Aquarium plant advice needed, and is this a good fish stocking idea?

Rummynose tetras are very susceptible to stress, because of this they should be kept in large numbers, usually more than 10, personally, I would have a group of at least 15. Rummynose tetras are also incredibly sensitive to water quality, they should be added last to the aquarium. After it has been running for a minimum time of 12 weeks.

Gold barbs are more of a subtropical fish and prefer a temperature ranging from 64-75F. Knowing the rummynose tetras require a temperature in the lower 80's, I do not recommend keeping the two together. - Rather than barbs, why not add a centre piece fish? Some great centre piece fish that would work great in your tank are German blue rams and dwarf gourami.

Corydora's are another schooling fish, they should be kept in a group no less than 5. However, in a tank of that size I would advise having at least 8. - An alternative to cory catfish are loaches, the botia species are great for snail invasions. With planted tanks, you usually get a few snails with them, they multiply and your aquarium will become overgrown with snails. Because of this, I keep a group of loaches in almost all of my planted aquariums, yoyo loaches and dwarf chain loaches are non-aggressive and make great lively additions to aquariums. Of course, if you wanted you could keep a group of each, 5 loaches and 5 cories.

The lack of species identification for the albino pleco leads me to believe that you're talking about a common. Common plecos get to be around 18", and are definitely not a good choice in tanks under 120 gallons. Instead why not try an albino bristlenose pleco, they only get 5-6" are a great addition to a planted tank. A few other options for algae eaters include 1 rubberlip pleco, 9 oto catfish, 20 amano or cherry shrimp, 6 pitbull plecos, 1 flash pleco, 1 chocolate zebra pleco and 1 butterfly pleco.

Alright, so now we have some bottom dwelling fish, some mid-dwellers, a centrepiece, and an algae eater. All that's left is a top dwelling fish, to which I would suggest marble, silver or platinum hatchetfish. Hatchet fish are also sensitive to water quality and prefer to be in larger groups, Also add these last and have at least 10 of them.

Now we've come to plants, this all depends on what kind of lighting you have. For floating plants I would recommend frogbit, some hardy, easy to care for plants include:

- Willow Leaf Hygrophilla

- Water Wisteria

- Small Leafed Hygrophilla

- Java Moss

- Anubias

- Common Sword Plant

- Ambulia

- Java Fern

- Valisneria

- Banana Plants

- Hornwart

- Valisneria

- Cryptocoryne

- Christmas Moss

- Hairgrass

- Dwarf Hairgrass

You can use aquarium stock calculations such as http://www.aqadvisor.com/ But please keep in mind that these types of websites should only be used as a guideline and should not be taken too seriously.

Don't forget to cycle your aquarium first.

Please see these links;

http://www.fishyou.com/water.php

http://www.oscarfishlover.com/how-to-cycle-a-tank/...

http://theaquariumwiki.com/The_Nitrogen_Cycle

NOTE: Before buying fish please do the proper research to insure that you are suiting all the fishes needs.

Cherry Barbs have to be in 20 gallons plus and corporations of 6 plus . The Betta fish is okay ,but i would put off the Barbs and appear at whatever like Dwarf Rasbora and a few Shrimp and three-4 pygmy corys .

I think your planned water temperature is a little too low.

By the way, I have a planted tropical community aquarium with exactly the same size.

36"long x 12" wide x 16" high.

Check out my setup with videos and full list of items/fish/plants used. It might give you some ideas.

http://petskeepersguide.com/forums/Thread-Show-off...

Barbs and plants are a bad combination. Barbs eat most plants. If you substitute something for barbs, like danios or Rrasboras, you can keep most types of plants as long as your lighting is sufficient. If your light is less than2 watts per gallon, get Java Fern and Anubias. If you are 2.5 watts per gallon or more, all aquarium plants can grow well.