Shrimp-safe fish
Fish that can share a tank with grown shrimp. One honest caveat: almost nothing here is safe around newly hatched shrimplets — those are eaten by fish that would never touch an adult. If you want the colony to grow, give it moss and somewhere to hide.
Why these
Peaceful or shy fish up to 6 cm, small-mouthed, not carnivores and not predators.
56 species

Blackline Rasbora
Rasbora borapetensis
5 cm · 22–26 °C · ≥ 70 l

Cherry Barb
Puntius titteya
5 cm · 23–27 °C · ≥ 60 l

Endler's Livebearer
Poecilia wingei
4.5 cm · 22–29 °C · ≥ 30 l

Guppy
Poecilia reticulata
6 cm · 22–28 °C · ≥ 40 l

Leopard Danio
Danio rerio var. frankei
5 cm · 16–26 °C · ≥ 75 l

Platy
Xiphophorus maculatus
6 cm · 18–26 °C · ≥ 55 l

White Cloud Mountain Minnow
Tanichthys albonubes
4 cm · 5–24 °C · ≥ 40 l

Zebra Danio
Danio rerio
5 cm · 16–26 °C · ≥ 75 l

Black Neon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
4 cm · 20–28 °C · ≥ 60 l

Black Phantom Tetra
Hyphessobrycon megalopterus
4.5 cm · 22–28 °C · ≥ 75 l

Black Ruby Barb
Pethia nigrofasciata
6 cm · 20–27 °C · ≥ 80 l

Bloodfin Tetra
Aphyocharax anisitsi
5.5 cm · 18–28 °C · ≥ 75 l

Celestial Pearl Danio
Danio margaritatus
2.5 cm · 20–26 °C · ≥ 40 l

Checkered Barb
Oliotius oligolepis
5 cm · 18–25 °C · ≥ 70 l

Cochu's Blue Tetra
Boehlkea fredcochui
5.5 cm · 21–26 °C · ≥ 60 l

Diamond Tetra
Moenkhausia pittieri
6 cm · 24–28 °C · ≥ 75 l

Ember Tetra
Hyphessobrycon amandae
2 cm · 22–28 °C · ≥ 40 l

Emperor Tetra
Nematobrycon palmeri
5.5 cm · 23–27 °C · ≥ 75 l

Flame Tetra
Hyphessobrycon flammeus
4 cm · 18–28 °C · ≥ 60 l

Forktail Rainbowfish
Pseudomugil furcatus
5.5 cm · 23–28 °C · ≥ 60 l

Glowlight Danio
Danio choprae
3 cm · 16–26 °C · ≥ 70 l

Glowlight Tetra
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
4 cm · 24–28 °C · ≥ 60 l

Harlequin Rasbora
Trigonostigma heteromorpha
4.5 cm · 22–28 °C · ≥ 60 l

Head-and-Tail-Light Tetra
Hemigrammus ocellifer
4.5 cm · 22–28 °C · ≥ 70 l

Honey Gourami
Trichogaster chuna
5 cm · 22–28 °C · ≥ 40 l

Julii Cory
Corydoras julii
5.5 cm · 20–26 °C · ≥ 60 l

Lambchop Rasbora
Trigonostigma espei
3 cm · 23–28 °C · ≥ 45 l

Least Killifish
Heterandria formosa
3.5 cm · 15–26 °C · ≥ 20 l

Lemon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
4.5 cm · 20–28 °C · ≥ 75 l

Medaka Ricefish
Oryzias latipes
4 cm · 8–28 °C · ≥ 40 l

Neon Tetra
Paracheirodon innesi
3.5 cm · 20–26 °C · ≥ 60 l

Odessa Barb
Pethia padamya
6 cm · 16–25 °C · ≥ 75 l

Panda Corydoras
Corydoras panda
5 cm · 20–25 °C · ≥ 60 l

Pearl Danio
Danio albolineatus
6 cm · 16–25 °C · ≥ 90 l

Purple Emperor Tetra
Inpaichthys kerri
4 cm · 22–28 °C · ≥ 70 l

Pygmy Corydoras
Corydoras pygmaeus
3 cm · 22–26 °C · ≥ 40 l

Rosy Tetra
Hyphessobrycon rosaceus
4 cm · 24–28 °C · ≥ 70 l

Salt and Pepper Cory
Corydoras habrosus
3.5 cm · 20–26 °C · ≥ 40 l

Silver Tip Tetra
Hasemania nana
5 cm · 23–28 °C · ≥ 75 l

X-ray Tetra
Pristella maxillaris
4.5 cm · 22–28 °C · ≥ 60 l

Cardinal Tetra
Paracheirodon axelrodi
4.5 cm · 23–29 °C · ≥ 75 l

Dwarf Chain Loach
Ambastaia sidthimunki
5.5 cm · 22–30 °C · ≥ 90 l

Golden Pencilfish
Nannostomus beckfordi
6 cm · 21–27 °C · ≥ 60 l

Golden Tetra
Hemigrammus rodwayi
5 cm · 23–28 °C · ≥ 70 l

Green Neon Tetra
Paracheirodon simulans
2.5 cm · 23–30 °C · ≥ 40 l

Marble Hatchetfish
Carnegiella strigata
3.5 cm · 22–28 °C · ≥ 75 l

Multifasciatus Shell Dweller
Neolamprologus multifasciatus
4.5 cm · 24–27 °C · ≥ 45 l

Otocinclus
Otocinclus vittatus
5 cm · 21–27 °C · ≥ 60 l

Rummynose Tetra
Hemigrammus rhodostomus
5 cm · 23–29 °C · ≥ 90 l

Threadfin Rainbowfish
Iriatherina werneri
4 cm · 22–30 °C · ≥ 60 l

Borneo Sucker
Gastromyzon ctenocephalus
4.5 cm · 20–24 °C · ≥ 60 l

German Blue Ram
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
6 cm · 25–30 °C · ≥ 75 l

Reticulated Hillstream Loach
Sewellia lineolata
6 cm · 20–25 °C · ≥ 75 l
Agassiz's Cory
Corydoras agassizii
6 cm · 21–27 °C · ≥ 70 l
Little Corydoras
Corydoras nanus
5 cm · 22–26 °C · ≥ 60 l
Skunk Cory
Corydoras arcuatus
5.5 cm · 20–28 °C · ≥ 70 l
Which of these go together?
A list tells you what is possible on its own. Whether three of them share a tank without one eating another — and whether your volume, temperature and hardness actually allow it — is what the planner works out.
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