Lifalili Jewel Cichlid Tank Mates

• Bearded Corydoras✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Medium care · 18–24 °C (64–75 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 22–24 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Bearded Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Black Kuhli Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Easy care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
• Boesemani Rainbowfish✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 11 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Boesemani Rainbowfish in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Bolivian Ram✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–28 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Bristlenose Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Easy care · 23–30 °C (73–86 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
• Burmese Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 22–28 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Clown Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–28 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Clown Rasbora✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Clown Rasbora in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Giant Betta✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
• Giant Danio✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Easy care · 20–27 °C (68–81 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–27 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Giant Danio in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Giant Kuhli Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Easy care · 24–30 °C (75–86 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
• Keyhole Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
• Kuhli Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Easy care · 24–30 °C (75–86 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
• Leopard Frog Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Medium care · 25–30 °C (77–86 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 25–28 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
• Molly✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 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.
• Murray River Rainbowfish✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 11 cm · Easy care · 15–26 °C (59–79 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–26 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Murray River Rainbowfish in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Pantanal Corydoras✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium care · 22–27 °C (72–81 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–27 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Peppered Corydoras✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Easy care · 18–26 °C (64–79 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Peppered Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Porthole Catfish✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 22–28 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Rio Negro Checkerboard Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Hard care · 24–29 °C (75–84 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–28 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Spotted Corydoras✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Easy care · 22–27 °C (72–81 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Spotted Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Upside-down Catfish✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Easy care · 22–26 °C (72–79 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 22–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Zebra Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Medium care · 23–26 °C (73–79 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 23–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Zebra Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Hard care · 26–30 °C (79–86 °F)
  • Aggressive + Peaceful, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
• Amazon Puffer⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid is aggressive and may chase or nip the smaller Amazon Puffer — plant heavily and break up sight lines.
  • Keep Amazon Puffer in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Bamboo Shrimp⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium care · 22–27 °C (72–81 °F)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid is aggressive and may chase or nip the smaller Bamboo Shrimp — plant heavily and break up sight lines.
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid may eat Bamboo Shrimp or pick off its shrimplets — a densely planted tank with moss gives them a fighting chance.
• Bright Diamond Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Hard care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Bright Diamond Tetra are close in size, but the aggressive one tends to dominate — add bright diamond tetra in a group to spread the pressure.
  • Keep Bright Diamond Tetra in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Brilliant Rasbora⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Brilliant Rasbora are close in size, but the aggressive one tends to dominate — add brilliant rasbora in a group to spread the pressure.
  • Keep Brilliant Rasbora in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Celebes Rainbowfish⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Celebes Rainbowfish are close in size, but the aggressive one tends to dominate — add celebes rainbowfish in a group to spread the pressure.
  • Keep Celebes Rainbowfish in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Congo Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Expect Lifalili Jewel Cichlid to harass Congo Tetra at times; give dense cover and watch them at feeding.
  • Keep Congo Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Costa's Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Expect Lifalili Jewel Cichlid to harass Costa's Tetra at times; give dense cover and watch them at feeding.
  • Keep Costa's Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Croaking Gourami⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Easy care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid is aggressive and may chase or nip the smaller Croaking Gourami — plant heavily and break up sight lines.
• Glass Catfish⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Expect Lifalili Jewel Cichlid to harass Glass Catfish at times; give dense cover and watch them at feeding.
  • Keep Glass Catfish in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Gold Barb⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 7.5 cm · Easy care · 18–26 °C (64–79 °F)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid is aggressive and may chase or nip the smaller Gold Barb — plant heavily and break up sight lines.
  • Keep Gold Barb in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Melon Barb⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Expect Lifalili Jewel Cichlid to harass Melon Barb at times; give dense cover and watch them at feeding.
  • Keep Melon Barb in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Peacock Gudgeon⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Peacock Gudgeon are close in size, but the aggressive one tends to dominate — add peacock gudgeon in a group to spread the pressure.
• Scissortail Rasbora⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Easy care · 22–27 °C (72–81 °F)
  • Expect Lifalili Jewel Cichlid to harass Scissortail Rasbora at times; give dense cover and watch them at feeding.
  • Keep Scissortail Rasbora in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Silver Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Easy care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Expect Lifalili Jewel Cichlid to harass Silver Tetra at times; give dense cover and watch them at feeding.
  • Keep Silver Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Splashing Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Splashing Tetra are close in size, but the aggressive one tends to dominate — add splashing tetra in a group to spread the pressure.
  • Keep Splashing Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Thick-lipped Gourami⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Expect Lifalili Jewel Cichlid to harass Thick-lipped Gourami at times; give dense cover and watch them at feeding.
• Alligator Gar⛔ Not recommended
  Aggressive · 250 cm · Hard care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Two assertive fish, one genuinely aggressive: Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Alligator Gar will hold territory and clash.
  • Size gap is too large (250 vs 9 cm): Alligator Gar will treat Lifalili Jewel Cichlid as food.
  • Your 120 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)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Clown Knifefish are both territorial and at least one is outright aggressive — expect serious fighting.
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid is bite-sized to a 90 cm predatory clown knifefish — it will be eaten.
  • Your 120 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)
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Fire Eel are both territorial and at least one is outright aggressive — expect serious fighting.
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid is bite-sized to a 100 cm predatory fire eel — it will be eaten.
  • Your 120 L tank is below the ~380 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Koi⛔ Not recommended
  Peaceful · 90 cm · Medium care · 4–28 °C (39–82 °F)
  • Koi (90 cm) is big enough to swallow the 9 cm Lifalili Jewel Cichlid whole.
  • Your 120 L tank is below the ~3800 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Mekong Giant Catfish⛔ Not recommended
  Semi-aggressive · 300 cm · Hard care · 20–28 °C (68–82 °F)
  • Two assertive fish, one genuinely aggressive: Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Mekong Giant Catfish will hold territory and clash.
  • Your 120 L tank is below the ~100000 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Redtail Catfish⛔ Not recommended
  Aggressive · 120 cm · Hard care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
  • Two assertive fish, one genuinely aggressive: Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Redtail Catfish will hold territory and clash.
  • Lifalili Jewel Cichlid is bite-sized to a 120 cm predatory redtail catfish — it will be eaten.
  • Your 120 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)
  • Two assertive fish, one genuinely aggressive: Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Spotted Gar will hold territory and clash.
  • Size gap is too large (90 vs 9 cm): Spotted Gar will treat Lifalili Jewel Cichlid as food.
  • Your 120 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)
  • Two assertive fish, one genuinely aggressive: Lifalili Jewel Cichlid and Wels Catfish will hold territory and clash.
  • Size gap is too large (300 vs 9 cm): Wels Catfish will treat Lifalili Jewel Cichlid as food.
  • Your 120 L tank is below the ~20000 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.