What are the best tank mates for Cherry Shrimp?

Top engine-approved picks: Blue Velvet Shrimp, Least Killifish, Salt and Pepper Cory, Freshwater Clam, Glowlight Danio. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Cherry Shrimp and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Cherry Shrimp?

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

Cherry Shrimp care guide

Cherry Shrimp tank mates

Every recommendation below is computed, not copied: the AquaSage engine paired Cherry Shrimp (3.5 cm / 1.4 in, peaceful) with 271 fish and invertebrates in a spacious reference tank and scored each pair for water-parameter overlap, temperament, predation and husbandry. A species makes the green list only when every check passes at 15–30 °C (59–86 °F).

Verdicts by the AquaSage engine v0.1.2 in a 450 L reference tank. Read the full methodology →

Best tank mates for Cherry Shrimp

Blue Velvet Shrimp

3.5 cm · 18–28°C

Least Killifish

3.5 cm · 15–26°C

Salt and Pepper Cory

3.5 cm · 20–26°C

Freshwater Clam

4 cm · 18–28°C

Glowlight Danio

3 cm · 16–26°C

Borneo Sucker

4.5 cm · 20–24°C

Celestial Pearl Danio

2.5 cm · 20–26°C

Malaysian Trumpet Snail

2.5 cm · 18–30°C

Scarlet Badis

2.5 cm · 18–26°C

Thai Micro Crab

2.5 cm · 21–28°C

X-ray Tetra

4.5 cm · 22–28°C

Amano Shrimp

5 cm · 18–28°C

47 more species pass every check:

Possible with care

Acei Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
African Butterfly Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Assassin Snail— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Auratus Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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— pH is a compromise for someone here
Blood Parrot Cichlid— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Blue Acara— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Blue Dolphin Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Blue Tiger Shrimp— pH is a compromise for someone here
Boesemani Rainbowfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Borleyi (Redfin Hap)— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Brichard's Teleogramma— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Brichardi (Fairy Cichlid)— pH is a compromise for someone here
Buenos Aires Tetra— Setup needs adjustments for some species
Buffalohead Cichlid— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Bumblebee Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Bumblebee Goby— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Celebes Rainbowfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
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
Chili Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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
Cobalt Blue Zebra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Cochu's Blue Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
Colombian Ramshorn Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Congo Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Congo Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Convict Cichlid— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
Crystal Red Shrimp— pH is a compromise for someone here
Demasoni Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Diamond Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
Discus— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Dojo (Weather) Loach— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Dwarf Chain Loach— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Dwarf Flag Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
Dwarf Gourami— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Dwarf Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Elephantnose Fish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Ellioti Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
Elongate Mbuna— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Ember Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Emperor Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
Endler's Livebearer— pH is a compromise for someone here
Festivum (Flag Cichlid)— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Firemouth Cichlid— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Five-bar Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Flame Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
German Blue Ram— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Glowlight Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
Golden Dwarf Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
Golden Pencilfish— pH is a compromise for someone here
Golden Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
Green Discus— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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
Heckel Discus— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Hongi Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Johanni Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Kenyi Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Keyhole Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
Kissing Gourami— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Kuhli Loach— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Lambchop Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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 pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Maingano Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Marble Hatchetfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Marlieri Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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 pH — 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
Panda Corydoras— pH is a compromise for someone here
Paradise Fish— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
Paraguay Eartheater— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Peaceful Betta— pH is a compromise for someone here
Peacock Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Pearl Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Platy— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
Polka Dot Loach— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Port Cichlid— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Powder Blue Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — 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— Setup needs adjustments for some species
Red Empress— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Red Rainbowfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Red Zebra Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Redhead Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Rosy Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
Rummynose Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Rusty Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Saulosi Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Serpae Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
Severum— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Similis Shell Dweller— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Skunk Cory— pH is a compromise for someone here
Sparkling Gourami— pH is a compromise for someone here
Star Sapphire— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Sterbai Corydoras— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Strawberry Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Taiwan Reef Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Thick-lipped Gourami— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Threadfin Acara— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Threadfin Rainbowfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Three-spot Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
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
White Cloud Mountain Minnow— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Wrestling Halfbeak— Carbonate hardness (KH) is a compromise for someone here
Yoyo Loach— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Zebra Pleco— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite

Avoid with Cherry Shrimp

Adonis Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
African Butterflyfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
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
Black Moor Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
Brevis Shell Dweller— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Calvus Cichlid— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Cardinal Tetra— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
Chocolate Gourami— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
Clown Loach— Tank is too small for some species
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 carbonate hardness (KH) value suits every species here
Cuckoo Catfish— No carbonate hardness (KH) value suits every species here
Cylindricus Cichlid— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Cyprichromis— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Demon Eartheater— Tank is too small for some species
Dogtooth Cichlid— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Duboisi Tropheus— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
Dwarf Pea Puffer— A predator will eat a tankmate
Dwarf Petricola Catfish— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Electric Blue Ahli— A predator will eat a tankmate
Electric Yellow Lab— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Endlicheri Bichir— Tank is too small for some species
Even-spotted Synodontis— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Fantail Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
Featherfin Squeaker— A predator will eat a tankmate
Figure-8 Puffer— A predator will eat a tankmate
Frontosa— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Goby Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
Golden Julie— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Golden Wonder Killifish— A predator will eat a tankmate
Green Spotted Pufferfish— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Green Terror— A predator will eat a tankmate
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
Jewel Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
Koi— No temperature suits every species here
Lemon Cichlid— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
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— No carbonate hardness (KH) value suits every species here
Molly— No hardness (GH) value suits every species here
Ocellatus Shell Dweller— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
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
Peacock Bass— Tank is too small for some species
Pictus Catfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
Pike Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
Ranchu Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
Red Devil— A predator will eat a tankmate
Red Terror— Tank is too small for some species
Regan's Julie— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Reticulated Flying Fox— Tank is too small for some species
Rostratus— Tank is too small for some species
Rosy Red Minnow— No temperature suits every species here
Royal Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
Ryukin Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
Sailfin Molly— No hardness (GH) value suits every species here
Sailfin Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
Salvini Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
Sand-sifting Xenotilapia— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Shubunkin Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
Silver Arowana— Tank is too small for some species
Silver Moony— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Spotted Hoplo— A predator will eat a tankmate
Striped Raphael Catfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
Telescope Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
Texas Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
Threadfin Petrochromis— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Tropheus— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
Venustus (Giraffe Cichlid)— A predator will eat a tankmate
Wolf Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
Zebra Mbuna— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin

Frequently asked questions

What are the best tank mates for Cherry Shrimp?: Top engine-approved picks: Blue Velvet Shrimp, Least Killifish, Salt and Pepper Cory, Freshwater Clam, Glowlight Danio. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Cherry Shrimp and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.
What fish should you avoid keeping with Cherry Shrimp?: The engine red-flags Adonis Pleco, African Butterflyfish, Altum Angelfish among others — for incompatible water, temperament conflict or predation risk. The avoid list above states the specific reason for each pairing.

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