Piraiba
Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
Catfish
250 cmAggressiveMid-level, Bottom30000 L min
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Water Orchid With Fish Guides
These pairing guides focus on how Water Orchid handles real fish pressure, shared water conditions, and the practical layout needs that matter in a mixed planted tank.
PlacementMidground
LightModerate
FlowModerate (Standard)
Water TypeFreshwater Only
Showing 241 - 264 of 736 Guides
Strong Fit
Peppermint Pleco
Parancistrus nudiventris
Catfish
17.5 cmMostly PeacefulBottom150 L min
Mountain Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia monticola
Rainbowfish
10 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level110 L min
Monster Wolf Fish (Aimara)
Hoplias aimara
Oddballs
100 cmHighly AggressiveMid-level, Bottom1500 L min
Marbled Bichir
Polypterus polli
Oddballs
32 cmSemi-AggressiveBottom285 L min
Hillstream Loach
Beaufortia leveretti
Loaches
12 cmPeacefulBottom75 L min
Freshwater Harlequin Shrimp (Sulawesi)
Caridina cf. spongicola
Invertebrates
1.5 cmPeacefulBottom38 L min
Marble Goby
Oxyeleotris marmorata
Gobies & Gudgeons
60 cmAggressiveBottom600 L min
Harlequin Shark
Labeo variegatus
Cyprinids
16 cmAggressiveBottom150 L min
Long-Finned African Tetra
Brycinus longipinnis
Characins
12.5 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level200 L min
Giant Whiptail Catfish
Proloricaria prolixa
Catfish
35 cmPeacefulBottom400 L min
Leopard Frog Pleco (L134)
Peckoltia compta
Catfish
11 cmMostly PeacefulBottom75 L min
Contradens Pleco (Snowball Variant)
Hypancistrus contradens
Catfish
13 cmMostly PeacefulBottom120 L min
Delhezi Bichir (Armored Bichir)
Polypterus delhezi
Oddballs
35 cmSemi-AggressiveBottom280 L min
False Siamese Algae Eater (Stonelapping Minnow)
Garra cambodgiensis
Cyprinids
15 cmSemi-AggressiveBottom110 L min
Dwarf Green Pike Cichlid
Crenicichla compressiceps
Cichlids - South American
8 cmAggressiveBottom, Mid-level130 L min
Zebra Shovelnose (Tigrinus Catfish)
Brachyplatystoma tigrinum
Catfish
60 cmMostly PeacefulBottom1135 L min
Incolicana Corydoras
Corydoras incolicana
Catfish
6.5 cmPeacefulBottom60 L min
Loxozonus Corydoras (C079/C082)
Corydoras loxozonus
Catfish
5 cmPeacefulBottom60 L min
Price's Rainbowfish
Chilatherina pricei
Rainbowfish
9 cmPeacefulSurface, Mid-level200 L min
Cairns Rainbowfish
Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides
Rainbowfish
8.5 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface110 L min
Bulolo Rainbowfish
Chilatherina bulolo
Rainbowfish
8.5 cmPeacefulMid-level, Surface200 L min
Buettikoferi Bichir
Polypterus palmas buettikoferi
Oddballs
35 cmSemi-AggressiveBottom200 L min
Cardinal Shrimp (Sulawesi)
Caridina dennerli
Invertebrates
2 cmPeacefulBottom38 L min