Asia

Pogostemon helferi

A compact, starry rosette plant that carpets the foreground with unusual charm.

Schistura pridii

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

Pethia phutunio

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

Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki

A daylight-active schooling loach with a bold ladder-patterned back and big personality.

Ambastaia sidthimunki

Tiny loach with big social rituals and a personality to match

Cryptocoryne parva

Sri Lanka's tiniest Cryptocoryne makes a patient, low-growing foreground carpet.

Trichogaster lalius

Brilliant colors, big personality quirks, and a health reputation worth knowing before you buy.

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.

Hygrophila polysperma

The bulletproof beginner plant that thrives on neglect and outgrows almost anything.

Oryzias minutillus

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

Betta dimidiata

A tiny forest stream betta with a spade-shaped tail and mouthbrooding dad.

Aplocheilus parvus

A tiny surface-dwelling predator with a big appetite for mosquito larvae.

Carinotetraodon salivator

A pint-sized puffer from Borneo's fast-flowing streams, full of personality.

Rotala rotundifolia

A fast-growing stem plant that blushes pink under bright light.

Rasbosoma spilocerca

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

Channa gachua

A mouthbrooding snakehead small enough for a community tank with the right neighbors.

Danio nigrofasciatus

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

Kryptopterus macrocephalus

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

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.

Sciaenochromis fryeri

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi piscivore that behaves itself in the right company.

Osphronemus exodon

A leaping, fruit-snatching giant with teeth that stay visible when its mouth is closed.

Leptobotia elongata

A river giant from the Yangtze that demands serious space and serious commitment.

Danio erythromicron

A jewel-sized Lake Inle native that rewards patient keepers with bold group behavior.

Brevibora dorsiocellata

A tiny, peaceful schooler with a vivid flash of green in its eye.

Betta smaragdina

A wild-caught relative of the common betta with iridescent emerald scales and surprising calm.

Botia udomritthiruji

A boldly barred Myanmar loach with a lively personality and complex social life.

Channa marulioides

A large, predatory swamp hunter with dramatic color variations across its range.

Hemiscyllium ocellatum

A reef-walking shark that shuts down its own brain to survive low oxygen.

Gastromyzon ocellatus

A patterned Bornean stream-clinger with a bold red tail and real personality.

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

A skin-shedding catfish that produces a milky defensive toxin when stressed.

Bagrichthys macropterus

A river-bottom detritivore from Southeast Asia's murky floodplain systems.

Bagrichthys obscurus

A bottom-dwelling catfish that minds its own business. Unless you're a rival.

Eirmotus insignis

A tiny barb with bold banding, best appreciated in a species-focused nano setup.