Angelfish tank mates

Best tank mates for Angelfish

Moonlight Gourami

15 cm · 24–30°C

Vampire Shrimp

15 cm · 22–29°C

Pearl Gourami

12 cm · 24–30°C

Kribensis

10 cm · 24–28°C

Sveni Eartheater

20 cm · 23–30°C

Clown Pleco

9 cm · 22–28°C

Thick-lipped Gourami

9 cm · 22–28°C

Dwarf Gourami

8.8 cm · 22–28°C

Congo Tetra

8.5 cm · 23–28°C

African Butterfly Cichlid

8 cm · 23–28°C

Bamboo Shrimp

8 cm · 22–29°C

Dwarf Flag Cichlid

8 cm · 22–29°C

4 more species pass every check:

Possible with care

• African Butterflyfish— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Altum Angelfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Banjo Catfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish)— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Bleeding Heart Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Blood Parrot Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Blue Acara— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Blue Dolphin Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Boesemani Rainbowfish— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Bolivian Ram— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Brichard's Teleogramma— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bristlenose Pleco— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bronze Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Buenos Aires Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Buffalohead Cichlid— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Celebes Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Checkerboard Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Chinese Algae Eater— Serious temperament conflict
• Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Congo Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Convict Cichlid— Serious temperament conflict
• Denison Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Discus— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Doctor Fish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dojo (Weather) Loach— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Elephantnose Fish— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Ellioti Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Emerald Cory— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Featherfin Squeaker— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Festivum (Flag Cichlid)— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Figure-8 Puffer— Serious temperament conflict
• Firemouth Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Glass Catfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Gold Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Wonder Killifish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Green Discus— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Green Terror— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Heckel Discus— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Jack Dempsey— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Jewel Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Keyhole Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Kissing Gourami— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Kuhli Loach— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Macmasteri Dwarf Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Paradise Fish— Serious temperament conflict
• Paraguay Eartheater— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Penguin Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Peppered Corydoras— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Pictus Catfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Polka Dot Loach— Serious temperament conflict
• Port Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rabbit Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rainbow Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Rainbow Shark— Serious temperament conflict
• Red Devil— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red Whiptail Catfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red-Tail Shark— Serious temperament conflict
• Redhead Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Rubber Lip Pleco— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Salvini Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Scissortail Rasbora— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Severum— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Siamese Algae Eater— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Spotted Hoplo— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Striped Kribensis— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sunshine Peacock— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Swordtail— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• T-Bar Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Texas Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Threadfin Acara— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Three-spot Gourami— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Tiger Barb— Serious temperament conflict
• Turquoise Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Uaru (Triangle Cichlid)— One swimming zone is overcrowded
• Umbrella Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Upside-down Catfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Venezuelan Cory— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Wrestling Halfbeak— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Yoyo Loach— Serious temperament conflict

Avoid with Angelfish

• Acei Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Adonis Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Agassiz's Cory— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Amano Shrimp— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Assassin Snail— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Auratus Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Bala Shark— Tank is too small for some species
• Black Moor Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Black Neon Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Black Phantom Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Black Ruby Barb— Serious temperament conflict
• Black Skirt Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Blackline Rasbora— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Bladder Snail— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Bloodfin Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Blue Tiger Shrimp— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Blue Velvet Shrimp— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Borleyi (Redfin Hap)— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Borneo Sucker— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Brevis Shell Dweller— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Brichardi (Fairy Cichlid)— No pH value suits every species here
• Bumblebee Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Bumblebee Goby— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Butterfly Hillstream Loach— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Calvus Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Cardinal Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Celestial Pearl Danio— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Checkered Barb— Serious temperament conflict
• Cherry Barb— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Cherry Shrimp— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Chili Rasbora— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Chocolate Gourami— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Clown Killifish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Clown Loach— Tank is too small for some species
• Cobalt Blue Zebra— No pH value suits every species here
• Cochu's Blue Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Colombian Ramshorn Snail— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Comet Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Common Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Common Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Compressiceps Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Crystal Red Shrimp— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Cuckoo Catfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Cylindricus Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Cyprichromis— No pH value suits every species here
• Demasoni Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Demon Eartheater— Tank is too small for some species
• Diamond Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Dogtooth Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Duboisi Tropheus— No pH value suits every species here
• Dwarf Chain Loach— Serious temperament conflict
• Dwarf Orange Crayfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Dwarf Pea Puffer— Serious temperament conflict
• Dwarf Petricola Catfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Dwarf Rasbora— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Electric Blue Ahli— No pH value suits every species here
• Electric Yellow Lab— No pH value suits every species here
• Elongate Mbuna— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Ember Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Emperor Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Endler's Livebearer— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Endlicheri Bichir— Tank is too small for some species
• Even-spotted Synodontis— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Fantail Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Five-bar Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Flame Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Forktail Rainbowfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Freshwater Clam— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Frontosa— No pH value suits every species here
• German Blue Ram— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Ghost Shrimp— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Glowlight Danio— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Glowlight Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Goby Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Golden Julie— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Golden Pencilfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Golden Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Green Neon Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Green Spotted Pufferfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Guppy— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Harlequin Rasbora— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Head-and-Tail-Light Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Honey Gourami— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Hongi Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Iridescent Shark— Tank is too small for some species
• Jaguar Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Japanese Trapdoor Snail— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Johanni Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Julii Cory— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Kenyi Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Koi— No temperature suits every species here
• Lambchop Rasbora— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Least Killifish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Lemon Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Lemon Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Leopard Danio— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Little Corydoras— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Livingstoni— No pH value suits every species here
• Maingano Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Malawi Eyebiter— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Malawi Hawk— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Malaysian Trumpet Snail— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Marble Hatchetfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Marlieri Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Masked Julie— No pH value suits every species here
• Medaka Ricefish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Molly— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Multifasciatus Shell Dweller— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Mystery Snail— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Neon Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Nerite Snail— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Ocellatus Shell Dweller— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Odessa Barb— Serious temperament conflict
• Oranda Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Ornate Bichir— Tank is too small for some species
• Oscar— Tank is too small for some species
• Otocinclus— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Panda Corydoras— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Peaceful Betta— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Peacock Bass— Tank is too small for some species
• Peacock Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Pearl Danio— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Pike Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Platy— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Powder Blue Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Purple Emperor Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Pygmy Corydoras— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Ramshorn Snail— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Ranchu Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Red Empress— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Red Terror— Tank is too small for some species
• Red Zebra Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Regan's Julie— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Reticulated Flying Fox— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Reticulated Hillstream Loach— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Rostratus— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Rosy Barb— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Rosy Red Minnow— No temperature suits every species here
• Rosy Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Royal Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Rummynose Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Rusty Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Ryukin Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Sailfin Molly— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Sailfin Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Salt and Pepper Cory— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Sand-sifting Xenotilapia— No pH value suits every species here
• Saulosi Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Scarlet Badis— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Serpae Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Shubunkin Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Silver Arowana— Tank is too small for some species
• Silver Moony— Freshwater and brackish species cannot share a tank
• Silver Tip Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Similis Shell Dweller— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Skunk Cory— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Sparkling Gourami— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Star Sapphire— No pH value suits every species here
• Strawberry Rasbora— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Taiwan Reef Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Telescope Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Thai Micro Crab— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Threadfin Petrochromis— No pH value suits every species here
• Threadfin Rainbowfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Tropheus— No pH value suits every species here
• Venustus (Giraffe Cichlid)— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• White Cloud Mountain Minnow— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Wolf Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• X-ray Tetra— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Zebra Danio— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Zebra Mbuna— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin

Frequently asked questions

What are the best tank mates for Angelfish?

Top engine-approved picks: Moonlight Gourami, Vampire Shrimp, Pearl Gourami, Kribensis, Sveni Eartheater. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Angelfish and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Angelfish?

The engine red-flags Acei Cichlid, Adonis Pleco, Agassiz's Cory among others — for incompatible water, temperament conflict or predation risk. The avoid list above states the specific reason for each pairing.