Can I add the following fish to my 30 gallon tank?

Ryan

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I have 1 Female Kribensis, 1 Bronze Cory, 1 Sterbai Cory, 1 Black Sail Cory and 1 peppered Cory, and 1 male clown pleco.
I do not use the 1 inch per gallon rule. It is a old wives tale. You cannot put a 10 inch fish in a 10 gallon tank!

Can I add:
1 Festivum
1 Bolivian Ram
2 Tiger Barbs
2 Green Tiger Barbs
Either 2 Red tiger barbs or 2 Albino tiger barbs


Do you guys have any other ideas? Anything but livebearers and tetras.
1. Molly's are livebearers, and I wont have them in my tank.
2. Dwarf gouramis are too small to go with festivums.
3. Male bettas are never to go in with tiger barbs. (fin nipping)
4. Except in extreme conditions hight does not affect how many fish you can have. When I get a tank I consider the length of the fish. for the height I have at least 3 times the length of the biggest fish. Length I have at least 5 times longer and width at least double.
I do water changes every 2 weeks. I have a undergravel filter with 4 power heads. 1 Old whisper 40 power filter. 1 Canister filter3 Large airstones surrounding the sides. Many people say it's too much. I agree but, my current fish love the fast current. The ones who don't like it have to get used to it, and they do.
 
Those sound good to me.

However, the 1-inch-per-gallon rule is NOT an old wives' tale. After fish get more than about 5 inches, the rule becomes exponential (the fish become thicker and taller, not just longer)!
 
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