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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 625 - 648 of 736 Guides

Fiddler Crab (Brackish)

Uca sp.

Invertebrates
Not Recommended
5 cmMostly PeacefulBottom38 L min

Colombian Shark Catfish (Brackish)

Ariopsis seemanni

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

Brown Hoplo Catfish

Hoplosternum littorale

Catfish
Not Recommended
22 cmPeacefulBottom, Mid-level200 L min

Chanchito

Australoheros facetus

Cichlids - South American
Not Recommended
22 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom150 L min

Aequidens sp. Atabapo

Aequidens sp. Atabapo

Cichlids - South American
Not Recommended
15 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom110 L min

Aequidens diadema (Diadem Cichlid)

Aequidens diadema

Cichlids - South American
Not Recommended
15 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom200 L min

African Clawed Frog

Xenopus laevis

Other
Not Recommended
12 cmAggressiveBottom, Mid-level, Surface75 L min

African Lungfish

Protopterus annectens

Oddballs
Not Recommended
100 cmHighly AggressiveBottom, Mid-level, Surface680 L min

Butterfly Goodeid

Ameca splendens

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

Tropheus Moorii

Tropheus moorii

Cichlids - African
Not Recommended
14.5 cmHighly AggressiveMid-level, Bottom280 L min

Silver Prochilodus

Semaprochilodus taeniurus

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

Filament Barb

Dawkinsia filamentosa

Cyprinids
Not Recommended
15 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom240 L min

Flagtail Prochilodus

Semaprochilodus insignis

Characins
Not Recommended
30 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom500 L min

Green Phantom Pleco (L200)

Hemiancistrus subviridis

Catfish
Not Recommended
21 cmSemi-AggressiveBottom250 L min

Dourada

Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii

Catfish
Not Recommended
180 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom15000 L min

Cigar Shark (Mad Barb)

Leptobarbus hoevenii

Cyprinids
Not Recommended
60 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Surface1000 L min

Banded Leporinus

Leporinus fasciatus

Characins
Not Recommended
30 cmAggressiveMid-level, Bottom380 L min

Tinfoil Barb

Barbonymus schwanenfeldii

Cyprinids
Not Recommended
35 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom680 L min

Royal Pleco (L190)

Panaque nigrolineatus

Catfish
Not Recommended
43 cmSemi-AggressiveBottom450 L min

Denison Barb (Roseline Shark)

Sahyadria denisonii

Cyprinids
Not Recommended
15 cmMostly PeacefulMid-level, Bottom200 L min

Freshwater Flounder

Trinectes maculatus

Oddballs
Not Recommended
15 cmPeacefulBottom110 L min

Violet Goby (Dragon Goby)

Gobioides broussonnetii

Gobies & Gudgeons
Not Recommended
50 cmPeacefulBottom200 L min

Stripefin Eartheater

Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus

Cichlids - South American
Not Recommended
12 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom110 L min

Redhead Severum

Heros sp. Rotkeil

Cichlids - South American
Not Recommended
22 cmSemi-AggressiveMid-level, Bottom250 L min