Fish Common Name Scientific Name Tempature pH Water Hardness Aba Aba Gymnarchus niloticus 73° - 82° F 6.5 - 8.0 10 - 25 °d Ablabe's Barb Barbus ablabes 72° - 75° F 6.5 - 7.5 6 - 10 °d Adolfo's Cory Corydoras adolfoi 71° - 78° F 6.0 - 8.0 2 - 25 °d Adonis Pleco Acanthicus adonis 68° - 86° F 6.0 - 7.8 9 - 19 °d Adonis Tetra Lepidarchus adonis 71° - 79° F 5.8 - 6.5 4 - 8 °d Albert's Syno Synodontis Alberti 70° - 77° F 6.0 - 8.0 4 - 25 °d Amano Shrimp Caridina multidentata 60° - 80° F 7.0 - 8.0 6 - 10 °d Amazon Molly Poecilia formosa 73° - 82° F 7.0 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Angelfish Pterophyllum scalare 75° - 82° F 6.5 - 7.2 6 - 9 °d Asian Stone Catfish Hara jerdoni 68° - 75° F 6.0 - 8.0 8 - 10 °d Australian Pearl Arowana Scleropages jardini 75° - 86° F 6.5 - 7.5 6 - 16 °d Bala shark Balantiocheilus melanopterus 72° - 82° F 6.0 - 8.0 8 - 15 °d Balloon Molly Poecilia latipinna 70° - 79° F 7.0 - 9.0 8 - 18 °d Banded Leporinus Leporinus fasciatus fasciatus 73° - 81° F 5.5 - 7.5 2 - 20 °d Bandit Cory Corydoras metae 72° - 79° F 6.0 - 8.0 6 - 16 °d Banjo Catfish Bunocephalus coracoideus 68° - 80° F 5.8 - 7.8 5 - 19 °d Black Fin Cory Corydoras leucomelas 72° - 80° F 5.6 - 7.0 3 - 8 °d Black Molly Poecilia sphenops 70° - 79° F 7.0 - 9.0 7 - 20 °d Black Neon Tetra Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi 72° - 79° F 5.5 - 7.5 10 - 15 °d Black Window Tetra Gymnocorymbus ternetzi 68° - 79° F 6.0 - 9.0 8 - 12 °d Bleeding Heart Tetra Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma 73° - 81° F 5.6 - 7.2 8 - 12 °d Bloodfin Tetra Aphyocharax anisitsi 65° - 82° F 6.0 - 8.0 6 - 12 °d Brichardi Neolamprologus brichardi 74° - 84° F 7.5 - 9.0 8 - 20 °d Bronze Cory Corydoras Aeneus 72° - 84° F 6.0 - 8.0 20 - 30 °d Brown hoplo Hoplosternum thoracatum 64° - 82° F 6.0 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Bucktooth Tetra Exodon paradoxus 74° - 83° F 6.0 - 8.0 0 - 20 °d Buenos Aires Tetra Hemigrammus Caudovittatus 64° - 84° F 6.0 - 9.0 5 - 10 °d Cardinal Tetra Paracheirodon Axelrodi 75° - 83° F 5.0 - 7.0 0 - 10 °d Cave Blind Tetra Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus 65° - 78° F 6.0 - 8.0 6 - 10 °d Celebes Halfbeak Nomorhamphus liemi liemi 75° - 81° F 6.5 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus 47° - 91° F 6.5 - 7.2 4 - 30 °d Cherry Barb Barbus titteya 73° - 81° F 6.0 - 7.5 6 - 10 °d Chinese Algae Eater Gyrinocheilus aymonieri 75° - 82° F 6.5 - 8.0 5 - 18 °d Clown barb Barbus Everetti 77° - 84° F 6.0 - 7.0 6 - 16 °d Clown Loach Botia macracanthus 76° - 85° F 6.0 - 7.2 5 - 12 °d Clown Pleco Panaque maccus 75° - 82° F 6.8 - 7.8 7 - 20 °d Common Krib Pelvicachromis pulcher 75° - 82° F 5.0 - 7.5 5 - 15 °d Common plecostomus Hypostomus plecostomus 68° - 82° F 6.0 - 7.5 6 - 12 °d Congo Tetra Phenacogrammus interruptus 73° - 82° F 6.0 - 7.5 5 - 19 °d Convict Cichlid Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum 74° - 80° F 6.5 - 8.0 9 - 20 °d Corydoras Undulatus Corydoras Undulatus 71° - 77° F 6.5 - 7.2 2 - 25 °d Crystal eyed catfish Hemibagrus wyckii 71° - 77° F 6.4 - 7.6 6 - 10 °d Discus Symphysodon discus 79° - 87° F 5.0 - 7.0 6 - 13 °d Discus Tetra Brachychalcinus orbicularis 65° - 77° F 5.5 - 7.6 0 - 0 °d Dwarf Gourami Colisa lalia 73° - 82° F 6.0 - 7.5 4 - 13 °d Electric Blue Johannii Melanochromis johannii 75° - 80° F 7.5 - 8.6 9 - 19 °d Electric catfish Malapterurus electricus 74° - 90° F 6.7 - 8.1 10 - 20 °d Electric Yellow Cichlid Labidochromis Caeruleus 73° - 82° F 7.5 - 8.5 10 - 15 °d Endler's Livebearer Poecilia wingei 74° - 82° F 7.0 - 8.0 8 - 12 °d Featherfin Catfish Synodontis eupterus 71° - 78° F 6.2 - 7.5 10 - 16 °d Fiddler crab Uca Pugnax 75° - 83° F 8.0 - 8.3 8 - 25 °d Firemouth Thorichthys meeki 70° - 80° F 7.0 - 8.2 6 - 10 °d Flagtailed Catfish Dianema urostriatum 71° - 79° F 6.0 - 7.5 5 - 19 °d Frogmouth catfish Chaca chaca 71° - 75° F 6.5 - 8.0 6 - 16 °d Ghost Shrimp Palaemonetes paludosus 68° - 85° F 6.5 - 8.0 3 - 10 °d Giant Danio Danio aequipinnatus 72° - 77° F 6.0 - 8.0 2 - 20 °d Glass Catfish Kryptopterus minor 74° - 81° F 6.5 - 7.0 6 - 10 °d Glowlight Tetra Hemigrammus erythrozonus 75° - 80° F 6.0 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Gold, Golden, Blue, or Silver Gourami. Trichogaster trichopterus 72° - 86° F 6.0 - 8.5 0 - 0 °d Golden Nugget Pleco Baryancistrus 77° - 86° F 6.4 - 7.6 0 - 0 °d Green Neon Tetra Paracheirodon simulans 74° - 80° F 5.5 - 6.0 0 - 0 °d Guppy Poecilia reticulata 68° - 78° F 7.0 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Harlequin Rasbora Harlequin Rasbora 75° - 80° F 5.5 - 7.0 0 - 0 °d Honey Gourami Colisa chuna 73° - 85° F 6.0 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Jack dempsy Cichlasoma octofasciatum 72° - 78° F 6.5 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Keyhole Cichlid Cleithracara maronii 72° - 77° F 6.0 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Marbled Pim Leiarius marmoratus 68° - 77° F 5.8 - 7.4 8 - 18 °d Midnight Catfish Auchenipterichthys coracoideus 73° - 77° F 6.0 - 7.2 8 - 18 °d neon tetra irodon innesi 68° - 79° F 5.5 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Ornate pim Pimelodus ornatus 75° - 77° F 6.0 - 7.2 0 - 0 °d Ornate Tetra Hyphessobrycon bentosi 75° - 82° F 5.8 - 7.5 10 - 20 °d Oscar Astronotus ocellatus 72° - 79° F 6.0 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Oto Otocinclus Affinis 71° - 80° F 5.2 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Panda Cory Corydoras panda 69° - 77° F 6.5 - 7.4 0 - 0 °d Paradise Gourami Macropodus opercularis 59° - 79° F 6.0 - 8.0 6 - 10 °d Pearl Gourami Trichogaster leeri 74° - 82° F 6.5 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Peppered Corydoras Corydoras paleatus 70° - 78° F 6.0 - 7.2 0 - 0 °d Pictus catfish Pimelodus pictus 70° - 82° F 6.0 - 7.0 0 - 0 °d Pitbull Pleco Parotocinclus jumbo 68° - 79° F 6.4 - 7.6 0 - 0 °d Platy Xiphophorus maculatus 72° - 79° F 6.7 - 8.2 0 - 0 °d Pygmy Cory Corydoras Pygmaeus 72° - 78° F 6.5 - 7.4 0 - 0 °d Rainbow Madagascar Bedotia geayi 68° - 78° F 7.0 - 7.8 9 - 19 °d Rainbow Shark Epalzeorhynchus frenatus 73° - 79° F 6.5 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Ram Cichlid Microgeophagus ramirezi 75° - 86° F 5.0 - 7.0 5 - 12 °d Red fin halfbeak Nomorhamphus ebrardtii 75° - 79° F 6.6 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Red Tailed Shark Epalzeorhynchus bicolor 73° - 79° F 6.5 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Redtailed catfish Phractocephalus hemiliopterus 68° - 79° F 5.7 - 6.9 0 - 0 °d Roberti Tetra Moenkhausia robertsi 77° - 81° F 6.5 - 7.0 0 - 0 °d Rosy Tetra Hyphessobrycon rosaceus 75° - 80° F 6.0 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Rubbernose Pleco Chaetostoma Milesi 70° - 78° F 6.4 - 7.9 0 - 0 °d Rummy Nose Tetra Hemigrammus rhodostomus 74° - 82° F 6.0 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Sabretooth Tetra Hydrolycus scomberoides 75° - 82° F 6.5 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Sailfin pim Leiarius pictus 71° - 78° F 6.1 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Serpae Tetra Hyphessobrycon Serpae 75° - 81° F 6.0 - 7.5 10 - 25 °d Severum Heros severus 74° - 83° F 6.0 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Shovelnose catfish Sorubim lima 74° - 86° F 6.2 - 7.2 0 - 0 °d Siamese Fighting Fish Betta Splendens 74° - 86° F 6.0 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Silver dollar Metynnis argenteus 75° - 82° F 6.5 - 7.2 0 - 0 °d Singapore Flower Shrimp Atyopsis moluccensis 72° - 79° F 6.8 - 7.5 8 - 10 °d Skunk Cory Corydoras Arcuatus 71° - 79° F 6.5 - 7.2 0 - 0 °d South American Bumblebee Catfish Microglanis iheringi 72° - 77° F 6.0 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d South American Lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa 75° - 84° F 6.5 - 7.5 6 - 10 °d Spotted raphael catfish Agamyxis pectinifrons 68° - 79° F 6.0 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Starlight Bristlenose Catfish Ancistrus dolichopterus 70° - 80° F 6.0 - 7.0 5 - 19 °d Striped Anostomus Anostomus anostomus 72° - 80° F 5.8 - 7.5 5 - 12 °d Swordtail Xiphophorus helleri 70° - 79° F 7.0 - 8.0 0 - 0 °d Tiger Barb Puntius tetrazona 69° - 78° F 6.5 - 7.5 0 - 0 °d Zygus Cory Corydoras zygatus 72° - 77° F 6.0 - 7.5 1 - 20 °d