Pearl Gourami tank mates

Best tank mates for Pearl Gourami

Kribensis

10 cm · 24–28°C

Upside-down Catfish

9.6 cm · 22–28°C

Angelfish

15 cm · 24–30°C

Clown Pleco

9 cm · 22–28°C

Moonlight Gourami

15 cm · 24–30°C

Thick-lipped Gourami

9 cm · 22–28°C

Three-spot Gourami

15 cm · 24–30°C

Vampire Shrimp

15 cm · 22–29°C

Dwarf Gourami

8.8 cm · 22–28°C

Congo Tetra

8.5 cm · 23–28°C

Striped Kribensis

8.5 cm · 22–28°C

African Butterfly Cichlid

8 cm · 23–28°C

21 more species pass every check:

Possible with care

• African Butterflyfish— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Agassiz's Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Altum Angelfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Amano Shrimp— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Assassin Snail— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Banjo Catfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish)— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Black Neon Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Black Phantom Tetra— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Black Ruby Barb— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Black Skirt Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Blackline Rasbora— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bladder Snail— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Bleeding Heart Tetra— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Bloodfin Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Blue Acara— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• 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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Boesemani Rainbowfish— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Brichard's Teleogramma— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Bristlenose Pleco— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Buenos Aires Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Buffalohead Cichlid— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Bumblebee Goby— Everyone is close on pH — 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 pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Checkered Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cherry Shrimp— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Chili Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Chinese Algae Eater— Serious temperament conflict
• Chocolate Gourami— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Clown Killifish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cochu's Blue Tetra— 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— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Convict Cichlid— Serious temperament conflict
• Denison Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Diamond Tetra— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• 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— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Dwarf Orange Crayfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Dwarf Pea Puffer— Serious temperament conflict
• Dwarf Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ellioti Cichlid— 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
• Emerald Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• 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— Serious temperament conflict
• Firemouth Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Flame Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Forktail Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Freshwater Clam— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• German Blue Ram— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Ghost Shrimp— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Glass Catfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Glowlight Danio— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Glowlight Tetra— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Gold Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Wonder Killifish— Temperature 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 pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Green Terror— 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
• Harlequin Rasbora— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Head-and-Tail-Light Tetra— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Heckel Discus— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Jack Dempsey— pH is a compromise for someone here
• 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— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Keyhole Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Kissing Gourami— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Kuhli Loach— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Lambchop Rasbora— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Least Killifish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Lemon Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Leopard Danio— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Little Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Macmasteri Dwarf Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• 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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Mystery Snail— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Neon Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Nerite Snail— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Odessa Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Otocinclus— 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— Serious temperament conflict
• Paraguay Eartheater— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Peaceful Betta— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Pearl Danio— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Penguin Tetra— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Peppered Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Pictus Catfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Platy— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Polka Dot Loach— Serious temperament conflict
• Port Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Purple Emperor Tetra— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Pygmy Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rabbit Snail— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rainbow Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Rainbow Shark— Serious temperament conflict
• Ramshorn Snail— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red Devil— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Red Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red-Tail Shark— Serious temperament conflict
• Redhead Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Reticulated Hillstream Loach— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rosy Tetra— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Rubber Lip Pleco— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rummynose Tetra— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Salt and Pepper Cory— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Salvini Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Scarlet Badis— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Scissortail Rasbora— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Serpae Tetra— Serious temperament conflict
• Severum— Setup needs adjustments for some species
• Siamese Algae Eater— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Silver Tip Tetra— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Skunk Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Sparkling Gourami— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Spotted Hoplo— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Strawberry Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Sunshine Peacock— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Swordtail— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• T-Bar Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Texas Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Thai Micro Crab— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Threadfin Rainbowfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Tiger Barb— Serious temperament conflict
• Turquoise Rainbowfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Uaru (Triangle Cichlid)— One swimming zone is overcrowded
• Umbrella Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Venezuelan Cory— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Wrestling Halfbeak— pH is a compromise for someone here
• X-ray Tetra— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Yoyo Loach— Serious temperament conflict
• Zebra Danio— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite

Avoid with Pearl Gourami

• 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
• Borneo Sucker— Only one temperature 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
• Butterfly Hillstream Loach— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• Crystal Red Shrimp— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
• 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
• 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 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— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Rostratus— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Rosy Barb— Only one temperature 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
• 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
• 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
• White Cloud Mountain Minnow— Only one temperature 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 Pearl Gourami?

Top engine-approved picks: Kribensis, Upside-down Catfish, Angelfish, Clown Pleco, Moonlight Gourami. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Pearl Gourami and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Pearl Gourami?

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.