Pantanal Corydoras Tank Mates

• African Butterfly Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °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.
• Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 9 cm · Medium care · 24–30 °C (75–86 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °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 Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Ash Lipped Apisto✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 7 cm · Hard care · 24–29 °C (75–84 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–27 °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.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Badis✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 22–27 °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 Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Banded Dwarf Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 7 cm · Medium care · 24–30 °C (75–86 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here; 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.
  • Keep Pantanal 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)
  • 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.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Bleeding Heart Tetra✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 7 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 23–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Bleeding Heart Tetra 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)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–27 °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.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Bright Diamond Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Hard care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–27 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Bright Diamond Tetra in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Brilliant Rasbora✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 9 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 Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Brilliant Rasbora in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Buenos Aires Tetra✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 7 cm · Easy care · 18–26 °C (64–79 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Buenos Aires Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Burmese Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–27 °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.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Celebes Rainbowfish✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 7 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 22–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Celebes Rainbowfish in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Clown Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–27 °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.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here; 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.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Dwarf Gourami✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–27 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Glass Catfish✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 23–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Glass Catfish in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Gold Barb✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 7.5 cm · Easy care · 18–26 °C (64–79 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–26 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Gold Barb in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Goldeneye Dwarf Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · Easy care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °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 Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Leopard Frog Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Medium care · 25–30 °C (77–86 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 25–27 °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 Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Mexican Tetra✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 9 cm · Easy care · 18–25 °C (64–77 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–25 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Mexican Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Scissortail Rasbora✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Easy care · 22–27 °C (72–81 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 22–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Scissortail Rasbora in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Splashing Tetra✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium 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 Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Splashing Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Thick-lipped Gourami✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 9 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 Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Afra Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • pH preferences only just meet (Pantanal Corydoras 6.5–7.5 vs Afra Cichlid 7.8–8.6) — target the overlap and acclimate slowly.
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~150 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Afra Cichlid in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Amazon Puffer⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 8 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • 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)
  • Adult Bamboo Shrimp might survive with Pantanal Corydoras, but expect the young to be eaten — plant heavily.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Bandit Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 9 cm · Medium care · 22–26 °C (72–79 °F)
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~150 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Bandit Cichlid in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Brichardi Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 9 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • pH preferences only just meet (Pantanal Corydoras 6.5–7.5 vs Brichardi Cichlid 7.8–9) — target the overlap and acclimate slowly.
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Colombian Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 6.5 cm · Easy care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~114 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Colombian Tetra 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)
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Congo Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Daffodil Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Medium care · 23–27 °C (73–81 °F)
  • Different pH ranges (6.5–7.5 vs 7.8–9); doable if you sit in the shared band, but not ideal long-term.
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Demasoni Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 9 cm · Hard care · 23–27 °C (73–81 °F)
  • pH preferences only just meet (Pantanal Corydoras 6.5–7.5 vs Demasoni Cichlid 7.8–8.6) — target the overlap and acclimate slowly.
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~200 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Demasoni Cichlid in a shoal of 12+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Electric Yellow Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Medium care · 23–26 °C (73–79 °F)
  • pH preferences only just meet (Pantanal Corydoras 6.5–7.5 vs Electric Yellow Cichlid 7.8–8.9) — target the overlap and acclimate slowly.
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~200 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Johanni Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 10 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Different pH ranges (6.5–7.5 vs 7.8–8.6); doable if you sit in the shared band, but not ideal long-term.
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~200 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Johanni Cichlid in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Lifalili Jewel Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 9 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Rusty Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Different pH ranges (6.5–7.5 vs 7.8–8.5); doable if you sit in the shared band, but not ideal long-term.
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~150 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras 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)
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~115 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Silver Tetra in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Tanganyikan Butterfly Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Hard care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Different pH ranges (6.5–7.5 vs 8–9); doable if you sit in the shared band, but not ideal long-term.
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~130 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Zebra Loach⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 9 cm · Medium care · 23–26 °C (73–79 °F)
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~115 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Discus⛔ Not recommended
  Peaceful · 20 cm · Hard care · 28–31 °C (82–88 °F)
  • Temperature needs don't overlap (Pantanal Corydoras 22–27 °C vs Discus 28–31 °C).
  • Your 110 L tank is below the ~200 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Pantanal Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Keep Discus in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.

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.