Yellow Coris Wrasse Tank Mates

Yellow Coris Wrasse is peaceful, so its tank mates need choosing with care. Here are the 21 freshwater species that pair well with a yellow coris wrasse — plus the 0 to avoid — with a live checker you can tune to your own tank.

By The Aquarium DB Team • Updated June 10, 2026 • Full Yellow Coris Wrasse care guide →
Best matches

The best tank mates for a yellow coris wrasse

  • Clown Goby ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Peaceful · 4 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Neon Goby ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Peaceful · 5 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Banggai Cardinalfish ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Peaceful · 8 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Blue Damselfish ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · 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.
  • Firefish ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Peaceful · 8 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Green Chromis ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Peaceful · 8 cm · 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.
  • Ocellaris Clownfish ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Percula Clownfish ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · 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.
  • Royal Gramma ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Peaceful · 8 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Six Line Wrasse ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Yellow Watchman Goby ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Peaceful · 9 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Bicolor Blenny ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Coral Beauty Angelfish ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · 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.
  • Lawnmower Blenny ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Peaceful · 13 cm · 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.
  • Clarkii Clownfish ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Semi-aggressive · 14 cm · 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.
  • Tomato Clownfish ✅ Compatible
    Easy care · Semi-aggressive · 14 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Melanurus Wrasse ✅ Compatible
    Medium care · Semi-aggressive · 12 cm · 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.
  • Bicolor Angelfish ✅ Compatible
    Medium care · Semi-aggressive · 15 cm · 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.
  • Diamond Goby ✅ Compatible
    Medium care · Peaceful · 15 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Mandarin Dragonet ✅ Compatible
    Hard care · Peaceful · 8 cm · 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.
  • Cleaner Wrasse ✅ Compatible
    Hard care · Peaceful · 11 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
With caution

Yellow Coris Wrasse tank mates that can work with care

  • Blue Tang ⚠️ With caution
    Medium care · Semi-aggressive · 30 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Your 210 L tank is below the ~380 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Domino Damselfish ⚠️ With caution
    Easy care · Aggressive · 14 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Domino Damselfish is aggressive and may chase or nip the smaller Yellow Coris Wrasse — plant heavily and break up sight lines.
  • Emperor Angelfish ⚠️ With caution
    Hard care · Semi-aggressive · 38 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Your 210 L tank is below the ~850 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Flame Angelfish ⚠️ With caution
    Medium care · Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Your 210 L tank is below the ~280 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Foxface Rabbitfish ⚠️ With caution
    Medium care · Semi-aggressive · 24 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Your 210 L tank is below the ~380 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Kole Tang ⚠️ With caution
    Medium care · Semi-aggressive · 18 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Your 210 L tank is below the ~280 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Maroon Clownfish ⚠️ With caution
    Medium care · Aggressive · 15 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Maroon Clownfish is aggressive and may chase or nip the smaller Yellow Coris Wrasse — plant heavily and break up sight lines.
  • Naso Tang ⚠️ With caution
    Hard care · Semi-aggressive · 45 cm · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    Your 210 L tank is below the ~680 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.

+ 5 more “with caution” pairings — see the interactive checker above.

Avoid

Fish to avoid keeping with a yellow coris wrasse

No outright no-gos among the species in our database yet — but always avoid fish much larger, much more aggressive, or needing very different water.

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Dial in your exact tank size and filter by result — the checker scores every species in our database against a yellow coris wrasse, with the reasoning for each verdict.

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We compare each fish against your yellow coris wrasse on temperament, size, water parameters and swimming zone. Set your tank size and filter the results.

  • Banggai Cardinalfish✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 8 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Bicolor Angelfish✅ Compatible
    Semi-aggressive · 15 cm · Medium 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.
  • Bicolor Blenny✅ Compatible
    Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Blue Damselfish✅ Compatible
    Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · Easy 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.
  • Clarkii Clownfish✅ Compatible
    Semi-aggressive · 14 cm · Easy 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.
  • Cleaner Wrasse✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 11 cm · Hard care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Clown Goby✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 4 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Coral Beauty Angelfish✅ 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.
  • Diamond Goby✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 15 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Firefish✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 8 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Green Chromis✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 8 cm · Easy 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 Green Chromis in a shoal of 6+ or it gets stressed and nippy.
  • Lawnmower Blenny✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 13 cm · Easy 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.
  • Mandarin Dragonet✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 8 cm · Hard 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.
  • Melanurus Wrasse✅ Compatible
    Semi-aggressive · 12 cm · Medium 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.
  • Neon Goby✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 5 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Ocellaris Clownfish✅ Compatible
    Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Percula Clownfish✅ Compatible
    Semi-aggressive · 8 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.
  • Royal Gramma✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 8 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Both are peaceful, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Six Line Wrasse✅ Compatible
    Semi-aggressive · 8 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Tomato Clownfish✅ Compatible
    Semi-aggressive · 14 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Peaceful + Semi-aggressive, but with no direct clash here, and their water overlaps around 24–27 °C — no size, zone or temperament conflicts.
  • Yellow Watchman Goby✅ Compatible
    Peaceful · 9 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Both are peaceful; temperature, pH and hardness ranges all overlap and neither outsizes the other enough to be a threat.
  • Blue Tang⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 30 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~380 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Domino Damselfish⚠️ With caution
    Aggressive · 14 cm · Easy care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Domino Damselfish is aggressive and may chase or nip the smaller Yellow Coris Wrasse — plant heavily and break up sight lines.
  • Emperor Angelfish⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 38 cm · Hard care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~850 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Flame Angelfish⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 10 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~280 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Foxface Rabbitfish⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 24 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~380 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Kole Tang⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 18 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~280 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Maroon Clownfish⚠️ With caution
    Aggressive · 15 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Maroon Clownfish is aggressive and may chase or nip the smaller Yellow Coris Wrasse — plant heavily and break up sight lines.
  • Naso Tang⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 45 cm · Hard care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~680 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Purple Tang⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 25 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~280 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Queen Angelfish⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 45 cm · Hard care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~850 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Regal Angelfish⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 25 cm · Hard care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~480 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Sailfin Tang⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 40 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~570 L this pairing really wants — crowding raises aggression.
  • Yellow Tang⚠️ With caution
    Semi-aggressive · 20 cm · Medium care · 24–27 °C (75–81 °F)
    • Your 210 L tank is below the ~280 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.

Setting up a yellow coris wrasse community tank

Give the group a stable, planted 210 L+ tank with a gentle filter, a reliable heater and plenty of cover — broken sight lines and hiding spots let mid-water and bottom dwellers keep out of each other's way. Cycle it fully and stock gradually.

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How to choose

How to choose the right tank mates for a yellow coris wrasse

As a peaceful species, yellow coris wrasse is easily bullied — favour other calm, non-nippy fish and steer clear of boisterous or aggressive tank mates. It ranges across the whole water column, so tank mates that keep to one level help reduce friction.

Yellow Coris Wrasse grows to about 12 cm, so avoid tank mates small enough to be seen as food — as a rule of thumb, skip anything under roughly 6 cm. Match its water, too: aim for 24–27 °C (75–81 °F), pH 8–8.4 and 8–12 dGH. Fish needing very different conditions — coldwater species, or hard-water lovers against a soft-water fish — rarely thrive side by side.

Yellow Coris Wrasse doesn't need its own kind to feel secure; think twice before keeping more than one if it is territorial. Whatever you add, introduce new fish slowly, watch for bullying in the first days, and have a backup plan if temperaments clash.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can a yellow coris wrasse live with other fish?

Yes — with the right companions. Our checker finds 21 compatible freshwater species for yellow coris wrasse. Pick calm, similarly-sized fish that share its water needs and add them to a mature, well-planted tank.

What is the best tank mate for a yellow coris wrasse?

Easy, peaceful, similarly-sized species top the list — for example Clown Goby, Neon Goby, Banggai Cardinalfish. Use the checker above to match against your own tank size.

What fish should you avoid keeping with a yellow coris wrasse?

No outright no-gos in our current database, but always avoid fish that are much larger, much more aggressive, or that need very different water.

How big a tank do yellow coris wrasse tank mates need?

Start from Yellow Coris Wrasse's own minimum and scale up with every addition. The checker above defaults to a 210 L community tank and flags pairings that need more room — drag the slider to match your setup.

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