🐠Schooling fish

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.

Symphysodon discus

The crown jewel of the Amazon, built for serious fishkeepers who love a challenge.

Symphysodon aequifasciata alenquer

The grand centerpiece of the Amazon, rewarding patient keepers with unmatched presence.

Brachychalcinus orbicularis

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

Cynodon gibbus

A surprisingly docile predator with fang-like teeth that can work in a community tank.

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

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

Ageneiosus marmoratus

A broad-snouted South American predator that plays nicer than its reputation suggests.

Fowleria isostigma

A small, secretive cardinalfish that haunts muddy flats and rocky refuges.

Pethia punctata

A peaceful, spotted little barb from India that rewards you for keeping a crowd.

Schistura pridii

A tiny, feisty loach with bold dragon-like patterning from Thai mountain streams.

Triportheus angulatus

A powerful jumper from Amazonian rivers that leaps several metres to catch insects.

Acanthurus dussumieri

A wide-ranging reef grazer that puts on a vivid color display when riled.

Barboides gracilis

One of West Africa's tiniest barbs, best kept in large schools in a nano setup.

Pethia phutunio

A tiny, peaceful schooler that thrives best among its own kind.

Ambastaia sidthimunki

Tiny loach with big social rituals and a personality to match

Corydoras rabauti

A long-lived armored catfish with a bold dark stripe and a surprising ability to breathe air.

Acanthopsoides molobrion

A pint-sized Bornean loach with a horse-faced look and big personality.

Acanthopsoides robertsi

A tiny burrowing loach with a distinctive caudal marking and big personality.

Acanthopsoides sp. "A02"

A tiny, sand-loving dwarf horse-face loach that's trickier to ID than to keep.

Oryzias minutillus

A tiny ricefish from Southeast Asian swamps that breeds readily in nano tanks.

Otocinclus affinis

Tiny, tireless algae scrubbers that work best in a crew

Nannostomus marginatus

Tiny, boldly striped pencilfish that thrives in groups and rewards patient keepers.

Rasbosoma spilocerca

A tiny Mekong surface dweller that rewards patient keepers with lively schooling behavior.

Danio nigrofasciatus

A rare, peaceful little danio that thrives best among its own kind.

Geophagus megasema

A rare eartheater from the Guaporé basin with surprisingly peaceful community manners.

Geophagus taeniopareius

A rare Orinoco eartheater that bucks the mouthbrooding norm of its kin.

Satanoperca leucosticta

A sociable eartheater that's surprisingly gentle outside of spawning season.

Melanotaenia splendida splendida

Australia's most variable rainbowfish, with color that takes a year to fully reveal itself.

Melanotaenia splendida

A bold, active schooling fish that rewards with brilliant colors and personality.

Kryptopterus macrocephalus

A rare peat-stream catfish that schools and stays genuinely peaceful in community tanks.

Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis

A peaceful Ecuadorian tetra from shaded forest pools, rarely seen in the trade.

Pangio anguillaris

A worm-like burrowing loach that's rarely seen but endlessly fascinating.

Pangio sp. "PAN02"

A mystery kuhli loach with sharp sub-ocular spines and a fondness for piling into hiding spots.

Corydoras elegans

The cory that ditches the bottom and schools in open water.

Bryconaethiops microstoma

A schooling African characin with a feisty streak and old-world charm.