Rubber Lip Pleco Tank Mates

• Banded Gourami✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 12 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 22–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Bearded Corydoras✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Medium care · 18–24 °C (64–75 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 20–24 °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 Bearded Corydoras in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Blue Gourami✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 13 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 22–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Boesemani Rainbowfish✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 11 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–26 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Boesemani Rainbowfish in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Bristlenose Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Easy care · 23–30 °C (73–86 °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.
• Clown Rasbora✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 23–26 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
  • Keep Clown Rasbora in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Convict Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Aggressive · 10 cm · Easy care · 21–28 °C (70–82 °F)
  • Peaceful + Aggressive, but with no direct clash here, 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.
• Cupid Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 12 cm · Medium care · 24–29 °C (75–84 °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.
• Giant Betta✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–26 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
• Giant Danio✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Easy care · 20–27 °C (68–81 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • 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)
  • 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.
• Golden Wonder Killifish✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °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.
• Keyhole Cichlid✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 22–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Kribensis✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °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.
• Kuhli Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 cm · Easy care · 24–30 °C (75–86 °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.
• Marbled Hoplo✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 14 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.
  • Both favour the bottom of the tank — offer enough cover so they aren't always in each other's space.
• Medusa Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Medium care · 26–30 °C (79–86 °F)
  • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 26–26 °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.
• Molly✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 10 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.
• Murray River Rainbowfish✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 11 cm · Easy care · 15–26 °C (59–79 °F)
  • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Keep Murray River Rainbowfish in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Pearl Gourami✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 24–26 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
• Spotted Rubbernose Pleco✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Medium care · 20–26 °C (68–79 °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.
• Striped Eel Loach✅ Compatible
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °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.
• Swordtail✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 14 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 22–26 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
• Tiger Betta✅ Compatible
  Semi-aggressive · 11 cm · Hard care · 22–27 °C (72–81 °F)
  • Compatible on the things that matter: shared water near 22–26 °C, workable temperaments, and no predator-and-prey size gap.
• Afra Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • pH preferences only just meet (Rubber Lip Pleco 6.5–7.5 vs Afra Cichlid 7.8–8.6) — target the overlap and acclimate slowly.
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~150 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Afra Cichlid in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Arrowhead Puffer⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 12 cm · Hard care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~132 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Auratus Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 11 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Different pH ranges (6.5–7.5 vs 7.6–8.8); doable if you sit in the shared band, but not ideal long-term.
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~190 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Auratus Cichlid in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Bucktooth Tetra⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 12 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~200 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Bucktooth Tetra in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Calvus Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 14 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
  • pH preferences only just meet (Rubber Lip Pleco 6.5–7.5 vs Calvus Cichlid 7.8–9) — target the overlap and acclimate slowly.
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• 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 115 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Golden Vampire Pleco⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 11 cm · Medium care · 26–30 °C (79–86 °F)
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Ice Blue Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 12 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • pH preferences only just meet (Rubber Lip Pleco 6.5–7.5 vs Ice Blue Cichlid 7.6–8.6) — target the overlap and acclimate slowly.
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~190 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Mascara Barb⚠️ With caution
  Peaceful · 12 cm · Medium care · 20–25 °C (68–77 °F)
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~200 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Mascara Barb in a shoal of 8+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Pictus Catfish⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 12 cm · Medium care · 22–27 °C (72–81 °F)
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~210 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Polka-dot Loach⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 13 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Powder Blue Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 12 cm · Medium care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °F)
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~170 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Powder Blue Cichlid in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• Rainbow Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 14 cm · Easy care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~130 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• Red Zebra Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 13 cm · Medium care · 23–28 °C (73–82 °F)
  • pH preferences only just meet (Rubber Lip Pleco 6.5–7.5 vs Red Zebra Cichlid 7.6–8.6) — target the overlap and acclimate slowly.
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~190 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Red Zebra Cichlid in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• T-bar Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Semi-aggressive · 12 cm · Medium care · 22–28 °C (72–82 °F)
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~120 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
• White Spotted Cichlid⚠️ With caution
  Aggressive · 12 cm · Hard care · 24–28 °C (75–82 °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 115 L tank is below the ~200 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep White Spotted Cichlid in a shoal of 8+ 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 (Rubber Lip Pleco 20–26 °C vs Discus 28–31 °C).
  • Your 115 L tank is below the ~200 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Keep Discus in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
• German Blue Ram⛔ Not recommended
  Peaceful · 6 cm · Hard care · 27–30 °C (81–86 °F)
  • Temperature needs don't overlap (Rubber Lip Pleco 20–26 °C vs German Blue Ram 27–30 °C).

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.