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Pothos With Fish Guides

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

PlacementAttached to hardscape
LightLow
FlowModerate (Standard)
Water TypeFreshwater Only
Showing 313 - 336 of 736 Guides

Delicate Blue-Eye

Pseudomugil tenellus

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
5 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level60 L min

Emperor Snakehead

Channa marulioides

Oddballs
Strong Fit
65 cmHighly AggressiveMid-level, Surface800 L min

Copper Harlequin Rasbora

Trigonostigma hengeli

Cyprinids
Strong Fit
3 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level38 L min

Celebes Halfbeak

Nomorhamphus liemi

Livebearers
Strong Fit
10 cmMostly PeacefulSurface75 L min

Chocolate Cichlid

Hypselecara temporalis

Cichlids - South American
Strong Fit
30 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom280 L min

Bullseye Catfish

Horabagrus brachysoma

Catfish
Strong Fit
45 cmSemi-AggressiveBottom, Mid-level450 L min

African Pike

Hepsetus odoe

Characins
Strong Fit
30 cmAggressiveSurface, Mid-level680 L min

Glowlight Tetra

Hemigrammus erythrozonus

Characins
Strong Fit
4 cmPeacefulMid-level40 L min

Penguin Tetra

Thayeria boehlkei

Characins
Strong Fit
6 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level75 L min

Diamond Tetra

Moenkhausia pittieri

Characins
Strong Fit
6 cmPeacefulMid-level75 L min

Emperor Tetra

Nematobrycon palmeri

Characins
Strong Fit
5 cmPeacefulMid-level75 L min

Norman's Lampeye Killifish

Poropanchax normani

Killifish
Strong Fit
4 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level38 L min

Florida Gar

Lepisosteus platyrhincus

Oddballs
Strong Fit
80 cmAggressiveSurface, Mid-level1100 L min

Wrestling Halfbeak

Dermogenys pusilla

Livebearers
Strong Fit
7 cmMostly PeacefulSurface55 L min

Glass Catfish

Kryptopterus vitreolus

Catfish
Strong Fit
8 cmPeacefulMid-level110 L min

Red-Bellied Piranha

Pygocentrus nattereri

Characins
Strong Fit
30 cmAggressiveMid-level, Bottom380 L min

Gertrude's Spotted Blue-eye

Pseudomugil gertrudae

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
3.8 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level38 L min

Congo Tetra

Phenacogrammus interruptus

Characins
Strong Fit
8.5 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface110 L min

Red Rainbowfish

Glossolepis incisus

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
15 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Surface200 L min

Endler's Livebearer

Poecilia wingei

Livebearers
Strong Fit
2.5 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level19 L min

Neon Tetra

Paracheirodon innesi

Characins
Strong Fit
4 cmPeacefulMid-level38 L min

Pygmy Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia pygmaea

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
5 cmMostly PeacefulSurface, Mid-level75 L min

Parkinson's Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia parkinsoni

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
13 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level200 L min

New Guinea Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia affinis

Rainbowfish
Strong Fit
11.5 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface110 L min