Some suggestions, but...
As you read, whoever suggested Tiger Barbs at the pet shop has no idea what they're talking about. I think good tank mates would be Zebra Danios (not very colorful but they're hard to kill) and an African Dwarf Frog (if the aquarium is cycled properly...see below).
One word of caution that I learned the hard way... Do a search and read up on "cycling a freshwater aquarium". If you don't do this the right way, you will lose a lot of fish the first few months you have the aquarium. The last aquarium I had I followed the cycling process and I don't remember losing any fish at all.
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