Ember Tetra tank mates

Best tank mates for Ember Tetra

Chili Rasbora

2 cm · 24–28°C

Strawberry Rasbora

2 cm · 20–28°C

Dwarf Rasbora

2.5 cm · 22–28°C

Green Neon Tetra

2.5 cm · 23–30°C

Lambchop Rasbora

3 cm · 23–28°C

Marble Hatchetfish

3.5 cm · 22–28°C

Black Neon Tetra

4 cm · 20–28°C

Glowlight Tetra

4 cm · 24–28°C

Purple Emperor Tetra

4 cm · 22–28°C

Rosy Tetra

4 cm · 24–28°C

Serpae Tetra

4 cm · 20–28°C

Threadfin Rainbowfish

4 cm · 22–30°C

18 more species pass every check:

Possible with care

• African Butterfly Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Agassiz's Cory— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Altum Angelfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Amano Shrimp— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Bamboo Shrimp— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Banjo Catfish— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish)— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Black Skirt Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Blackline Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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
• Bloodfin Tetra— 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 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
• Bolivian Ram— 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
• Brichard's Teleogramma— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bristlenose Pleco— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bronze Corydoras— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Buenos Aires Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Buffalohead Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Butterfly Hillstream Loach— Everyone is close on temperature — 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 Barb— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cherry Shrimp— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Chinese Algae Eater— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Chocolate Cichlid— 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
• Clown Pleco— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cochu's Blue Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Congo Tetra— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• 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
• Diamond Tetra— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• 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 Chain Loach— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Flag Cichlid— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Dwarf Gourami— Everyone is close on pH — 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
• Elephantnose Fish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Emerald Cory— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Festivum (Flag Cichlid)— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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— pH is a compromise for someone here
• 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
• Golden Dwarf Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Green Discus— 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
• Honey Gourami— 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
• Julii Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Keyhole Cichlid— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Kissing Gourami— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Kribensis— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Kuhli Loach— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Leopard Danio— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Little Corydoras— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Medaka Ricefish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Moonlight Gourami— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Neon Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Odessa Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Otocinclus— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Panda Corydoras— 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
• Pearl Gourami— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Peppered Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Polka Dot Loach— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Port Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Pygmy Corydoras— 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
• Red Whiptail Catfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red-Tail Shark— 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
• Salt and Pepper Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Scarlet Badis— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Scissortail Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Severum— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Siamese Algae Eater— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Silver Tip Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sparkling Gourami— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Sterbai Corydoras— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Striped Kribensis— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Sveni Eartheater— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Thai Micro Crab— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Thick-lipped Gourami— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Threadfin Acara— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Three-spot Gourami— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Tiger Barb— 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
• Upside-down Catfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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
• X-ray Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Yoyo Loach— 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 Ember Tetra

• Acei Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Adonis Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• African Butterflyfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Angelfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Assassin Snail— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Auratus Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Bala Shark— Tank is too small for some species
• Black Moor Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Blue Dolphin Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Boesemani Rainbowfish— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Borleyi (Redfin Hap)— No pH value suits every species here
• Brevis Shell Dweller— No pH value suits every species here
• Brichardi (Fairy Cichlid)— No pH value suits every species here
• Bumblebee Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Bumblebee Goby— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Calvus Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Celebes Rainbowfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Clown Loach— Tank is too small for some species
• Cobalt Blue Zebra— No pH value suits every species here
• Colombian Ramshorn Snail— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• Convict Cichlid— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Cuckoo Catfish— No pH value suits every species here
• Cylindricus Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Cyprichromis— No pH value suits every species here
• Demasoni Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Demon Eartheater— Tank is too small for some species
• Dogtooth Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Duboisi Tropheus— No pH value suits every species here
• Dwarf Petricola Catfish— No pH value suits every species here
• Electric Blue Ahli— No pH value suits every species here
• Electric Yellow Lab— No pH value suits every species here
• Ellioti Cichlid— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Elongate Mbuna— No pH value suits every species here
• Endler's Livebearer— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Endlicheri Bichir— Tank is too small for some species
• Even-spotted Synodontis— No pH value suits every species here
• Fantail Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Featherfin Squeaker— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Figure-8 Puffer— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Five-bar Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Frontosa— No pH value suits every species here
• Goby Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Golden Julie— No pH value suits every species here
• Golden Wonder Killifish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Green Spotted Pufferfish— No pH value suits every species here
• Green Terror— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Guppy— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Hongi Cichlid— No pH 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
• Jewel Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
• 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
• Least Killifish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Lemon Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Livingstoni— No pH value suits every species here
• Maingano Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Malawi Eyebiter— No pH value suits every species here
• Malawi Hawk— No pH value suits every species here
• Malaysian Trumpet Snail— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Marlieri Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Masked Julie— No pH value suits every species here
• Molly— No pH value suits every species here
• Multifasciatus Shell Dweller— No pH value suits every species here
• Mystery Snail— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Nerite Snail— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Ocellatus Shell Dweller— No pH value suits every species here
• 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
• Paradise Fish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Peacock Bass— Tank is too small for some species
• Peacock Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Pictus Catfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Pike Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Platy— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Powder Blue Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Rabbit Snail— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Ramshorn Snail— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Ranchu Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Red Devil— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Red Empress— No pH value suits every species here
• Red Rainbowfish— 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
• Redhead Cichlid— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Regan's Julie— No pH value suits every species here
• Reticulated Flying Fox— Tank is too small for some species
• Rostratus— No pH value suits every species here
• Rosy Red Minnow— No temperature suits every species here
• Royal Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Rubber Lip Pleco— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Rusty Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Ryukin Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Sailfin Molly— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Sailfin Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Salvini Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Sand-sifting Xenotilapia— No pH value suits every species here
• Saulosi Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Shubunkin Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Silver Arowana— Tank is too small for some species
• Silver Moony— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Similis Shell Dweller— No pH value suits every species here
• Spotted Hoplo— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Star Sapphire— No pH value suits every species here
• Striped Raphael Catfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp— No pH value suits every species here
• Sunshine Peacock— No pH value suits every species here
• Swordtail— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• T-Bar Cichlid— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• Turquoise Rainbowfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Venustus (Giraffe Cichlid)— No pH value suits every species here
• Wolf Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Wrestling Halfbeak— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Zebra Mbuna— No pH value suits every species here

Frequently asked questions

What are the best tank mates for Ember Tetra?

Top engine-approved picks: Chili Rasbora, Strawberry Rasbora, Dwarf Rasbora, Green Neon Tetra, Lambchop Rasbora. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Ember Tetra and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Ember Tetra?

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