Species

Acanthicus adonis

A spotted pleco that outgrows almost every home aquarium it enters.

Xenomystus nigri

The knifefish that barks, breathes air, and swims backwards with ease.

Erethistes jerdoni

A tiny, peaceful catfish that hides by day and explores by night.

Chaca bankanensis

A master of disguise that lures prey with its own barbels like a living trap.

Ophisternon gutturale

A secretive, air-breathing eel that hides in mud and comes alive after dark.

Sandalolitha robusta

A free-living, dome-shaped coral that rests unattached on the reef floor.

Apteronotus albifrons

A velvety black, ribbon-finned predator that navigates by its own electric field.

Schistura jarutanini

A blind cave loach from Thailand that science knows from just 22 specimens.

Amblydoras nauticus

A hardy little catfish that talks in the dark and rarely shows its face by day.

Opistognathus rosenblatti

A colonial burrower that tucks itself in every night like clockwork.

Trachydoras steindachneri

A seldom-seen Amazonian thorny catfish that plays well with smaller tankmates.

Colpophyllia natans

A classic Atlantic brain coral that grows into impressive dome-shaped colonies over time.

Halomitra pileus

A free-roaming, bowl-shaped coral that grazes soft substrates across the Indo-Pacific.

Horabagrus brachysoma

A gorgeous giant catfish that outgrows most home tanks before you know it.

Pseudopimelodus bufonius

A boldly patterned South American catfish that's surprisingly easy to keep.

Schistura deansmarti

A blind, ghostly cave loach found nowhere else on Earth.

Vaillantella maassi

A secretive, eel-like loach with a bold orange dorsal stripe and a sky-high price tag.

Synodontis decorum

A boldly patterned Congo catfish with a dramatically elongated dorsal fin ray.

Cnidoglanis macrocephalus

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

Butis butis

The brackish ambush predator that hunts just as happily upside down as right-side up.

Lobophyllia vitiensis

A fleshy, low-maintenance LPS coral that thrives under gentle flow.

Chitala chitala

A massive, humped river predator rarely seen in the trade despite its size and character.

Papyrocranus afer

A rare African giant with a striking undulating fin and a fierce attitude.

Dactylopus dactylopus

A sand-walking dragonet that tiptoes across the seafloor on finger-like fins.

Hippocampus ingens

The largest seahorse in the Pacific, built for life among deep coral branches.

Moseleya latistellata

A disc-like coral built for muddy, low-light conditions most corals can't handle.

Notopterus notopterus

A nocturnal predator that outgrows most home aquariums faster than expected.

Gardineroseris planulata

A shade-loving encrusting coral that thrives where others struggle.

Pristiapogon kallopterus

A subtly shimmering cardinalfish that thrives where many marines struggle.

Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi

A rare Sri Lankan loach hidden beneath leaf litter, seldom seen in the hobby.

Bagrus meridionalis

A giant Lake Malawi catfish with one of the most complex social lives in freshwater.

Pangio kuhlii

The eel-like bottom dweller that disappears for weeks and reappears at midnight.

Pangio cuneovirgata

A rare kuhli lookalike from blackwater peat swamps, seldom seen outside expert collections.

Pangio piperata

A speckled, secretive kuhli loach that turns up as a mystery in mixed shipments.

Cleidopus gloriamaris

A living lantern: the fish that carries its own lights on its jaw.

Pangio semicincta

The fish sold as kuhli loach is almost certainly this one instead.