looking for some guidance on what to add to my tank. I lost a lot of fish a month ago due to my own error with chlorinated water. I’m going to restock with 10-15 tiger barbs. What else would go well with them?

My water is generally on the harder side than soft.

Tank is 55 gallons.

Other fish I have remaining are 1 parrot cichlids, 1 bristle pleco, 6 corycats, 3 black skirt tetras and 5 guppies. I may re-home the parrot as part of this re-stocking.

Suggestions?
 
My water is generally on the harder side than soft.
That is to say in numbers ?

Those tiger barb, bristle pleco, corycats, black skirt tetras prefer a soft acidic water and show better colouration in a well-decorated set-up. The addition of floating or overhanging vegetation and driftwood roots or branches also is appreciated. They are incompatible with Guppies, Platies, Mollies, Swordtails, African cichlids.

On the other hand, any livebearer wants hard and alkaline water.

Either you soften your water with RO water, or you opt for livebearers.

Keep in mind that most schooling/shoaling fishes are soft acidic ones.
 
I think it would be useful to have the actual GH number, rather than us second guessing what "on the harder side" actually means. The GH is most important, but the pH is also worth knowing here. There may be no need to consider adjusting parameters, but again without the numbers we are just making assumptions.
 
Usually around 100ppm.
What is 100 ppm ? Hardness/GH ? If yes, 100 ppm = 5.60 °GH. That is rather soft.

Could you please provide :

pH (tap/source water and tank)
GH-hardness (tap/source water and tank)
KH-alkalinity (tap/source water and tank)
Ammonia (tap/source water and tank)
Nitrites (tap/source water and tank)
Nitrates (tap/source water and tank)
Water changes (volume, frequency)
 

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