Platy tank mates

Best tank mates for Platy

Guppy

6 cm · 22–28°C

Odessa Barb

6 cm · 16–25°C

Pearl Danio

6 cm · 16–25°C

Bloodfin Tetra

5.5 cm · 18–28°C

Mystery Snail

5.5 cm · 18–28°C

Amano Shrimp

5 cm · 18–28°C

Dwarf Orange Crayfish

5 cm · 16–28°C

Gold Barb

7 cm · 16–26°C

Japanese Trapdoor Snail

5 cm · 2–28°C

Tiger Barb

7 cm · 20–28°C

Penguin Tetra

7.5 cm · 22–28°C

X-ray Tetra

4.5 cm · 22–28°C

16 more species pass every check:

Possible with care

• Acei Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• African Butterfly Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• African Butterflyfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Agassiz's Cory— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Auratus Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bamboo Shrimp— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Banjo Catfish— 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
• Black Neon Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Black Phantom Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Black Ruby Barb— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Black Skirt Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Blackline Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bleeding Heart Tetra— Temperature 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
• Blue Velvet Shrimp— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Boesemani Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bolivian Ram— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Borleyi (Redfin Hap)— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Borneo Sucker— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Brevis Shell Dweller— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Brichard's Teleogramma— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Brichardi (Fairy Cichlid)— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bristlenose Pleco— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Bronze Corydoras— Everyone is close on pH — 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 Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Bumblebee Goby— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Butterfly Hillstream Loach— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Calvus Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Celebes Rainbowfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Celestial Pearl Danio— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Checkered Barb— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Cherry Barb— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cherry Shrimp— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Chocolate Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Clown Pleco— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Cobalt Blue Zebra— 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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Compressiceps Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Congo Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Convict Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Cuckoo Catfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Cylindricus Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Cyprichromis— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Demasoni Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Denison Barb— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Doctor Fish— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Dogtooth Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Dojo (Weather) Loach— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Duboisi Tropheus— pH is a compromise for someone here
• 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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Dwarf Pea Puffer— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Dwarf Petricola Catfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Electric Yellow Lab— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Elephantnose Fish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Ellioti Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Elongate Mbuna— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Emperor Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Endler's Livebearer— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Even-spotted Synodontis— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Featherfin Squeaker— 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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Five-bar Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Flame Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Forktail Rainbowfish— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Ghost Shrimp— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Glass Catfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Glowlight Danio— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Glowlight Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Goby Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Julie— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Pencilfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Golden Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Golden Wonder Killifish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Harlequin Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Head-and-Tail-Light Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Honey Gourami— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Hongi Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Jewel Cichlid— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
• Johanni Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Julii Cory— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Kenyi Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Keyhole Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Kissing Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Kribensis— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Lambchop Rasbora— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Lemon Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Lemon Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Leopard Danio— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Little Corydoras— 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
• Maingano Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Marlieri Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Masked Julie— 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
• Molly— 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
• Multifasciatus Shell Dweller— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Ocellatus Shell Dweller— Everyone is close on pH — 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 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
• Peacock Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Pearl Gourami— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Peppered Corydoras— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Pictus Catfish— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Polka Dot Loach— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Port Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Powder Blue Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Purple Emperor Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Pygmy Corydoras— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rabbit Snail— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Rainbow Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Rainbow Shark— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Red Empress— 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 pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red Zebra Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Red-Tail Shark— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Redhead Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Regan's Julie— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Reticulated Hillstream Loach— Everyone is close on pH — 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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Rusty Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sailfin Molly— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Salt and Pepper Cory— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sand-sifting Xenotilapia— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Saulosi Cichlid— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Scarlet Badis— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Scissortail Rasbora— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Serpae Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Severum— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Siamese Algae Eater— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Silver Tip Tetra— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Similis Shell Dweller— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Skunk Cory— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sparkling Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Spotted Hoplo— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
• Star Sapphire— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Sterbai Corydoras— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Striped Kribensis— 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
• T-Bar Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Taiwan Reef Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Thai Micro Crab— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Thick-lipped Gourami— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Threadfin Acara— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Threadfin Petrochromis— pH is a compromise for someone here
• 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
• Tropheus— pH is a compromise for someone here
• Umbrella Dwarf Cichlid— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Vampire Shrimp— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• White Cloud Mountain Minnow— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
• Wrestling Halfbeak— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Yoyo Loach— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
• Zebra Danio— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
• Zebra Mbuna— Temperature is a compromise for someone here

Avoid with Platy

• Adonis Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Altum Angelfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Angelfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Bala Shark— Tank is too small for some species
• Black Moor Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Blue Tiger Shrimp— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Cardinal Tetra— No pH value suits every species here
• Checkerboard Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Chili Rasbora— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Chocolate Gourami— No pH value suits every species here
• Clown Killifish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Clown Loach— Tank is too small for some species
• Cochu's Blue Tetra— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) 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
• Congo Dwarf Cichlid— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Crystal Red Shrimp— No pH value suits every species here
• Demon Eartheater— Tank is too small for some species
• Diamond Tetra— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Discus— No temperature suits every species here
• Dwarf Rasbora— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Electric Blue Ahli— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Ember Tetra— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Endlicheri Bichir— Tank is too small for some species
• Fantail Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Frontosa— Tank is too small for some species
• German Blue Ram— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Green Discus— No temperature suits every species here
• Green Neon Tetra— No hardness (GH) value suits every species here
• Green Spotted Pufferfish— Freshwater and brackish species cannot share a tank
• Green Terror— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Heckel Discus— No temperature 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
• Koi— No temperature suits every species here
• Kuhli Loach— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Livingstoni— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Malawi Eyebiter— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Malawi Hawk— Tank is too small for some species
• Marble Hatchetfish— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Neon Tetra— Only one hardness (GH) 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
• Peaceful Betta— Only one hardness (GH) value suits everyone — no margin
• Peacock Bass— Tank is too small for some species
• Pike Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Ranchu Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Red Devil— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Red Terror— Tank is too small for some species
• Reticulated Flying Fox— Tank is too small for some species
• Rostratus— Tank is too small for some species
• Rosy Red Minnow— No temperature suits every species here
• Royal Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Ryukin Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Sailfin Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
• Salvini Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
• 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
• Strawberry Rasbora— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
• Striped Raphael Catfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Telescope Goldfish— No temperature suits every species here
• Texas Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Uaru (Triangle Cichlid)— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin
• Venustus (Giraffe Cichlid)— A predator will eat a tankmate
• Wolf Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
• Zebra Pleco— Only one temperature suits everyone — no margin

Frequently asked questions

What are the best tank mates for Platy?

Top engine-approved picks: Guppy, Odessa Barb, Pearl Danio, Bloodfin Tetra, Mystery Snail. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Platy and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Platy?

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