Congo Tetra tank mates

Best tank mates for Congo Tetra

Striped Kribensis

8.5 cm · 22–28°C

Dwarf Gourami

8.8 cm · 22–28°C

African Butterfly Cichlid

8 cm · 23–28°C

Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid

8 cm · 23–29°C

Bolivian Ram

8 cm · 22–27°C

Clown Pleco

9 cm · 22–28°C

Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid

8 cm · 24–29°C

Congo Dwarf Cichlid

8 cm · 22–26°C

Dwarf Flag Cichlid

8 cm · 22–29°C

Emerald Cory

9 cm · 22–28°C

Golden Dwarf Cichlid

8 cm · 22–27°C

Thick-lipped Gourami

9 cm · 22–28°C

63 more species pass every check:

Possible with care

• African Butterflyfish— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Altum Angelfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Amano Shrimp— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Assassin Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bamboo Shrimp— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Black Skirt Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Bladder Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Blood Parrot Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Blue Acara— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Blue Dolphin Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Blue Tiger Shrimp— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Blue Velvet Shrimp— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Boesemani Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Borneo Sucker— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Buenos Aires Tetra— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Buffalohead Cichlid— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Bumblebee Goby— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Butterfly Hillstream Loach— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cardinal Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Celebes Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Celestial Pearl Danio— 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 temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cherry Shrimp— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Chili Rasbora— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Chocolate Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Clown Killifish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Cochu's Blue Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Colombian Ramshorn Snail— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Convict Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Crystal Red Shrimp— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Orange Crayfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Dwarf Pea Puffer— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Rasbora— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Ellioti Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ember Tetra— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Endler's Livebearer— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Festivum (Flag Cichlid)— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Figure-8 Puffer— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Firemouth Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Flame Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Forktail Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Freshwater Clam— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• German Blue Ram— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ghost Shrimp— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Glass Catfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Glowlight Danio— 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
• Green Discus— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Green Neon Tetra— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Guppy— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Heckel Discus— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Jack Dempsey— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Japanese Trapdoor Snail— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Jewel Cichlid— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Julii Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Kissing Gourami— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Lambchop Rasbora— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Least Killifish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Leopard Danio— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Malaysian Trumpet Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Medaka Ricefish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Mystery Snail— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Neon Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Nerite Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Odessa Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Panda Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Paradise Fish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Paraguay Eartheater— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Pearl Danio— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Peppered Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Platy— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Port Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Pygmy Corydoras— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Rabbit Snail— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Rainbow Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rainbow Shark— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ramshorn Snail— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Red Rainbowfish— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Redhead Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Reticulated Hillstream Loach— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rosy Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rubber Lip Pleco— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sailfin Molly— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Salt and Pepper Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Salvini Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Scarlet Badis— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Severum— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Spotted Hoplo— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Strawberry Rasbora— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sunshine Peacock— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Swordtail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• T-Bar Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Thai Micro Crab— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Turquoise Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Uaru (Triangle Cichlid)— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Umbrella Dwarf Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Vampire Shrimp— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Venezuelan Cory— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• White Cloud Mountain Minnow— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Wrestling Halfbeak— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Zebra Danio— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Zebra Pleco— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite

Avoid with Congo Tetra

• Acei Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Adonis Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• 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
• Borleyi (Redfin Hap)— Only one pH value 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
• Calvus Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Clown Loach— Tank is too small for some species
• Cobalt Blue Zebra— No pH value suits every species here
• 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
• 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
• Dogtooth Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Duboisi Tropheus— No pH value suits every species here
• Dwarf Petricola Catfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• 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
• Frontosa— No pH value suits every species here
• Goby Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Golden Julie— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Green Spotted Pufferfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Green Terror— 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
• Johanni Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Kenyi Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Koi— No temperature suits every species here
• Lemon Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• Marlieri Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Masked Julie— No pH value suits every species here
• Molly— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Multifasciatus Shell Dweller— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Ocellatus Shell Dweller— Only one pH 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
• Peacock Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Pike Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Powder Blue Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Ranchu Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Red Devil— A predator will eat a tankmate
• 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— Tank is too small for some species
• Rostratus— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Rosy Red Minnow— No temperature suits every species here
• Royal Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Rusty Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Ryukin Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Sailfin Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Sand-sifting Xenotilapia— No pH value suits every species here
• Saulosi Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• Similis Shell Dweller— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Star Sapphire— No pH value suits every species here
• Taiwan Reef Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Telescope Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Texas Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Threadfin Petrochromis— No pH value suits every species here
• Tropheus— No pH value suits every species here
• Venustus (Giraffe Cichlid)— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Wolf Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Zebra Mbuna— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin

Frequently asked questions

What are the best tank mates for Congo Tetra?

Top engine-approved picks: Striped Kribensis, Dwarf Gourami, African Butterfly Cichlid, Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid, Bolivian Ram. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Congo Tetra and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Congo Tetra?

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