What are the best tank mates for Zebra Danio?

Top engine-approved picks: Amano Shrimp, Blackline Rasbora, Dwarf Orange Crayfish, Ghost Shrimp, Japanese Trapdoor Snail. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Zebra Danio and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.

What fish should you avoid keeping with Zebra Danio?

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.

Zebra Danio care guide

Zebra Danio tank mates

Every recommendation below is computed, not copied: the AquaSage engine paired Zebra Danio (5 cm / 2 in, peaceful) with 271 fish and invertebrates in a spacious reference tank and scored each pair for water-parameter overlap, temperament, predation and husbandry. A species makes the green list only when every check passes at 16–26 °C (60.8–78.8 °F).

Verdicts by the AquaSage engine v0.1.2 in a 450 L reference tank. Read the full methodology →

Best tank mates for Zebra Danio

Amano Shrimp

5 cm · 18–28°C

Blackline Rasbora

5 cm · 22–26°C

Dwarf Orange Crayfish

5 cm · 16–28°C

Ghost Shrimp

5 cm · 18–28°C

Japanese Trapdoor Snail

5 cm · 2–28°C

Leopard Danio

5 cm · 16–26°C

Otocinclus

5 cm · 21–27°C

Panda Corydoras

5 cm · 20–25°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

36 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— 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
Auratus Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — 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— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
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
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
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
Borleyi (Redfin Hap)— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Brevis Shell Dweller— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Brichard's Teleogramma— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Brichardi (Fairy Cichlid)— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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 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
Calvus Cichlid— 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— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Checkered Barb— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Cherry Barb— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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 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
Clown Pleco— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Comet Goldfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Common Goldfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Congo Dwarf Cichlid— pH is a compromise for someone here
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
Cylindricus Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Cyprichromis— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Demasoni Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Diamond Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Dogtooth Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Dojo (Weather) Loach— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
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 Pea Puffer— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Dwarf Petricola Catfish— 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
Electric Yellow Lab— 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
Elongate Mbuna— 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
Even-spotted Synodontis— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Fantail Goldfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
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
Five-bar 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
German Blue Ram— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Glowlight Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Golden Julie— 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
Hongi Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Jewel Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Johanni Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Kenyi 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
Lemon Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — 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
Maingano Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Malaysian Trumpet Snail— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
Marble Hatchetfish— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Marlieri Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Masked Julie— 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
Neon Tetra— Everyone is close on pH — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Nerite Snail— pH is a compromise for someone here
Ocellatus Shell Dweller— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Oranda Goldfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Paradise Fish— Some tension — cover and space are doing the work
Paraguay Eartheater— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Peaceful Betta— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Peacock Cichlid— 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
Pictus Catfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Platy— Hardness (GH) is a compromise for someone here
Polka Dot Loach— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Port Cichlid— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Powder Blue Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
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
Ranchu Goldfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
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 temperature — 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— Temperature 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 temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Rosy Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Rummynose Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Rusty Cichlid— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Ryukin Goldfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Sailfin Molly— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Sand-sifting Xenotilapia— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Saulosi Cichlid— 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— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
Silver Tip Tetra— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite
Similis Shell Dweller— 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— 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
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
Sulawesi Cardinal Shrimp— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
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
Swordtail— Temperature is a compromise for someone here
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
Telescope Goldfish— Some tankmates are at risk of being eaten
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 Petrochromis— 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
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
Zebra Mbuna— Everyone is close on temperature — one fish sits just outside its favourite

Avoid with Zebra Danio

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
Clown Loach— Tank is too small for some species
Common Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
Compressiceps Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
Crystal Red Shrimp— Only one carbonate hardness (KH) value suits everyone — no margin
Cuckoo Catfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
Demon Eartheater— Tank is too small for some species
Discus— No temperature suits every species here
Duboisi Tropheus— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
Electric Blue Ahli— A predator will eat a tankmate
Endlicheri Bichir— Tank is too small for some species
Featherfin Squeaker— A predator will eat a tankmate
Frontosa— Tank is too small for some species
Goby Cichlid— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
Green Discus— No temperature 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— Tank is too small for some species
Livingstoni— A predator will eat a tankmate
Malawi Eyebiter— A predator will eat a tankmate
Malawi Hawk— Tank is too small for some species
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
Pike Cichlid— Tank is too small for some species
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
Royal Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
Sailfin Pleco— Tank is too small for some species
Salvini Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
Silver Arowana— Tank is too small for some species
Silver Moony— Freshwater and brackish species cannot share a tank
Striped Raphael Catfish— A predator will eat a tankmate
Texas Cichlid— A predator will eat a tankmate
Tropheus— Only one pH value suits everyone — no margin
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 Zebra Danio?: Top engine-approved picks: Amano Shrimp, Blackline Rasbora, Dwarf Orange Crayfish, Ghost Shrimp, Japanese Trapdoor Snail. Each shares a workable temperature and pH band with Zebra Danio and clears the temperament and predation checks in a spacious reference tank.
What fish should you avoid keeping with Zebra Danio?: 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.

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