Amano Shrimp Tank Mates

• African Dwarf Frog✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Medium care · 22–26 °C (72–79 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Both favour the bottom of the tank — offer enough cover so they aren't always in each other's space.
• Amapá Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–27 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Amapá Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Black Phantom Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4.5 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Black Phantom Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Blood Red Tiger Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 6 cm · Medium care · 24–29 °C (75–84 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Both favour the bottom of the tank — offer enough cover so they aren't always in each other's space.
• Blue Danio✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Easy care · 21–26 °C (70–79 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 21–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Blue Danio in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Blue Emperor Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Medium care · 23–27 °C (73–81 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Blue Emperor Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Cardinal Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Medium care · 23–27 °C (73–81 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 23–27 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Cardinal Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Emperor Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Easy care · 23–27 °C (73–81 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Emperor Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Flame Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Flame Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Glowlight Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 22–28 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Glowlight Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Gold Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4.5 cm · Easy care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 23–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Gold Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Golden Dwarf Barb✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Easy care · 18–24 °C (64–75 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Golden Dwarf Barb in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Hillstream Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 6 cm · Hard care · 20–24 °C (68–75 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Both favour the bottom of the tank — offer enough cover so they aren't always in each other's space.
• Jelly Bean Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Medium care · 20–26 °C (68–79 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 20–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Jelly Bean Tetra in a shoal of 10+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Lemon Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4.5 cm · Easy care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 23–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Lemon Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Marbled Hatchetfish✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Marbled Hatchetfish in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Otocinclus✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Medium care · 21–26 °C (70–79 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 21–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Both favour the bottom of the tank — offer enough cover so they aren't always in each other's space.
  • Keep Otocinclus in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Panda Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 6 cm · Hard care · 18–23 °C (64–73 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 18–23 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Both favour the bottom of the tank — offer enough cover so they aren't always in each other's space.
• Phoenix Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Easy care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 23–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Phoenix Tetra in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Purple Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Medium care · 22–26 °C (72–79 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 22–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Purple Tetra in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Red Phantom Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Red Phantom Tetra in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Rosy Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Rosy Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• X-ray Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4.5 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep X-ray Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Yellow Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 4.5 cm · Easy care · 20–25 °C (68–77 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 20–25 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Yellow Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Axelrod's Cory⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Easy care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Adult Amano Shrimp might survive with Axelrod's Cory, but expect the young to be eaten — plant heavily.
  • Keep Axelrod's Cory in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Bandit Corydoras⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Easy care · 22–27 °C (72–81 °F)
  • Bandit Corydoras may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Keep Bandit Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Blue Turbo Snail⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Medium care · 25–30 °C (77–86 °F)
  • Blue Turbo Snail may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
• Checkered Barb⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Easy care · 20–25 °C (68–77 °F)
  • Adult Amano Shrimp might survive with Checkered Barb, but expect the young to be eaten — plant heavily.
  • Keep Checkered Barb in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Cherry Barb⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Easy care · 23–27 °C (73–81 °F)
  • Cherry Barb may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Keep Cherry Barb in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Chocolate Gourami⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Hard care · 25–30 °C (77–86 °F)
  • pH preferences only just meet (Amano Shrimp 6.5–7.5 vs Chocolate Gourami 4–6) — target the overlap and acclimate slowly.
  • One likes softer water and the other harder (6–15 vs 0–5 dGH) — a compromise, not a perfect match.
  • Chocolate Gourami may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Keep Chocolate Gourami in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Cochu's Blue Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Cochu's Blue Tetra may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Keep Cochu's Blue Tetra in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Firehead Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Firehead Tetra may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Keep Firehead Tetra in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Five-banded Barb⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Easy care · 23–27 °C (73–81 °F)
  • Five-banded Barb may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Keep Five-banded Barb in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Forktail Blue-eye⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Forktail Blue-eye may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Keep Forktail Blue-eye in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Half-striped Penguin Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Half-striped Penguin Tetra may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Keep Half-striped Penguin Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Harlequin Rasbora⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Easy care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Adult Amano Shrimp might survive with Harlequin Rasbora, but expect the young to be eaten — plant heavily.
  • Keep Harlequin Rasbora in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Honey Gourami⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Adult Amano Shrimp might survive with Honey Gourami, but expect the young to be eaten — plant heavily.
• Horseman Cory⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 5 cm · Medium care · 22–26 °C (72–79 °F)
  • Horseman Cory may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Keep Horseman Cory in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Humpbacked Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 5 cm · Hard care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Humpbacked Tetra may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
  • Your 75 L tank is below the ~80 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Humpbacked Tetra in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Wine Red Betta⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 5 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • One likes softer water and the other harder (6–15 vs 0–4 dGH) — a compromise, not a perfect match.
  • Wine Red Betta may eat Amano Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
• Alligator Gar⛔ Not recommended
  Aggressive · 250 cm · Hard care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Alligator Gar will hunt and eat Amano Shrimp — keep shrimp only with small, peaceful, non-predatory fish.
  • Your 75 L tank is below the ~3785 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Clown Knifefish⛔ Not recommended
  Aggressive · 90 cm · Hard care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Clown Knifefish will hunt and eat Amano Shrimp — keep shrimp only with small, peaceful, non-predatory fish.
  • Your 75 L tank is below the ~750 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Fire Eel⛔ Not recommended
  Semi-aggressive · 100 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Fire Eel will hunt and eat Amano Shrimp — keep shrimp only with small, peaceful, non-predatory fish.
  • Your 75 L tank is below the ~380 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Nile Bichir⛔ Not recommended
  Semi-aggressive · 70 cm · Medium care · 25–28 °C (77–82 °F)
  • Nile Bichir will hunt and eat Amano Shrimp — keep shrimp only with small, peaceful, non-predatory fish.
  • Your 75 L tank is below the ~450 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Redtail Catfish⛔ Not recommended
  Aggressive · 120 cm · Hard care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
  • Redtail Catfish will hunt and eat Amano Shrimp — keep shrimp only with small, peaceful, non-predatory fish.
  • Your 75 L tank is below the ~5700 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Spotted Gar⛔ Not recommended
  Aggressive · 90 cm · Hard care · 18–26 °C (64–79 °F)
  • Spotted Gar will hunt and eat Amano Shrimp — keep shrimp only with small, peaceful, non-predatory fish.
  • Your 75 L tank is below the ~600 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Wels Catfish⛔ Not recommended
  Aggressive · 300 cm · Hard care · 15–25 °C (59–77 °F)
  • Wels Catfish will hunt and eat Amano Shrimp — keep shrimp only with small, peaceful, non-predatory fish.
  • Your 75 L tank is below the ~20000 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Wolf Cichlid⛔ Not recommended
  Aggressive · 72 cm · Hard care · 24–30 °C (75–86 °F)
  • Wolf Cichlid will hunt and eat Amano Shrimp — keep shrimp only with small, peaceful, non-predatory fish.
  • Your 75 L tank is below the ~760 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.

Compatibility is computed from each species' care data — a strong starting point, not a guarantee. Individual temperament varies, so always introduce new fish slowly and watch them.