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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 721 - 736 of 736 Guides

Ceylon Puffer (Brackish)

Dichotomyctere fluviatilis

Puffers
Not Recommended
17 cmAggressiveMid-level, Bottom150 L min

Blue Back Blue Eye

Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis

Rainbowfish
Not Recommended
3.5 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level38 L min

Banded Archerfish (Brackish)

Toxotes jaculatrix

Oddballs
Not Recommended
25 cmSemi-AggressiveSurface300 L min

Green Spotted Puffer (Brackish)

Dichotomyctere nigroviridis

Puffers
Not Recommended
15 cmHighly AggressiveMid-level, Bottom114 L min

Figure 8 Puffer (Brackish)

Dichotomyctere ocellatus

Puffers
Not Recommended
8 cmAggressiveMid-level, Bottom60 L min

Violet Goby (Dragon Goby)

Gobioides broussonnetii

Gobies & Gudgeons
Not Recommended
50 cmPeacefulBottom200 L min

Moonlight Gourami

Trichogaster microlepis

Anabantoids
Possible with Caution
14 cmMostly PeacefulSurface, Mid-level150 L min

Dusky Millions Fish

Phalloceros caudimaculatus

Livebearers
Possible with Caution
6 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level40 L min

Festivum

Mesonauta festivus

Cichlids - South American
Possible with Caution
15 cmMostly PeacefulSurface, Mid-level150 L min

Bullseye Snakehead

Channa marulius

Oddballs
Possible with Caution
120 cmHighly AggressiveSurface, Mid-level, Bottom5000 L min

Colombian Shark Catfish (Brackish)

Ariopsis seemanni

Catfish
Not Recommended
35 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom380 L min

Fiddler Crab (Brackish)

Uca sp.

Invertebrates
Not Recommended
5 cmMostly PeacefulBottom38 L min

Bumblebee Goby (Brackish)

Brachygobius xanthozonus

Gobies & Gudgeons
Not Recommended
4.5 cmMostly PeacefulBottom38 L min

Finger Fish

Monodactylus argenteus

Oddballs
Not Recommended
25 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level470 L min

Mono Sebae (Brackish)

Monodactylus sebae

Oddballs
Not Recommended
25 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level400 L min

Scat (Brackish)

Scatophagus argus

Oddballs
Not Recommended
30 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom450 L min