🛌Bottom dwellers

Oreochromis mossambicus

One of the world's most invasive fish, sold as food and kept as a curiosity.

Stiphodon ornatus

A tiny, colorful stream goby from Sumatra that rewards patient observers.

Corydoras reticulatus

A fine-patterned bottom dweller that lives surprisingly long in good company.

Corydoras nijsseni

A rare Rio Negro cory with bold patterning and a surprisingly long lifespan.

Synodontis schall

The unpredictable bruiser of the Synodontis world, not for community tanks.

Aulonocara baenschi

A peacock cichlid with a curved snout and brilliant gold coloration from Lake Malawi.

Corydoras septentrionalis

A long-lived Orinoco bottom-dweller that breathes air and blinks at you.

Corydoras simulatus

A rarely documented Colombian cory with a color pattern that keeps even experts guessing.

Satanoperca lilith

A rarely traded eartheater with a single bold flank spot and surprising social depth.

Synodontis notata

A daytime-active catfish with a bold personality to match its bold spot.

Amphiprion chrysopterus

A large, bold anemonefish from the wide Pacific with serious territorial attitude.

Naso elegans

A bold reef grazer with vivid orange tail spines and a distinctly regal profile.

Otocinclus vittatus

Tiny algae-grazing catfish that plasters itself to glass and plants alike.

Otocinclus macrospilus

The most commonly sold oto, fragile at first but rewarding once settled.

A tiny Peruvian algae grazer with bold, zebra-like blotches and a gentle disposition.

Corydoras condiscipulus

A long-lived Oyapock armored catfish that breathes air and blinks its eyes.

Geophagus camopiensis

A rarely seen eartheater with elaborate mouthbrooding behavior and real personality.

Stiphodon pelewensis

A tiny riffle-dweller that vanishes into the sand when startled.

Geophagus crassilabris

A rare Panamanian cichlid with a reddish glow and fascinating sand-sifting habits.

Corydoras panda

The panda-patterned cory that's as personable as it is peaceful.

Apistogramma nijsseni

A panda-patterned dwarf cichlid with fierce maternal instincts and blackwater roots.

Yaoshania pachychilus

Bold panda stripes as a juvenile, but adults fade to something far subtler.

Satanoperca pappaterra

A sand-sifting cichlid that fearlessly charges piranhas in the wild.

Acanthocobitis pavonacea

A boldly patterned loach from northeast India that rarely appears in the trade.

Geophagus parnaibae

A sand-sifting cichlid from Brazil that's gentler than its reputation suggests.

Rhynchodoras woodsi

A rarely seen Amazonian catfish with a mysterious bony beak-like projection

Corydoras pastazensis

A long-lived Ecuadorian armored catfish with a fascinating air-breathing trick.

Lepidocephalichthys annandalei

A rare loach with peacock-patterned tail fins, seldom seen in the trade.

Iniistius pavo

A reef acrobat that vanishes into the sand at the first sign of trouble.

Melanochromis joanjohnsonae

A compact Malawi cichlid from the rocky shores of Likoma Island.

Lamprologus stappersi

A tiny Lake Tanganyika shell-dweller with outsized territorial attitude and colony-forming charm.

Abudefduf margariteus

A rare Indian Ocean damselfish found only around two remote island outposts.

Periophthalmus novemradiatus

A tiny Indian mudskipper that actually plays nice with others.

Corydoras paleatus

Hardy, armored, and social. A true workhorse of the community tank.

Corydoras semiaquilus

A long-lived Amazonian bottom-dweller with a surprisingly expressive face.

Aphyolebias peruensis

A rare Amazonian killifish with an extraordinarily long egg incubation period.