Tank mates for glowlight danios

Good Compatible tank mates (54)

Shared water conditions and no known conflict. Still add fish slowly and watch them.

• Bristlenose pleco

  12 cm (4.7 in) · 20+ gal

• Bronze corydoras

  7 cm (2.8 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Cherry shrimp

  3 cm (1.2 in) · 5+ gal · groups of 10+

  Glowlight danio will pick off baby cherry shrimp, so the colony grows slowly. Dense plants help.

• Neon tetra

  3.5 cm (1.4 in) · 15+ gal · groups of 8+

• Nerite snail

  2.5 cm (1 in) · 5+ gal

• Panda corydoras

  4.5 cm (1.8 in) · 15+ gal · groups of 6+

• Zebra danio

  5 cm (2 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• African dwarf frog

  3.5 cm (1.4 in) · 10+ gal · groups of 2+

• Amano shrimp

  4.5 cm (1.8 in) · 10+ gal · groups of 3+

  Glowlight danio will pick off baby amano shrimp, so the colony grows slowly. Dense plants help.

• Assassin snail

  2.5 cm (1 in) · 5+ gal

• Black skirt tetra

  6 cm (2.4 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 8+

• Celestial pearl danio

  2.5 cm (1 in) · 10+ gal · groups of 8+

• Chili rasbora

  2 cm (0.8 in) · 10+ gal · groups of 10+

• Denison barb

  13 cm (5.1 in) · 75+ gal · groups of 6+

• Ghost shrimp

  4.5 cm (1.8 in) · 10+ gal · groups of 3+

  Glowlight danio will pick off baby ghost shrimp, so the colony grows slowly. Dense plants help.

• Harlequin rasbora

  4.5 cm (1.8 in) · 15+ gal · groups of 8+

• Hillstream loach

  6.5 cm (2.6 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 3+

• Julii corydoras

  5.5 cm (2.2 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Malaysian trumpet snail

  2.5 cm (1 in) · 10+ gal

• Mystery snail

  5 cm (2 in) · 10+ gal

• Otocinclus

  4 cm (1.6 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Peppered corydoras

  6.5 cm (2.6 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Platy

  6 cm (2.4 in) · 15+ gal · groups of 3+

• Pygmy corydoras

  2.5 cm (1 in) · 10+ gal · groups of 10+

• Ramshorn snail

  2 cm (0.8 in) · 5+ gal

• Rosy barb

  9 cm (3.5 in) · 29+ gal · groups of 6+

• Black phantom tetra

  4 cm (1.6 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Bloodfin tetra

  5 cm (2 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Clown killifish

  3.5 cm (1.4 in) · 10+ gal · groups of 6+

• Crystal red shrimp

  3 cm (1.2 in) · 10+ gal · groups of 10+

  Glowlight danio will pick off baby crystal red shrimp, so the colony grows slowly. Dense plants help.

• Dwarf orange crayfish

  4 cm (1.6 in) · 10+ gal

• Emerald green corydoras

  8 cm (3.1 in) · 55+ gal · groups of 6+

• Gardneri killifish

  6 cm (2.4 in) · 10+ gal

• Giant danio

  10 cm (3.9 in) · 55+ gal · groups of 6+

• Gold barb

  7 cm (2.8 in) · 29+ gal · groups of 6+

• Kubotai rasbora

  2 cm (0.8 in) · 15+ gal · groups of 10+

• Odessa barb

  6 cm (2.4 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Panda garra

  8.5 cm (3.3 in) · 29+ gal · groups of 3+

• Peacock gudgeon

  6 cm (2.4 in) · 15+ gal · groups of 2+

• Penguin tetra

  5 cm (2 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Rosy loach

  2.5 cm (1 in) · 15+ gal · groups of 8+

• Rubber lip pleco

  14 cm (5.5 in) · 29+ gal

• Scarlet badis

  2 cm (0.8 in) · 10+ gal

• Scissortail rasbora

  12 cm (4.7 in) · 55+ gal · groups of 6+

• Swordtail

  12 cm (4.7 in) · 29+ gal · groups of 4+

• Thai micro crab

  1 cm (0.4 in) · 5+ gal · groups of 5+

• Turquoise rainbowfish

  11 cm (4.3 in) · 29+ gal · groups of 6+

• Black ruby barb

  6 cm (2.4 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Checkerboard barb

  5 cm (2 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Flame tetra

  3 cm (1.2 in) · 15+ gal · groups of 8+

• Keyhole cichlid

  10 cm (3.9 in) · 29+ gal · groups of 2+

• Least killifish

  2.5 cm (1 in) · 10+ gal · groups of 6+

• Pearl danio

  6 cm (2.4 in) · 20+ gal · groups of 6+

• Variatus platy

  6 cm (2.4 in) · 15+ gal · groups of 3+

Caution Possible, with care (61)

These can work in the right setup, but there is a real risk. Read the reason first.

• Betta fish · 5+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of bettas are an easy target.
• Common pleco · 150+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Dwarf gourami · 15+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of dwarf gouramis are an easy target.
• Fancy goldfish · 20+ gal
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of fancy goldfish are an easy target.
  • Fancy goldfish may eat glowlight danios, especially young or small ones.
• Guppy · 10+ gal
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of guppies are an easy target.
• Tiger barb · 29+ gal
  • Tiger barb nips fins and can stress slow, peaceful fish like glowlight danios.
• Blood parrot cichlid · 55+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Blood parrot cichlid may eat glowlight danios, especially young or small ones.
  • Blood parrot cichlid is semi-aggressive and may bully much smaller glowlight danios.
  • Blood parrot cichlid defends its patch of the tank and may chase glowlight danios, which use the same area.
• Cardinal tetra · 15+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Cherry barb · 15+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Dojo loach · 75+ gal
  • Dojo loach grows much larger than glowlight danios and may swallow them as it grows.
• Dwarf neon rainbowfish · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Ember tetra · 10+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Firemouth cichlid · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Firemouth cichlid may eat glowlight danios, especially young or small ones.
  • Firemouth cichlid is semi-aggressive and may bully much smaller glowlight danios.
• Glowlight tetra · 15+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Honey gourami · 10+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of honey gouramis are an easy target.
• Kribensis · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Kribensis is semi-aggressive and may bully much smaller glowlight danios.
• Kuhli loach · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Molly · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Pearl gourami · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of pearl gouramis are an easy target.
• Rainbow shark · 75+ gal
  • Rainbow shark is semi-aggressive and may bully much smaller glowlight danios.
  • Rainbow shark grows much larger than glowlight danios and may swallow them as it grows.
• Red-tail shark · 75+ gal
  • Red-tail shark is semi-aggressive and may bully much smaller glowlight danios.
• Rummy-nose tetra · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Siamese algae eater · 55+ gal
  • Siamese algae eater grows much larger than glowlight danios and may swallow them as it grows.
• Silver dollar · 75+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Silver dollar may eat glowlight danios, especially young or small ones.
• Sterbai corydoras · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Three spot gourami · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of three spot gouramis are an easy target.
  • Three spot gourami is semi-aggressive and may bully much smaller glowlight danios.
• White cloud mountain minnow · 15+ gal
  • One is a cold-water species and the other is tropical, so neither will be at its best.
• X-ray tetra · 15+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Yoyo loach · 75+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Bamboo shrimp · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Black neon tetra · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Bleeding heart tetra · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Bolivian ram · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Buenos Aires tetra · 29+ gal
  • Buenos Aires tetra nips fins and can stress slow, peaceful fish like glowlight danios.
• Clown pleco · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Cockatoo cichlid · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Cockatoo cichlid is semi-aggressive and may bully much smaller glowlight danios.
• Congo tetra · 40+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of Congo tetras are an easy target.
• Diamond tetra · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Dwarf chain loach · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Emperor tetra · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Endler's livebearer · 10+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Forktail blue-eye · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Glass catfish · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Head and tail light tetra · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Kissing gourami · 75+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Kissing gourami is semi-aggressive and may bully much smaller glowlight danios.
  • Kissing gourami grows much larger than glowlight danios and may swallow them as it grows.
• Lambchop rasbora · 15+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Lemon tetra · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Marbled hatchetfish · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Paradise fish · 20+ gal
  • Paradise fish is semi-aggressive and may bully much smaller glowlight danios.
• Red rainbowfish · 40+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Rosy tetra · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Serpae tetra · 20+ gal
  • Serpae tetra nips fins and can stress slow, peaceful fish like glowlight danios.
• Sparkling gourami · 10+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Threadfin rainbowfish · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of threadfin rainbowfish are an easy target.
• Upside-down catfish · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Vampire shrimp · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Zebra loach · 29+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Dwarf rasbora · 10+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Green neon tetra · 10+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 24–24°C).
• Silvertip tetra · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
• Thick-lipped gourami · 20+ gal
  • Their temperature ranges barely overlap (only around 23–24°C).
  • Glowlight danio sometimes nips fins, and the long fins of thick-lipped gouramis are an easy target.

Avoid Bad tank mates (34)

• Angelfish: Angelfish can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Common goldfish: Common goldfish can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Oscar: Oscar can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Bala shark: Bala shark can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Boesemani rainbowfish: They need different temperatures: Glowlight danio 20–24°C (68–75°F), boesemani rainbowfish 26–29°C (79–84°F).
• Chinese algae eater: Chinese algae eater is aggressive and will bully or injure peaceful glowlight danios.
• Clown loach: They need different temperatures: Glowlight danio 20–24°C (68–75°F), clown loach 25–30°C (77–86°F).
• Convict cichlid: Convict cichlid can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown. Convict cichlid is aggressive and will bully or injure peaceful glowlight danios.
• Discus: They need different temperatures: Glowlight danio 20–24°C (68–75°F), discus 28–30°C (82–86°F).
• Electric blue acara: Electric blue acara can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Electric yellow cichlid: Electric yellow cichlid is a Lake Malawi cichlid. It needs a Lake Malawi tank: hard, alkaline water (pH 7.5–8.5), plenty of rockwork and other cichlids from the same lake. Glowlight danios don't belong in that setup.
• German blue ram: They need different temperatures: Glowlight danio 20–24°C (68–75°F), german blue ram 27–30°C (81–86°F).
• Jack Dempsey: Jack Dempsey can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown. Jack Dempsey is aggressive and will bully or injure peaceful glowlight danios.
• Pea puffer: Pea puffer is aggressive and will bully or injure peaceful glowlight danios. Pea puffer is best kept in a species-only tank.
• Peacock cichlid: Peacock cichlid is a Lake Malawi cichlid. It needs a Lake Malawi tank: hard, alkaline water (pH 7.5–8.5), plenty of rockwork and other cichlids from the same lake. Glowlight danios don't belong in that setup.
• Pictus catfish: Pictus catfish can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Red zebra cichlid: Red zebra cichlid is aggressive and will bully or injure peaceful glowlight danios. Red zebra cichlid is a Lake Malawi cichlid. It needs a Lake Malawi tank: hard, alkaline water (pH 7.5–8.5), plenty of rockwork and other cichlids from the same lake. Glowlight danios don't belong in that setup.
• Senegal bichir: Senegal bichir can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• African butterfly fish: African butterfly fish can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Agassiz's dwarf cichlid: They need different temperatures: Glowlight danio 20–24°C (68–75°F), agassiz's dwarf cichlid 25–29°C (77–84°F).
• Black ghost knifefish: Black ghost knifefish can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Bumblebee catfish: Bumblebee catfish can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Demasoni cichlid: Demasoni cichlid is aggressive and will bully or injure peaceful glowlight danios. Demasoni cichlid is a Lake Malawi cichlid. It needs a Lake Malawi tank: hard, alkaline water (pH 7.5–8.5), plenty of rockwork and other cichlids from the same lake. Glowlight danios don't belong in that setup.
• Frontosa: Frontosa can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown. Frontosa is a Lake Tanganyika cichlid. It needs a Lake Tanganyika tank: hard, alkaline water (pH 8–9), plenty of rockwork and other cichlids from the same lake. Glowlight danios don't belong in that setup.
• Golden wonder killifish: Golden wonder killifish can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Green terror: Green terror can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown. Green terror is aggressive and will bully or injure peaceful glowlight danios.
• Jewel cichlid: Jewel cichlid is aggressive and will bully or injure peaceful glowlight danios.
• Rabbit snail: They need different temperatures: Glowlight danio 20–24°C (68–75°F), rabbit snail 25–29°C (77–84°F).
• Ropefish: Ropefish can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Severum: Severum can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Shell dweller cichlid: Shell dweller cichlid is a Lake Tanganyika cichlid. It needs a Lake Tanganyika tank: hard, alkaline water (pH 7.5–9), plenty of rockwork and other cichlids from the same lake. Glowlight danios don't belong in that setup.
• Tinfoil barb: Tinfoil barb can eat glowlight danios: they're small enough to fit in its mouth once it's grown.
• Zebra pleco: They need different temperatures: Glowlight danio 20–24°C (68–75°F), zebra pleco 26–30°C (79–86°F).
• Moonlight gourami: They need different temperatures: Glowlight danio 20–24°C (68–75°F), moonlight gourami 25–29°C (77–84°F).