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Lucky Bamboo With Fish Guides

These pairing guides focus on how Lucky Bamboo handles real fish pressure, shared water conditions, and the practical layout needs that matter in a mixed planted tank.

PlacementBackground
LightLow
FlowLow (Still Water)
Water TypeFreshwater Only
Showing 145 - 168 of 736 Guides

Dainty Cory (Salt and Pepper Cory)

Corydoras habrosus

Catfish
Strong Fit
3 cmPeacefulBottom38 L min

Eastern Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia splendida

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
12 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level200 L min

Cuban Gar

Atractosteus tristoechus

Oddballs
Strong Fit
150 cmSemi-AggressiveSurface, Mid-level3785 L min

Three-Spot Torpedo Hap

Exochochromis anagenys

Cichlids - African
Strong Fit
22 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom570 L min

Emerald Green Cory

Corydoras splendens

Catfish
Strong Fit
8 cmPeacefulBottom110 L min

Dwarf Petricola

Synodontis lucipinnis

Catfish
Strong Fit
8 cmPeacefulBottom, Mid-level80 L min

Domino Synodontis

Synodontis notatus

Catfish
Strong Fit
27.5 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom250 L min

Congo Bichir

Polypterus endlicheri congicus

Oddballs
Strong Fit
75 cmAggressiveBottom800 L min

Common Whiptail Catfish

Rineloricaria eigenmanni

Catfish
Strong Fit
11 cmPeacefulBottom60 L min

Common Synodontis (False Upside Down Catfish)

Synodontis nigrita

Catfish
Strong Fit
22 cmMostly PeacefulBottom200 L min

Buccochromis lepturus

Buccochromis lepturus

Cichlids - African
Strong Fit
40 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom560 L min

Bumblebee Catfish (South American)

Microglanis iheringi

Catfish
Strong Fit
7.5 cmMostly PeacefulBottom75 L min

Bleher's Rainbowfish

Chilatherina bleheri

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
12 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level200 L min

Silver Datnoid (Silver Tigerfish)

Datnioides polota

Oddballs
Strong Fit
30 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom450 L min

Alligator Gar

Atractosteus spatula

Oddballs
Strong Fit
200 cmAggressiveSurface, Mid-level8000 L min

Allen's Rainbowfish

Chilatherina alleni

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
10 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level150 L min

Golden Bristlenose Pleco

Ancistrus sp. L144

Catfish
Strong Fit
12 cmPeacefulBottom80 L min

Black Corydoras

Corydoras schultzei

Catfish
Strong Fit
6 cmPeacefulBottom60 L min

Batanta Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia batanta

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
11 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level200 L min

Barred Rainbowfish

Chilatherina fasciata

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
14 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface200 L min

True Julii Corydoras

Corydoras julii

Catfish
Strong Fit
5.2 cmPeacefulBottom60 L min

Bearded Cory

Scleromystax barbatus

Catfish
Strong Fit
9 cmPeacefulBottom110 L min

Barlow's Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma Maulbrüter)

Apistogramma barlowi

Cichlids - South American
Strong Fit
6.5 cmMostly PeacefulBottom, Mid-level54 L min

Freshwater Shark (Wallago)

Wallago attu

Catfish
Strong Fit
150 cmHighly AggressiveMid-level, Bottom5500 L min