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Will skunk loaches 6-7 and 5 blue biota work in a 90g with a redtaild shark
and shoal of tiger barbs?

Well, they are all pretty feisty fish, so plan on plenty of hiding places!

piles of drift wood and plants. i am going to up the current residence of the 90 5 clown loaches ,6 yoyo ,1 rainbow shark and 5 tinfoil barbs to a 125.

Redtailed sharks are likely to get aggressive and territorrial when they are older and bigger, so i`d keep an eye on them.
Has the shark got all red fins or just the tail? If all the fins are red they are rainbow/ruby sharks and are peaceful fish.

Dont know if thats any help

The other fish listed are also pushy or more aggressive, so they are all likely to be able to stand up for themselves.
Most of the Red Tail and related Sharks are territorial about their own cave and the area in front of it, less so about the rest of the tank, so this set up is likely to work. Plenty of room for the other fish.
Tiger Barbs get bigger than most people think, and will stay higher in the tank.
Blue Botia tend to be a bit pushier than some other Loaches, but not as aggressive as the Tiger Loaches.
Skunks, IME were quite the pest, harassing the other fish. May have been the wrong set up in my tank, though. This set up seems better.

I have two well behaved Skunks who live with my BN adults and Black Neon tetras. I haven't had any problems with them in the three years I have owned them. But I think they are out of the norm, and I am afraid to get more to add to their group. I also have one tiger in my loach tank who doesn't cause any problems. I would have more, but I don't want to upset the peaceful balance in the tank I have.