🛌Bottom dwellers

Sturisoma festivum

A sleek, whiskered algae grazer from the Maracaibo basin with a surprising trick up its sleeve.

Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps

A decades-long commitment: this armored giant lives longer than most pets.

Scleromystax salmacis

A tiny armored catfish from Brazilian ponds, with a venomous sting to respect.

Corydoras habrosus

A pint-sized armored catfish that breathes air and blinks at you.

Acanthocobitis zonalternans

A camouflaged Salween loach that thrives in groups and rewards patient keepers.

Thorichthys callolepis

A lesser-known Mexican cichlid from swift, rocky headwaters worth a closer look.

Corydoras davidsandsi

A rarely exported Rio Negro cory with a bold split dorsal bar and surprising longevity.

Corydoras cruziensis

A tiny armored catfish from Bolivia with a gut that doubles as a lung.

Corydoras schwartzi

A long-lived, armored bottom dweller that genuinely thrives in good company.

Synchiropus ocellatus

A reef-floor hunter with detailed patterns and a surprisingly long lifespan.

Labeotropheus trewavasae

A rock-scraping Lake Malawi mbuna with over 40 wild color forms.

Gastromyzon scitulus

A tiny Bornean torrent-dweller that clings to rocks and grazes algae in miniature rapids.

Corydoras seussi

A long-lived Bolivian cory that breathes air and rewards patient keepers.

Cyprinodon variegatus

A tough little pupfish that thrives where most fish would struggle to survive.

Lamprologus meleagris

A tiny shell-brooding cichlid with a surprisingly big attitude.

Neolamprologus similis

Tiny shell-dwelling cichlid with a ferocious personality well above its size.

Lamprologus kungweensis

A tiny Lake Tanganyika shell brooder that digs its own burrow network.

Neolamprologus brevis

A pint-sized Tanganyikan cichlid that treats a snail shell like a fortress

Nemachilichthys shimogensis

A rarely seen Indian stream loach that does best with a few of its own kind.

Neosilurus brevidorsalis

A compact Australian bottom-dweller that earns its keep in a peaceful community tank.

Corydoras gracilis

A tiny, shy cory with a bold arched stripe and a surprising air-breathing trick.

Periophthalmus argentilineatus

The fish that climbs trees and spends more time on land than in water.

Amphiprion akallopisos

The pale skunk stripe makes this anemonefish one of the most recognizable in the ocean.

Corydoras arcuatus

A boldly striped little catfish that breathes air and moves in cheerful gangs.

Yasuhikotakia morleti

A feisty, burrowing loach with complex social behavior and a bold personality.

Gastromyzon aeroides

A rare Bornean hillstream loach with vivid blue fins found in almost no aquariums yet.

Pangio myersi

A social, eel-like loach that piles into hiding spots with its companions.

Corydoras similis

A small armored catfish that breathes air and thrives in a lively group.

Pterygoplichthys anisitsi

A prehistoric-looking giant that moonlights as your tank's cleanup crew.

Satanoperca acuticeps

A sociable eartheater with three bold flank blotches, rarely seen in the trade.

Hypostomus latifrons

A hardy Paraguayan armored catfish with a surprising ability to breathe air.

Thorichthys maculipinnis

A gentle Central American cichlid that surprises with its delicate spotted fins.

Tanganicodus irsacae

A wave-zone specialist that hops across rocks like no other cichlid.

Barbodes binotatus

A wide-ranging Asian barb with a surprisingly variable spotted pattern.

Corydoras brevirostris

A tiny armored catfish with a surprisingly long lifespan and a talent for breathing air.

Stigmatogobius sadanundio

A pale, spotted bottom-dweller from Asian estuaries with a surprisingly bold personality.