Peaceful community fish
No aggression flags on file — still pair-check volume, water chemistry, and group size.
Every fish here lacks an aggressive, semi-aggressive, or predatory flag. That is one screen out of about five. Wrong volume, wrong pH band, or a half-stocked school will still make two "peaceful" species hide or stop eating. Treat this as a shortlist, then pair-check anything that will share the same glass.
103 species are rated peaceful temperament.
Keeper decision notes
"Peaceful" is one temperament line, not a finished stocking plan. Two peaceful fish from different continents can still fight the same water chemistry, and two peaceful fish in a too-small tank will still hassle each other for territory. Read temperament, water, and group rules on each profile before you mix anything from this list.
Every row is a real profile. The list moves when a record changes. Shortlist names, then verify litres, water, and mates on each profile before you buy.
Fish on this list
Adolfoi corypeaceful · intermediate · min 80L
African freshwater butterflyfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 150L
Amano Shrimppeaceful · beginner · min 40L
Assassin Snailpeaceful · beginner · min 30L
Bala / silver sharkpeaceful · intermediate · min 500L
Bamboo Shrimppeaceful · intermediate · min 80L
Beckford Pencilfishpeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Black Neon Tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Black phantom tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 80L
Black ruby barbpeaceful · intermediate · min 100L
Bloodfin tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Blue Dream Shrimppeaceful · beginner · min 20L
Boesemani Rainbowfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 150L
Bolivian Rampeaceful · intermediate · min 110L
Bristlenose Plecopeaceful · beginner · min 80L
Bronze corydoraspeaceful · beginner · min 100L
Brown / hockey-stick pencilfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 100L
Cardinal Tetrapeaceful · intermediate · min 60L
Celebes Rainbowfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 80L
Celestial Pearl Daniopeaceful · intermediate · min 30L
Checkerboard cichlidpeaceful · intermediate · min 100L
Cherry Barbpeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Cherry Shrimppeaceful · beginner · min 20L
Chili Rasborapeaceful · intermediate · min 20L
Chocolate gouramipeaceful · advanced · min 80L
Clown Killifishpeaceful · intermediate · min 20L
Clown Loachpeaceful · intermediate · min 400L
Clown Plecopeaceful · intermediate · min 110L
- Columbian Tetra
peaceful · beginner · min 80L
Common Plecopeaceful · intermediate · min 600L
Congo Tetrapeaceful · intermediate · min 180L
Corydoras Catfishpeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Croaking gouramipeaceful · intermediate · min 80L
Cuckoo / petricola catfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 200L
Denison's / red-line torpedo barbpeaceful · intermediate · min 250L
Diamond Tetrapeaceful · intermediate · min 120L
Discuspeaceful · advanced · min 200L
Dojo / weather loachpeaceful · intermediate · min 150L
Dwarf Gouramipeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Dwarf Neon Rainbowfishpeaceful · beginner · min 100L
Dwarf pencilfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 60L
Ember Tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 45L
Emerald catfish (Brochis)peaceful · beginner · min 120L
Endler's Livebearerpeaceful · beginner · min 40L
German Blue Rampeaceful · intermediate · min 80L
Giant daniopeaceful · intermediate · min 200L
Glass Catfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 80L
Glowlight Tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Gold / Chinese barbpeaceful · beginner · min 120L
Golden / Beckford's pencilfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 80L
Golden dwarf cichlid (Nannacara)peaceful · intermediate · min 50L
Green neon tetrapeaceful · intermediate · min 60L
Guppypeaceful · beginner · min 40L
Harlequin Rasborapeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Hillstream Loachpeaceful · advanced · min 100L
Honey Gouramipeaceful · beginner · min 40L
Julii Corydoraspeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Keyhole cichlidpeaceful · intermediate · min 200L
Kuhli Loachpeaceful · beginner · min 70L
Lambchop / Espei rasborapeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Lemon Tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Malaysian Trumpet Snailpeaceful · beginner · min 20L
Marbled Hatchetfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 60L
Mollypeaceful · beginner · min 80L
Moonlight gouramipeaceful · intermediate · min 180L
Mystery Snailpeaceful · beginner · min 40L
Neon Tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 40L
Nerite Snailpeaceful · beginner · min 20L
Odessa Barbpeaceful · beginner · min 120L
Otocincluspeaceful · intermediate · min 60L
Panda Corydoraspeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Pearl Daniopeaceful · beginner · min 80L
Pearl Gouramipeaceful · beginner · min 100L
Penguin tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 80L
Peppered Corydoraspeaceful · beginner · min 80L
Pictus catfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 250L
Platypeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Pygmy Corydoraspeaceful · beginner · min 30L
Rainbow cichlidpeaceful · intermediate · min 200L
Ropefish / reed fishpeaceful · advanced · min 200L
Rosy Barbpeaceful · beginner · min 180L
Rosy Tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 80L
Royal plecopeaceful · advanced · min 500L
Rummy Nose Tetrapeaceful · intermediate · min 80L
Sailfin Mollypeaceful · beginner · min 120L
Salt and pepper cory / dwarf corypeaceful · intermediate · min 60L
Scissortail Rasborapeaceful · beginner · min 150L
Siamese Algae Eaterpeaceful · beginner · min 100L
Silver dollarpeaceful · intermediate · min 300L
Silver Tip Tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Sparkling Gouramipeaceful · intermediate · min 40L
Splash tetrapeaceful · advanced · min 80L
Sterba's Corydoraspeaceful · intermediate · min 100L
Threadfin rainbowfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 60L
Ticto / twospot barbpeaceful · beginner · min 100L
Tinfoil barbpeaceful · intermediate · min 500L
Turquoise / Lake Kutubu rainbowfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 200L
Twig / whiptail catfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 150L
Upside-down Catfishpeaceful · intermediate · min 100L
White Cloud Mountain Minnowpeaceful · beginner · min 40L
X-ray tetrapeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Zebra Daniopeaceful · beginner · min 60L
Zebra Loachpeaceful · intermediate · min 120L
Next steps
Shortlist a few names from this guide, then verify the real mix before you buy.
Before livestock: tank setup checklist · filter size · beginner plants.
Other guides
Peaceful community — quick answers
- What does the “Peaceful community” list include?
- 103 species are rated peaceful temperament.
- If both fish are peaceful, can I keep them together?
- Not automatically. Peaceful is one temperament screen. Volume, water chemistry, and group size still break mixes. Pair-check anything that will share the same glass.
- How should I use this peaceful list?
- Shortlist names that match your litres and water type, then run pair checks. Do not treat the list as a finished community shopping cart.
- Which species appear on this guide right now?
- Examples currently matching include Adolfoi cory, African freshwater butterflyfish, Amano Shrimp, Assassin Snail, plus 99 more. Counts change as the library grows.