Checkerboard cichlid
Dicrossus filamentosus
It moves quietly along the bottom through the fallen leaf litter.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 7 cm
- Smallest tank
- 60 cm
- Temperature
- 25–29 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Bottom
- Care
- Demanding
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litres13 of them
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres36 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres60 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres130 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres240 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Celebes rainbowfish
- Neon dwarf rainbowfish
- Dwarf gourami
- Cockatoo cichlid
- Diamond tetra
- Silver hatchetfish
- Molly
- Sterbai corydoras
- Bolivian ram
- Dwarf chain loach
- Rummynose tetra
- Threadfin rainbowfish
- Forktail blue-eye
- Kuhli loach
- Chocolate gourami
- Cardinal tetra
- Lemon tetra
- Penguin tetra
- Honey gourami
- Glowlight tetra
- Boesemani rainbowfish
- Turquoise rainbowfish
- Sparkling gourami
- and 28 more species
Caution
- Neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- DiscusNarrow shared temperature range
- Bronze corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Black skirt tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Pearl danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Tiger barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Congo tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Julii corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Emperor tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Scissortail rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Cherry barbNarrow shared temperature range
- PlatyNarrow shared temperature range
- German blue ramNarrow shared temperature range
- Harlequin rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Black neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Serpae tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Giant danioNarrow shared temperature range
- OtocinclusNarrow shared temperature range
- Glowlight danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Clown killifishNarrow shared temperature range
- JulidochromisNarrow shared temperature range
- Galaxy rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Pygmy corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Green kubotai rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- SwordtailNarrow shared temperature range
- Bristlenose plecoNarrow shared temperature range
- Yoyo loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Siamese algae eaterNarrow shared temperature range
- Rainbow sharkNarrow shared temperature range
Not together
- Paradise fishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Gold barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Rosy barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Hillstream loachWater temperatures do not overlap
- Panda corydorasWater temperatures do not overlap
- Odessa barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Denison barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
- KoiWater temperatures do not overlap