Fish Compatibility Guide | Luxury Fish Shop

Fish Compatibility Guide

Expert-Curated Pairings • Species-Specific Advice

Our compatibility guide ensures harmonious aquariums for your luxury specimens. Recommendations are based on decades of expert husbandry with these elite species.

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Key to Symbols

  • Good - Safe to house together
  • Caution - Requires special conditions
  • Avoid - Incompatible pairing
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General Guidelines

  • All pairings assume properly sized aquariums (minimum 300L for most species)
  • Introduce fish simultaneously when possible
  • Monitor all new pairings for 72 hours
  • Provide ample hiding spaces and territory markers

Premium Species Compatibility

Platinum Arowana

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum

Good With

  • Golden Alligator Gar
  • Neptune Grouper
  • Flathead Perch

Caution With

  • Flowerhorn Cichlid
  • Japanese Koi

Avoid

  • Freshwater Stingray
  • Small Basslets

Flowerhorn Cichlid

Hybrid species

Good With

  • Large Plecos
  • Silver Dollars

Caution With

  • Other Flowerhorns
  • Arowanas

Avoid

  • Small fish
  • Delicate species

Freshwater Polka Dot Stingray

Potamotrygon leopoldi

Good With

  • Peaceful top-dwellers
  • Geophagus species

Caution With

  • Fast-moving fish

Avoid

  • Arowanas
  • Aggressive cichlids

Masked Angelfish

Genicanthus personatus

Good With

  • Bladefin Basslet
  • Other peaceful angels

Caution With

  • Similar-shaped fish

Avoid

  • Aggressive species

Bladefin Basslet

Liopropoma multilineatum

Good With

  • Small peaceful fish
  • Masked Angelfish

Caution With

  • Other basslets

Avoid

  • Large aggressive fish

Golden Basslet

Liopropoma aberrans

Good With

  • Small gobies
  • Peaceful reef fish

Caution With

  • Similar colored fish

Avoid

  • Aggressive species

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