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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 169 - 192 of 736 Guides

Wels Catfish (European Catfish)

Silurus glanis

Catfish
Strong Fit
150 cmAggressiveBottom10000 L min

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Other
Strong Fit
50 cmAggressiveSurface, Mid-level1135 L min

Australian Smelt

Retropinna semoni

Other
Strong Fit
7.5 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level75 L min

Australian Pearl Arowana

Scleropages jardinii

Oddballs
Strong Fit
90 cmHighly AggressiveSurface800 L min

Asian Upside Down Catfish

Mystus leucophasis

Catfish
Strong Fit
30 cmAggressiveMid-level, Bottom380 L min

Asian Arowana

Scleropages formosus

Oddballs
Strong Fit
90 cmAggressiveSurface1000 L min

Asher Cory

Corydoras tukano

Catfish
Strong Fit
4.5 cmPeacefulBottom60 L min

Lemon Tetra

Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis

Characins
Strong Fit
5 cmPeacefulMid-level60 L min

Twig Catfish (Farlowella)

Farlowella acus

Catfish
Strong Fit
16 cmPeacefulMid-level, Bottom110 L min

Blind Cave Tetra

Astyanax mexicanus

Characins
Strong Fit
10 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom110 L min

Whiptail Catfish

Rineloricaria sp.

Catfish
Strong Fit
12 cmPeacefulBottom60 L min

Julii Corydoras (False Julii)

Corydoras trilineatus

Catfish
Strong Fit
6 cmPeacefulBottom60 L min

Peppered Corydoras

Corydoras paleatus

Catfish
Strong Fit
7 cmPeacefulBottom60 L min

Celebes Rainbowfish

Marosatherina ladigesi

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
7 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level75 L min

Zebra Loach

Botia striata

Loaches
Strong Fit
9 cmPeacefulBottom110 L min

Bucktooth Tetra (Exodon)

Exodon paradoxus

Characins
Strong Fit
12 cmHighly AggressiveMid-level, Surface200 L min

Striped Raphael Catfish

Platydoras armatulus

Catfish
Strong Fit
22 cmPeacefulBottom200 L min

Iridescent Shark

Pangasianodon hypophthalmus

Catfish
Strong Fit
100 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level2000 L min

Featherfin Squeaker

Synodontis eupterus

Catfish
Strong Fit
25 cmSemi-AggressiveBottom, Mid-level200 L min

Clown Pleco (L104)

Panaqolus maccus

Catfish
Strong Fit
9 cmMostly PeacefulBottom75 L min

Peter's Elephantnose Fish

Gnathonemus petersii

Oddballs
Strong Fit
25 cmMostly PeacefulBottom, Mid-level200 L min

Bristlenose Pleco

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus

Catfish
Strong Fit
13 cmPeacefulBottom75 L min

Nerite Snail

Neritina natalensis

Invertebrates
Strong Fit
2.5 cmPeacefulBottom, Mid-level, Surface19 L min

Pictus Catfish

Pimelodus pictus

Catfish
Strong Fit
12 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom200 L min