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Spatterdock With Fish Guides

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

PlacementMidground
LightModerate
FlowLow (Still Water)
Water TypeFreshwater Only
Showing 601 - 624 of 736 Guides

Dusky Millions Fish

Phalloceros caudimaculatus

Livebearers
Not Recommended
6 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level40 L min

Festivum

Mesonauta festivus

Cichlids - South American
Not Recommended
15 cmMostly PeacefulSurface, Mid-level150 L min

Ceylon Puffer (Brackish)

Dichotomyctere fluviatilis

Puffers
Not Recommended
17 cmAggressiveMid-level, Bottom150 L min

Bullseye Snakehead

Channa marulius

Oddballs
Not Recommended
120 cmHighly AggressiveSurface, Mid-level, Bottom5000 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

Redtail Splitfin

Xenotoca eiseni

Livebearers
Not Recommended
7 cmSemi-AggressiveSurface, Mid-level110 L min

Sixbar Distichodus

Distichodus sexfasciatus

Characins
Not Recommended
76 cmAggressiveMid-level, Bottom1000 L min

Red Eye Tetra

Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae

Characins
Not Recommended
7 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Surface75 L min

Red Bellied Pacu

Piaractus brachypomus

Characins
Not Recommended
80 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom3800 L min

Pseudotropheus Acei

Pseudotropheus acei

Cichlids - African
Not Recommended
15 cmMostly PeacefulSurface, Mid-level, Bottom200 L min

Gold Spot Pleco (L001 / L022)

Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus

Catfish
Not Recommended
30 cmMostly PeacefulBottom375 L min

Flash Pleco (L204)

Panaqolus albomaculatus

Catfish
Not Recommended
13 cmMostly PeacefulBottom110 L min

Buenos Aires Tetra

Hyphessobrycon anisitsi

Characins
Not Recommended
7 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level110 L min

Plain Silver Dollar

Metynnis hypsauchen

Characins
Not Recommended
15 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface280 L min

Common Pleco (Amazon Sailfin)

Pterygoplichthys pardalis

Catfish
Not Recommended
45 cmMostly PeacefulBottom450 L min

Rosy Barb

Pethia conchonius

Cyprinids
Not Recommended
10 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom110 L min

Black Pacu

Colossoma macropomum

Characins
Not Recommended
90 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom3800 L min

Common Pleco

Hypostomus plecostomus

Catfish
Not Recommended
45 cmMostly PeacefulBottom500 L min

Silver Dollar

Metynnis argenteus

Characins
Not Recommended
15 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface280 L min

Giant Gourami

Osphronemus goramy

Anabantoids
Not Recommended
60 cmSemi-AggressiveSurface, Mid-level1000 L min

Marlier's Julie

Julidochromis marlieri

Cichlids - African
Not Recommended
13 cmSemi-AggressiveBottom, Mid-level114 L min