Best Tank Mates for Fancy Guppies

  • Neon tetras: Small, brightly colored, peaceful, and easy to care for; they prefer similar water conditions to guppies.
  • Rummy nose tetras: Slightly larger than neon tetras, peaceful, and easy to care for, with a distinctive red nose and silvery body.
  • Cardinal tetras: Stunningly beautiful with bright red bodies and a black stripe through the eyes.
  • Corydoras catfish: Small, peaceful bottom-dwellers that help eat algae and are hardy and easy to care for.
  • Otocinclus catfish: Small suckermouth catfish that eat algae; slightly more sensitive but still relatively easy to keep.
  • Cherry shrimp: Small, peaceful red shrimp that breed prolifically.
  • Amano shrimp: Larger brown shrimp that are peaceful and easy to care for.