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Micro Sword With Fish Guides

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

PlacementForeground
LightModerate
FlowModerate (Standard)
Water TypeBrackish Tolerant
Showing 481 - 504 of 736 Guides

Rosy Barb

Pethia conchonius

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

Marbled Hatchetfish

Carnegiella strigata

Characins
Strong Fit
4 cmPeacefulSurface60 L min

Black Pacu

Colossoma macropomum

Characins
Strong Fit
90 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom3800 L min

Cuckoo Catfish

Synodontis multipunctatus

Catfish
Strong Fit
25 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom340 L min

Mono Sebae (Brackish)

Monodactylus sebae

Oddballs
Strong Fit
25 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level400 L min

Fire Eel

Mastacembelus erythrotaenia

Oddballs
Strong Fit
90 cmMostly PeacefulBottom680 L min

African Butterfly Fish

Pantodon buchholzi

Oddballs
Strong Fit
12 cmSemi-AggressiveSurface80 L min

Beckford's Pencilfish

Nannostomus beckfordi

Characins
Strong Fit
6.5 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level60 L min

Fahaka Puffer

Tetraodon lineatus

Puffers
Strong Fit
43 cmHighly AggressiveMid-level, Bottom450 L min

Chili Rasbora

Boraras brigittae

Cyprinids
Strong Fit
2 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface19 L min

Common Pleco

Hypostomus plecostomus

Catfish
Strong Fit
45 cmMostly PeacefulBottom500 L min

Yoyo Loach

Botia almorhae

Loaches
Strong Fit
15 cmMostly PeacefulBottom, Mid-level110 L min

Japanese Ricefish (Medaka)

Oryzias latipes

Killifish
Strong Fit
4 cmPeacefulSurface19 L min

Knight Goby

Stigmatogobius sadanundio

Gobies & Gudgeons
Strong Fit
9 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom75 L min

Blue Dolphin (Hap)

Cyrtocara moorii

Cichlids - African
Strong Fit
25 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom475 L min

Silver Dollar

Metynnis argenteus

Characins
Strong Fit
15 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface280 L min

Amazon Leaf Fish

Monocirrhus polyacanthus

Other
Strong Fit
8 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface75 L min

Threadfin Rainbowfish

Iriatherina werneri

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
5 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level60 L min

Mbu Puffer

Tetraodon mbu

Puffers
Strong Fit
67 cmAggressiveMid-level, Bottom1500 L min

Clown Loach

Chromobotia macracanthus

Loaches
Strong Fit
30 cmPeacefulBottom500 L min

Least Killifish (Heterandria)

Heterandria formosa

Livebearers
Strong Fit
3.5 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level, Bottom19 L min

Guppy

Poecilia reticulata

Livebearers
Strong Fit
5 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level38 L min

Golden Wonder Killifish

Aplocheilus lineatus

Killifish
Strong Fit
10 cmSemi-AggressiveSurface75 L min

Gardner's Killifish

Fundulopanchax gardneri

Killifish
Strong Fit
6.5 cmMostly PeacefulSurface, Mid-level38 L min