Amano Shrimp tank mates

Best tank mates for Amano Shrimp

Dwarf Orange Crayfish

5 cm · 16–28°C

Ghost Shrimp

5 cm · 18–28°C

Honey Gourami

5 cm · 22–28°C

Japanese Trapdoor Snail

5 cm · 2–28°C

Leopard Danio

5 cm · 16–26°C

Otocinclus

5 cm · 21–27°C

Zebra Danio

5 cm · 16–26°C

Bloodfin Tetra

5.5 cm · 18–28°C

Borneo Sucker

4.5 cm · 20–24°C

Julii Cory

5.5 cm · 20–26°C

Mystery Snail

5.5 cm · 18–28°C

X-ray Tetra

4.5 cm · 22–28°C

47 more species pass every check:

Possible with care

• Acei Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• African Butterfly Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• African Butterflyfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Assassin Snail— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Auratus Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Bamboo Shrimp— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Black Moor Goldfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Black Neon Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Black Phantom Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Black Ruby Barb— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Black Skirt Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Blackline Rasbora— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Bleeding Heart Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Blue Acara— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Blue Dolphin Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Blue Tiger Shrimp— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Boesemani Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Borleyi (Redfin Hap)— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Brevis Shell Dweller— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Brichard's Teleogramma— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Buenos Aires Tetra— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Buffalohead Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bumblebee Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bumblebee Goby— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Celebes Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Checkerboard Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Checkered Barb— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cherry Barb— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Chocolate Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Clown Killifish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Clown Pleco— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Cobalt Blue Zebra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cochu's Blue Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Colombian Ramshorn Snail— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Comet Goldfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Common Goldfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Congo Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Congo Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Convict Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Cylindricus Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Demasoni Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Diamond Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Discus— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Dogtooth Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Dwarf Chain Loach— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Flag Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Dwarf Petricola Catfish— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Electric Yellow Lab— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Elephantnose Fish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Ellioti Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Elongate Mbuna— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ember Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Emperor Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Endler's Livebearer— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Even-spotted Synodontis— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Fantail Goldfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Festivum (Flag Cichlid)— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Figure-8 Puffer— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Firemouth Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Five-bar Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Flame Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Forktail Rainbowfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• German Blue Ram— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Glowlight Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Dwarf Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Golden Julie— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Golden Pencilfish— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Golden Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Green Discus— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Green Neon Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Harlequin Rasbora— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Head-and-Tail-Light Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Hongi Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Jewel Cichlid— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Johanni Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Kenyi Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Keyhole Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Kissing Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Kribensis— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Kuhli Loach— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Lambchop Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Lemon Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Lemon Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Little Corydoras— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Macmasteri Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Maingano Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Marble Hatchetfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Marlieri Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Medaka Ricefish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Moonlight Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Multifasciatus Shell Dweller— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Neon Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Nerite Snail— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Ocellatus Shell Dweller— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Oranda Goldfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Panda Corydoras— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Paradise Fish— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Peaceful Betta— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Peacock Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Pearl Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Polka Dot Loach— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Port Cichlid— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Powder Blue Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Purple Emperor Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Pygmy Corydoras— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Rabbit Snail— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rainbow Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Ranchu Goldfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Red Empress— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red Zebra Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Redhead Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Regan's Julie— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Rosy Red Minnow— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Rosy Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rummynose Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Rusty Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ryukin Goldfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Sailfin Molly— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Saulosi Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Serpae Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Severum— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Shubunkin Goldfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Silver Tip Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Similis Shell Dweller— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Skunk Cory— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Sparkling Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Spotted Hoplo— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Star Sapphire— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sterbai Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Strawberry Rasbora— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Striped Kribensis— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sunshine Peacock— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sveni Eartheater— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Swordtail— pH is a compromise for someone here
• T-Bar Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Taiwan Reef Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Telescope Goldfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Thick-lipped Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Threadfin Acara— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Threadfin Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Three-spot Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Turquoise Rainbowfish— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Uaru (Triangle Cichlid)— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Umbrella Dwarf Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Vampire Shrimp— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• White Cloud Mountain Minnow— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Wrestling Halfbeak— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Yoyo Loach— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Zebra Mbuna— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Zebra Pleco— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite

Avoid with Amano Shrimp

• Adonis Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Altum Angelfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Angelfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Bala Shark— Tank is too small for some species
• Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish)— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Brichardi (Fairy Cichlid)— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Calvus Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Cardinal Tetra— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Chili Rasbora— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Chocolate Gourami— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Clown Loach— Tank is too small for some species
• Common Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Compressiceps Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Crystal Red Shrimp— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Cuckoo Catfish— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Cyprichromis— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Demon Eartheater— Tank is too small for some species
• Duboisi Tropheus— No pH value suits every species here
• Dwarf Pea Puffer— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Dwarf Rasbora— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Electric Blue Ahli— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Endlicheri Bichir— Tank is too small for some species
• Featherfin Squeaker— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Frontosa— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Goby Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Green Spotted Pufferfish— Freshwater and brackish species cannot share a tank
• Green Terror— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Heckel Discus— No hardness (GH) value suits every species here
• Iridescent Shark— Tank is too small for some species
• Jack Dempsey— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Jaguar Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Koi— Tank is too small for some species
• Livingstoni— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Malawi Eyebiter— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Malawi Hawk— Tank is too small for some species
• Masked Julie— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Molly— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Ornate Bichir— Tank is too small for some species
• Oscar— Tank is too small for some species
• Peacock Bass— Tank is too small for some species
• Pike Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Red Devil— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Red Terror— Tank is too small for some species
• Reticulated Flying Fox— Tank is too small for some species
• Rostratus— Tank is too small for some species
• Royal Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Sailfin Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Salvini Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Sand-sifting Xenotilapia— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Silver Arowana— Tank is too small for some species
• Silver Moony— Freshwater and brackish species cannot share a tank
• Striped Raphael Catfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Texas Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Threadfin Petrochromis— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Tropheus— No pH value suits every species here
• Venustus (Giraffe Cichlid)— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Wolf Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species

Frequently asked questions

What are the best tank mates for Amano Shrimp?

Top engine-approved picks: Dwarf Orange Crayfish, Ghost Shrimp, Honey Gourami, Japanese Trapdoor Snail, Leopard Danio. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Amano Shrimp and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Amano Shrimp?

The engine red-flags Adonis Pleco, Altum Angelfish, Angelfish among others — for incompatible water, temperament conflict or predation risk. The avoid list above states the specific reason for each pairing.