Fin nipper: avoid long-finned tank mates such as bettas, fancy guppies and angelfish.
Predator: may eat fish up to about 1 cm.
Good tank mates for Kribensis
These species share its temperature range and temperament, with no fin-nipping or predation risk under our rules. Still check your tank size and bioload in the checker.
Banjo catfish · Black ruby barb · Black skirt tetra · Bleeding heart tetra · Bloodfin tetra · Blue acara · Bristlenose pleco · Bronze corydoras · Buenos Aires tetra · Bumblebee goby · Clown pleco · Cockatoo dwarf cichlid · Colombian tetra · Diamond tetra · Dwarf gourami · Dwarf neon rainbowfish · Forktail blue-eye · Gardneri killifish · Glass catfish · Golden pencilfish · Honey gourami · Indian glassfish · Jewel cichlid · Julii corydoras
Avoid with Kribensis
Boeseman's rainbowfish (temperature) · Common / comet goldfish (temperature) · Discus (temperature) · Dojo loach (temperature) · Fancy goldfish (temperature) · German blue ram (temperature) · Gold barb (temperature) · Medaka (temperature) · Oscar (predation) · Paradise fish (temperature) · Rosy barb (temperature) · White cloud mountain minnow (temperature)
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Checked 2026-11-09 · confidence: high. These are cautious community guidelines, not guarantees. Not veterinary advice. Report an error.