☮Peaceful community

Acanthodoras cataphractus

A armored, sound-making catfish that genuinely prefers company of its own kind.

Puntius chola

A lively, wide-ranging barb that thrives in groups and suits peaceful community tanks.

Doryrhamphus janssi

A tiny reef cleaner that runs its own grooming station for other fish.

Barbodes everetti

A misidentified Bornean barb finally getting the recognition it deserves.

Epiplatys annulatus

A pocket-sized killifish with bold racing stripes and a surprisingly calm nature.

Chromobotia macracanthus

A long-lived, social bottom-dweller that rewards patient keepers with decades of personality.

Cnidoglanis macrocephalus

A peaceful Australian giant that hides by day and hunts by night.

Pseudauchenipterus nodosus

A schooling brackish catfish that thrives where rivers meet the sea.

Hyphessobrycon takasei

A quietly charming little tetra with a distinctive coffee-dark body spot.

Hyphessobrycon columbianus

A bold Colombian tetra with vivid red fins and a peaceful, social nature.

Carassius auratus var. comet

The classic long-tailed goldfish that outlives most aquarium pets.

Remora remora

The original hitchhiker: a fish that lives life permanently attached to a host.

Aphyosemion congicum

A small forest-stream killifish from the Congo with surprisingly specific needs.

Synodontis pleurops

Enormous-eyed Congo catfish that vanishes the moment the lights come on.

Gobiodon atrangulatus

A tiny coral-dwelling goby that lives and breeds within Acropora colonies.

A tiny, sociable armored catfish that occasionally breathes air.

A rare Peruvian armored catfish that breathes air and lives for decades.

A tiny, long-lived catfish with a fascinating natural mimicry story.

A tiny rock-dwelling catfish from the Argentine Andes, rarely if ever seen in aquariums.

A tiny armored catfish with a surprisingly versatile respiratory trick up its sleeve.

Lamontichthys llanero

A rare South American whiptail that rewards patient keepers with unusual character.

Girardinus creolus

A rare Cuban livebearer that occupies the middle of the water column.

Chaetodon xanthurus

The only butterflyfish with a true crosshatch pattern on its sides.

Hyphessobrycon haraldschultzi

A rare Araguaia gem that rewards patient schooling setups with vivid red coloring.

Bodianus pulchellus

A reef-safe wrasse relative that moonlights as a cleaner fish when young.

Pethia cumingii

A peaceful Sri Lankan gem with bold black blotches and sunshine-yellow fins.

Oryzias woworae

A tiny Indonesian ricefish that glows red and blue at spawning time.

Paretroplus maculatus

A rare Malagasy cichlid that rewards patient keepers with real personality.

Hemigrammus bellottii

A small, nimble Amazonian tetra with a distinctive body marking worth looking twice at.

Pareutropius buffei

A slender West African catfish that blooms with confidence in a shoal.

Pseudomugil tenellus

A tiny, peaceful Australian blue-eye that glows in a well-planted, sun-drenched tank.

Moenkhausia pittieri

Sold as a dull juvenile, it matures into something that genuinely sparkles.

Corydoras loxozonus

A long-lived Colombian cory that thrives in groups and breathes a little air on the side.

Brachychalcinus orbicularis

A coin-shaped schooling tetra that holds its own in a lively community tank.

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

The loach that supposedly predicts the weather and definitely has personality.

Chaetodon pelewensis

A Pacific beauty that pairs for life and takes well to aquarium living.