Otocinclus tank mates

Best tank mates for Otocinclus

Amano Shrimp

5 cm · 18–28°C

Blackline Rasbora

5 cm · 22–26°C

Cherry Barb

5 cm · 23–27°C

Golden Tetra

5 cm · 23–28°C

Honey Gourami

5 cm · 22–28°C

Leopard Danio

5 cm · 16–26°C

Panda Corydoras

5 cm · 20–25°C

Silver Tip Tetra

5 cm · 23–28°C

Zebra Danio

5 cm · 16–26°C

Black Phantom Tetra

4.5 cm · 22–28°C

Bloodfin Tetra

5.5 cm · 18–28°C

Cochu's Blue Tetra

5.5 cm · 21–26°C

66 more species pass every check:

Possible with care

• 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— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish)— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bladder Snail— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Blue Acara— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Blue Dolphin Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Boesemani Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Borneo Sucker— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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 Goby— 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
• Cardinal Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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
• Chili Rasbora— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Chocolate Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Chocolate Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Clown Killifish— 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— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Congo Dwarf Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Convict Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Crystal Red Shrimp— Everyone is close on pH — 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 temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Flag Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Orange Crayfish— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Dwarf Pea Puffer— pH is a compromise for someone here
• 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— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ember Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Endler's Livebearer— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Forktail Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Freshwater Clam— pH is a compromise for someone here
• German Blue Ram— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ghost Shrimp— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Glowlight Tetra— 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
• Guppy— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Japanese Trapdoor Snail— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Jewel Cichlid— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Kissing Gourami— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• 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— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Least Killifish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Macmasteri Dwarf Cichlid— 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
• Marble Hatchetfish— 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
• Moonlight Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Mystery Snail— 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— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Paradise Fish— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Paraguay Eartheater— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Pearl Gourami— 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
• Pictus Catfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Platy— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Polka Dot Loach— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Port Cichlid— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Rabbit Snail— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rainbow Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Ramshorn Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red Rainbowfish— 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
• Rosy Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rosy Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rummynose Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Severum— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Spotted Hoplo— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Sterbai Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Strawberry Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sunshine Peacock— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Sveni Eartheater— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Swordtail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• T-Bar Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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— 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
• White Cloud Mountain Minnow— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Wrestling Halfbeak— pH 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 Otocinclus

• Acei Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Adonis Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Altum Angelfish— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Angelfish— 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
• 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
• Discus— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• Featherfin Squeaker— A predator will eat a tankmate
• 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 Discus— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Green Spotted Pufferfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Green Terror— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Heckel Discus— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Hongi Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• 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 Molly— Only one hardness (GH) 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— 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
• Striped Raphael Catfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• 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 Otocinclus?

Top engine-approved picks: Amano Shrimp, Blackline Rasbora, Cherry Barb, Golden Tetra, Honey Gourami. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Otocinclus and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Otocinclus?

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