Fish Compatibility Chart
Quick-answer pairings for the most-searched freshwater species. Tap a question to see the verdict, reasoning, and minimum shared tank size.
Shrimp and snail safe
Pairs involving cherry shrimp, amano shrimp, or nerite/mystery snails.
- Can Albino Pleco live with Cherry Shrimp?Yes
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Angelfish?No
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Betta Fish?Yes
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Cardinal Tetra?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Discus?No
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Dwarf Gourami?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with German Blue Ram?No
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Goldfish?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Honey Gourami?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Kuhli Loach?Yes
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Molly?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Mystery Snail?Yes
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Nerite Snail?Yes
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Oscar?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Otocinclus?Yes
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Pearl Gourami?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Platy?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Pygmy Corydoras?Yes
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Amano Shrimp live with Tiger Barb?Depends
- Can Angelfish live with Cherry Shrimp?No
- Can Angelfish live with Mystery Snail?Yes
- Can Angelfish live with Nerite Snail?Yes
- Can Betta Fish live with Ghost Shrimp?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Mystery Snail?Yes
- Can Betta Fish live with Nerite Snail?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Cherry Shrimp?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Ghost Shrimp?Yes
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Mystery Snail?Yes
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Nerite Snail?Yes
- Can Bronze Corydoras live with Cherry Shrimp?Yes
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Cherry Shrimp?Yes
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Mystery Snail?Depends
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Nerite Snail?Depends
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Discus?No
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Goldfish?Depends
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Guppy?Yes
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Molly?Depends
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Neon Tetra?Yes
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Oscar?No
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Peacock Gudgeon?Yes
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Pearl Gourami?Depends
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Platy?No
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Cherry Shrimp live with Tiger Barb?Depends
- Can Discus live with Mystery Snail?Depends
- Can Discus live with Nerite Snail?No
- Can German Blue Ram live with Mystery Snail?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Nerite Snail?Depends
- Can Ghost Shrimp live with Peacock Gudgeon?Yes
- Can Goldfish live with Mystery Snail?Depends
- Can Goldfish live with Nerite Snail?Depends
- Can Kribensis live with Mystery Snail?Yes
- Can Kribensis live with Nerite Snail?Yes
- Can Kuhli Loach live with Mystery Snail?Yes
- Can Kuhli Loach live with Nerite Snail?Yes
- Can Molly live with Mystery Snail?Depends
- Can Molly live with Nerite Snail?Depends
- Can Mystery Snail live with Nerite Snail?Yes
- Can Mystery Snail live with Oscar?No
- Can Mystery Snail live with Otocinclus?Yes
- Can Mystery Snail live with Platy?Depends
- Can Mystery Snail live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Mystery Snail live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Mystery Snail live with Tiger Barb?Depends
- Can Nerite Snail live with Oscar?No
- Can Nerite Snail live with Otocinclus?Yes
- Can Nerite Snail live with Platy?Depends
- Can Nerite Snail live with Pygmy Corydoras?Yes
- Can Nerite Snail live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Nerite Snail live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Nerite Snail live with Tiger Barb?Depends
Betta pairings
What does and does not work with a betta.
- Can African Dwarf Frog live with Betta Fish?No
- Can Albino Pleco live with Betta Fish?Yes
- Can American Flagfish live with Betta Fish?No
- Can Angelfish live with Betta Fish?No
- Can Arowana live with Betta Fish?No
- Can Axolotl live with Betta Fish?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Black Skirt Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Blue Emperor Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Blue Velvet Shrimp?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Boesemani Rainbowfish?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Bolivian Ram?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Bristlenose Pleco?Yes
- Can Betta Fish live with Buenos Aires Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Bumblebee Goby?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Cardinal Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Celestial Pearl Danio?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Chilli Rasbora?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Clown Killifish?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Clown Loach?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Columbian Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Common Pleco?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Congo Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Convict Cichlid?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Denison Barb?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Discus?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Dojo Loach?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Dwarf Gourami?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Emperor Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Endler's Livebearer?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Figure Eight Puffer?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Firemouth Cichlid?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Flowerhorn Cichlid?No
- Can Betta Fish live with German Blue Ram?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Giant Danio?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Glass Catfish?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Glowlight Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Goldfish?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Green Terror?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Guppy?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Hillstream Loach?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Honey Gourami?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Iridescent Shark?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Jack Dempsey?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Julii Corydoras?Yes
- Can Betta Fish live with Lemon Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Leopard Danio?Yes
- Can Betta Fish live with Molly?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Oscar?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Paradise Fish?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Pea Puffer?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Peacock Cichlid?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Peacock Gudgeon?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Peacock Spiny Eel?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Pearl Gourami?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Pictus Catfish?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Platy?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Rainbow Shark?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Red Eye Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Red-Tailed Shark?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Rope Fish?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Rosy Barb?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Rummy Nose Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Scarlet Badis?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Serpae Tetra?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Severum Cichlid?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Siamese Algae Eater?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Silver Dollar?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Sparkling Gourami?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Sterbai Corydoras?Yes
- Can Betta Fish live with Swordtail?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Three Spot Gourami?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Tiger Barb?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Tinfoil Barb?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Tire Track Eel?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Upside Down Catfish?No
- Can Betta Fish live with White Cloud Mountain Minnow?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Yoyo Loach?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Zebra Danio?No
- Can Betta Fish live with Zebra Loach?No
Angelfish and cichlids
Tankmate questions for angelfish, rams, oscars, and other cichlids.
- Can Albino Pleco live with Angelfish?Yes
- Can Albino Pleco live with German Blue Ram?Yes
- Can Albino Pleco live with Oscar?No
- Can Angelfish live with Bristlenose Pleco?Yes
- Can Angelfish live with Bronze Corydoras?No
- Can Angelfish live with Cardinal Tetra?No
- Can Angelfish live with Congo Tetra?Yes
- Can Angelfish live with Discus?No
- Can Angelfish live with Dwarf Gourami?No
- Can Angelfish live with German Blue Ram?No
- Can Angelfish live with Glass Catfish?Yes
- Can Angelfish live with Goldfish?No
- Can Angelfish live with Guppy?No
- Can Angelfish live with Honey Gourami?No
- Can Angelfish live with Molly?Depends
- Can Angelfish live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Angelfish live with Oscar?No
- Can Angelfish live with Pearl Gourami?No
- Can Angelfish live with Platy?Depends
- Can Angelfish live with Rummy Nose Tetra?No
- Can Angelfish live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Angelfish live with Tiger Barb?No
- Can Bala Shark live with Jack Dempsey?Yes
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Discus?No
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with German Blue Ram?Yes
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Oscar?No
- Can Bronze Corydoras live with Discus?No
- Can Bronze Corydoras live with German Blue Ram?No
- Can Bronze Corydoras live with Oscar?No
- Can Buenos Aires Tetra live with German Blue Ram?Yes
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Discus?No
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with German Blue Ram?Depends
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Oscar?Depends
- Can Common Pleco live with Jack Dempsey?Yes
- Can Common Pleco live with Oscar?Yes
- Can Convict Cichlid live with Jack Dempsey?Yes
- Can Convict Cichlid live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Convict Cichlid live with Tiger Barb?Yes
- Can Discus live with Dwarf Gourami?Depends
- Can Discus live with German Blue Ram?Depends
- Can Discus live with Goldfish?No
- Can Discus live with Guppy?No
- Can Discus live with Honey Gourami?Depends
- Can Discus live with Molly?Depends
- Can Discus live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Discus live with Oscar?No
- Can Discus live with Platy?No
- Can Discus live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Discus live with Tiger Barb?No
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with German Blue Ram?No
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Oscar?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Goldfish?No
- Can German Blue Ram live with Guppy?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Honey Gourami?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Kuhli Loach?Yes
- Can German Blue Ram live with Molly?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Oscar?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Pearl Gourami?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Platy?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can German Blue Ram live with Tiger Barb?No
- Can Goldfish live with Oscar?No
- Can Green Terror live with Jack Dempsey?Yes
- Can Green Terror live with Oscar?Yes
- Can Guppy live with Oscar?No
- Can Honey Gourami live with Oscar?Depends
- Can Iridescent Shark live with Oscar?Yes
- Can Jack Dempsey live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Jack Dempsey live with Silver Dollar?Yes
- Can Molly live with Oscar?Depends
- Can Neon Tetra live with Oscar?No
- Can Oscar live with Platy?Depends
- Can Oscar live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Oscar live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Oscar live with Tinfoil Barb?Yes
Community fish pairings
Small peaceful schoolers: tetras, rasboras, danios, guppies, platies.
- Can Albino Pleco live with Swordtail?Yes
- Can Axolotl live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Cardinal Tetra?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Endler's Livebearer?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Neon Tetra?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Swordtail?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Zebra Danio?Yes
- Can Bolivian Ram live with Neon Tetra?Yes
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Cardinal Tetra?Depends
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Bronze Corydoras live with Neon Tetra?Yes
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Dwarf Gourami?Depends
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Endler's Livebearer?Yes
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Goldfish?No
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Guppy?Depends
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Harlequin Rasbora?Yes
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Honey Gourami?Depends
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Molly?No
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Panda Corydoras?Yes
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Platy?Depends
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Yes
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Swordtail?No
- Can Cardinal Tetra live with Tiger Barb?Depends
- Can Celestial Pearl Danio live with Ember Tetra?Yes
- Can Cherry Barb live with Endler's Livebearer?Yes
- Can Cherry Barb live with Harlequin Rasbora?Yes
- Can Cherry Barb live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Yes
- Can Common Pleco live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Neon Tetra?Depends
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Dwarf Puffer live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Electric Blue Acara live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Ember Tetra live with Honey Gourami?Yes
- Can Endler's Livebearer live with Glass Catfish?Yes
- Can Endler's Livebearer live with Harlequin Rasbora?Yes
- Can Endler's Livebearer live with Panda Corydoras?Yes
- Can Firemouth Cichlid live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Flowerhorn Cichlid live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Glass Catfish live with Neon Tetra?Yes
- Can Goldfish live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Goldfish live with Rummy Nose Tetra?No
- Can Goldfish live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Guppy live with Neon Tetra?Yes
- Can Guppy live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Guppy live with Swordtail?No
- Can Harlequin Rasbora live with Panda Corydoras?Yes
- Can Harlequin Rasbora live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Yes
- Can Honey Gourami live with Neon Tetra?Depends
- Can Honey Gourami live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Honey Gourami live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Molly live with Neon Tetra?No
- Can Molly live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Molly live with Swordtail?Yes
- Can Neon Tetra live with Peacock Cichlid?No
- Can Neon Tetra live with Peacock Gudgeon?Yes
- Can Neon Tetra live with Pearl Gourami?Yes
- Can Neon Tetra live with Pictus Catfish?No
- Can Neon Tetra live with Rainbow Shark?No
- Can Neon Tetra live with Red-Tailed Shark?No
- Can Neon Tetra live with Severum Cichlid?No
- Can Neon Tetra live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Neon Tetra live with Tiger Barb?Depends
- Can Panda Corydoras live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Yes
- Can Pearl Gourami live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Pearl Gourami live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Platy live with Rummy Nose Tetra?Depends
- Can Platy live with Swordtail?Yes
- Can Rummy Nose Tetra live with Swordtail?Depends
- Can Rummy Nose Tetra live with Tiger Barb?No
- Can Swordtail live with Zebra Danio?Yes
Bottom dwellers
Corydoras, plecos, loaches, and other bottom-feeders.
- Can Albino Pleco live with Apistogramma?Yes
- Can Albino Pleco live with Bristlenose Pleco?Depends
- Can Albino Pleco live with Guppy?Yes
- Can Albino Pleco live with Keyhole Cichlid?Yes
- Can Albino Pleco live with Kribensis?Yes
- Can Albino Pleco live with Molly?Yes
- Can American Flagfish live with Peppered Corydoras?Yes
- Can Apistogramma live with Peppered Corydoras?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Bronze Corydoras?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Pygmy Corydoras?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Rubber Lip Pleco?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Siamese Algae Eater?Yes
- Can Bolivian Ram live with Bronze Corydoras?Yes
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Dwarf Gourami?Depends
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Goldfish?No
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Honey Gourami?Depends
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Kribensis?Yes
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Kuhli Loach?Yes
- Can Bristlenose Pleco live with Platy?Depends
- Can Bronze Corydoras live with Glass Catfish?Yes
- Can Bronze Corydoras live with Guppy?Yes
- Can Bronze Corydoras live with Honey Gourami?Depends
- Can Bronze Corydoras live with Pearl Gourami?Yes
- Can Buenos Aires Tetra live with Rubber Lip Pleco?Yes
- Can Cherry Barb live with Panda Corydoras?Yes
- Can Clown Loach live with Tiger Barb?Yes
- Can Common Pleco live with Rainbow Fish?Yes
- Can Congo Tetra live with Peppered Corydoras?Yes
- Can Denison Barb live with Peppered Corydoras?Yes
- Can Dojo Loach live with Goldfish?Yes
- Can Dojo Loach live with Rosy Barb?Yes
- Can Electric Blue Acara live with Sterbai Corydoras?Yes
- Can Giant Danio live with Rubber Lip Pleco?Yes
- Can Keyhole Cichlid live with Peppered Corydoras?Yes
- Can Kuhli Loach live with Otocinclus?Yes
- Can Kuhli Loach live with Pygmy Corydoras?Yes
- Can Lemon Tetra live with Rubber Lip Pleco?Yes
- Can Otocinclus live with Pygmy Corydoras?Yes
- Can Panda Corydoras live with Platy?Yes
Goldfish pairings
What can (and can't) share a tank with goldfish.
- Can American Flagfish live with Goldfish?Yes
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Goldfish?Depends
- Can Goldfish live with Guppy?No
- Can Goldfish live with Honey Gourami?Depends
- Can Goldfish live with Molly?Depends
- Can Goldfish live with Pearl Gourami?No
- Can Goldfish live with Platy?Depends
- Can Goldfish live with Tiger Barb?No
Other pairings
- Can American Flagfish live with Paradise Fish?Yes
- Can Apistogramma live with Keyhole Cichlid?Yes
- Can Bala Shark live with Black Skirt Tetra?Yes
- Can Bala Shark live with Iridescent Shark?Yes
- Can Bala Shark live with Tinfoil Barb?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Guppy?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Molly?Yes
- Can Blue Emperor Tetra live with Platy?Yes
- Can Boesemani Rainbowfish live with Rainbow Fish?Yes
- Can Buenos Aires Tetra live with Electric Blue Acara?Yes
- Can Buenos Aires Tetra live with Guppy?Yes
- Can Buenos Aires Tetra live with Kribensis?Yes
- Can Buenos Aires Tetra live with Rainbow Fish?Yes
- Can Bumblebee Goby live with Figure Eight Puffer?Yes
- Can Cherry Barb live with Platy?Yes
- Can Congo Tetra live with Denison Barb?Yes
- Can Congo Tetra live with Keyhole Cichlid?Yes
- Can Congo Tetra live with Silver Dollar?Yes
- Can Denison Barb live with Keyhole Cichlid?Yes
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Guppy?No
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Honey Gourami?No
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Molly?Depends
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Pearl Gourami?No
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Platy?Depends
- Can Dwarf Gourami live with Tiger Barb?No
- Can Electric Blue Acara live with Pictus Catfish?Yes
- Can Firemouth Cichlid live with Silver Dollar?Yes
- Can Giant Danio live with Rainbow Fish?Yes
- Can Glass Catfish live with Guppy?Yes
- Can Guppy live with Honey Gourami?Depends
- Can Guppy live with Molly?Depends
- Can Guppy live with Peacock Gudgeon?Yes
- Can Guppy live with Pearl Gourami?Depends
- Can Guppy live with Platy?Depends
- Can Guppy live with Tiger Barb?No
- Can Honey Gourami live with Molly?Depends
- Can Honey Gourami live with Pearl Gourami?Depends
- Can Honey Gourami live with Platy?Depends
- Can Honey Gourami live with Tiger Barb?No
- Can Iridescent Shark live with Silver Dollar?Yes
- Can Iridescent Shark live with Tinfoil Barb?Yes
- Can Molly live with Pearl Gourami?Depends
- Can Molly live with Platy?Yes
- Can Molly live with Tiger Barb?Depends
- Can Peacock Cichlid live with Rainbow Fish?Yes
- Can Pearl Gourami live with Platy?Depends
- Can Pearl Gourami live with Tiger Barb?No
- Can Rainbow Fish live with Red Eye Tetra?Yes
- Can Rainbow Fish live with Three Spot Gourami?Yes
- Can Rainbow Fish live with Tinfoil Barb?Yes
- Can Severum Cichlid live with Silver Dollar?Yes
- Can Silver Dollar live with Tinfoil Barb?Yes