Panda Corydoras tank mates

Best tank mates for Panda Corydoras

Blackline Rasbora

5 cm · 22–26°C

Leopard Danio

5 cm · 16–26°C

Otocinclus

5 cm · 21–27°C

Zebra Danio

5 cm · 16–26°C

Bloodfin Tetra

5.5 cm · 18–28°C

Borneo Sucker

4.5 cm · 20–24°C

Cochu's Blue Tetra

5.5 cm · 21–26°C

Julii Cory

5.5 cm · 20–26°C

Black Ruby Barb

6 cm · 20–27°C

Black Skirt Tetra

6 cm · 20–27°C

Flame Tetra

4 cm · 18–28°C

Pearl Danio

6 cm · 16–25°C

22 more species pass every check:

Possible with care

• African Butterfly Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• African Butterflyfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Agassiz's Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Amano Shrimp— pH 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 temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Banjo Catfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish)— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Black Moor Goldfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Black Neon Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Black Phantom Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bladder Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bleeding Heart Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Blue Velvet Shrimp— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Boesemani Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bolivian Ram— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Brichard's Teleogramma— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Bristlenose Pleco— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Bronze Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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 temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Butterfly Hillstream Loach— pH is a compromise for someone here
• 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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Checkered Barb— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Cherry Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cherry Shrimp— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Chili Rasbora— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Chinese Algae Eater— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Chocolate Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Clown Pleco— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Colombian Ramshorn Snail— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Comet Goldfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Common Goldfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Congo Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Convict Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Crystal Red Shrimp— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Diamond Tetra— 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 Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Orange Crayfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Pea Puffer— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Rasbora— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Elephantnose Fish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ellioti Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ember Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Emerald Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Emperor Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Endler's Livebearer— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Fantail Goldfish— Everyone is close on temperature — 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— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Forktail Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Freshwater Clam— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ghost Shrimp— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Glowlight Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Pencilfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Wonder Killifish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Green Neon Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Guppy— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Harlequin Rasbora— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Head-and-Tail-Light Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Honey Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Japanese Trapdoor Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Jewel Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Keyhole Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Kissing Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• 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— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Least Killifish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Lemon Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• 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 temperature — 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
• Mystery Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Neon Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Nerite Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Odessa Barb— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Oranda Goldfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Paradise Fish— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Peaceful Betta— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Pearl Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Penguin Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Platy— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Polka Dot Loach— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Port Cichlid— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Purple Emperor Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rabbit Snail— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rainbow Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rainbow Shark— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ramshorn Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ranchu Goldfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — 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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Redhead Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rosy Barb— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Rosy Red Minnow— 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
• Rubber Lip Pleco— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Rummynose Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ryukin Goldfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Serpae Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Severum— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Shubunkin Goldfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Silver Tip Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Skunk Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Sparkling Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Spotted Hoplo— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Sterbai Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Strawberry Rasbora— 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
• Sveni Eartheater— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• T-Bar Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Telescope Goldfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Thai Micro Crab— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Thick-lipped Gourami— 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
• Tiger Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Turquoise Rainbowfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Upside-down Catfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Vampire Shrimp— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Venezuelan Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• White Cloud Mountain Minnow— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Wrestling Halfbeak— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• X-ray Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Yoyo Loach— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite

Avoid with Panda Corydoras

• Acei Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Adonis Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Altum Angelfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Angelfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Auratus Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Bala Shark— Tank is too small for some species
• 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
• Calvus Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Chocolate Cichlid— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Clown Loach— Tank is too small for some species
• Cobalt Blue Zebra— No pH value suits every species here
• Common Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Compressiceps Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• 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
• Discus— No temperature suits every species here
• 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
• Elongate Mbuna— No pH value suits every species here
• Endlicheri Bichir— Tank is too small for some species
• Even-spotted Synodontis— No pH value suits every species here
• Featherfin Squeaker— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Five-bar Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Frontosa— No pH value suits every species here
• German Blue Ram— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Goby Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Golden Julie— No pH value suits every species here
• Green Discus— No temperature suits every species here
• Green Spotted Pufferfish— No pH value suits every species here
• Green Terror— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Heckel Discus— No temperature suits every species here
• 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
• Johanni Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Kenyi Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Koi— Tank is too small for some species
• 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— 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
• Ocellatus Shell Dweller— No pH value 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— No pH value suits every species here
• Pike Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Powder Blue Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• Red Devil— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Red Empress— No pH value suits every species here
• Red Terror— Tank is too small for some species
• Red Zebra Cichlid— No pH value suits every species here
• 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
• Royal Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Rusty Cichlid— No pH value 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— No pH value suits every species here
• Saulosi Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Silver Arowana— Tank is too small for some species
• Silver Moony— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Swordtail— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Taiwan Reef Cichlid— No pH value 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
• Uaru (Triangle Cichlid)— No temperature 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— No pH value suits every species here
• Zebra Pleco— No temperature suits every species here

Frequently asked questions

What are the best tank mates for Panda Corydoras?

Top engine-approved picks: Blackline Rasbora, Leopard Danio, Otocinclus, Zebra Danio, Bloodfin Tetra. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Panda Corydoras and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Panda Corydoras?

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.