Species

Aequidens rondoni

A compact Amazon cichlid with a big personality and surprising longevity.

Acanthicus adonis

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

Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei"

The only mbuna that feeds exclusively on submerged wood in the wild.

Pseudotropheus acei

A bold Lake Malawi cichlid that brings real personality to a species tank.

Aphanius transgrediens

A critically rare Turkish killifish that's more conservation project than casual pet.

Corydoras acrensis

A little-known armored catfish from Amazonia that breathes air when it needs to.

Brachyrhamdia rambarrani

A Corydoras mimic from blackwater Brazil, rarely seen but worth the search.

Steatocranus casuarius

A bottom-bouncing Congo cichlid with a legendary pair bond and comical personality.

Xenomystus nigri

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

Aphyosemion sp. "Sp Oyorpc91 8"

A rare Congo killifish collected once in 1991 and never formally described.

Hepsetus odoe

A razor-toothed ambush predator built like a torpedo, straight from West African rivers.

Phago loricatus

A slender West African predator with a nasty habit of stealing scales from tankmates.

Protoreaster linckii

A bold, knobby sea star from African shores that commands attention in any reef display.

Lates niloticus

One of the world's most destructive invasive species, and genuinely unsuitable for home aquaria.

Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus

An ancient air-breathing predator that can walk to find new water.

Limnobium laevigatum

Fast-growing South American floater that gives surface-shy fish the shade they crave.

Butis amboinensis

An ambush predator that hunts upside-down under submerged wood

Atya scabra

A gentle giant filter feeder that earns its keep cleaning the water column.

Hemibarbus labeo

A large, bottom-rooting cyprinid with a big personality to match its size.

Erethistes jerdoni

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

Astroblepus ubidiai

A small Ecuadorian mountain catfish with big personality for planted setups.

Nannostomus anduzei

The tiniest pencilfish, rarely seen but worth hunting down.

Periclimenes brevicarpalis

A delicate little shrimp that lives boldly among anemone tentacles.

Pterophyllum altum

The wild angelfish that makes the common angel look easy.

Chaca bankanensis

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

Labeo angra

A streamlined South Asian labeo with a bold lateral stripe and good table credentials.

Pterogorgia anceps

A graceful branching sea whip from Caribbean shallows, manageable even for newer reefers.

Anubias barteri

The nearly indestructible plant that thrives even when neglected.

Anubias barteri var. barteri

Tough, shade-loving African plant that even plant-eating fish leave alone.

Apistogramma cinilabra

A compact Peruvian dwarf cichlid with ashy lips and a body built like a brick.

Luciosoma pellegrinii

A surface-prowling Bornean predator that leaps for food above the waterline.

Luciosoma setigerum

A surface-skimming predator sold under a tangle of wrong names.

Aphanius baeticus

A critically rare Spanish killifish that rewards dedicated keepers willing to help conserve it.

Aphanius saourensis

A critically endangered Algerian killifish best kept as a conservation breeding project.

Aphanius dispar

A rare Middle Eastern toothcarp best kept as a conservation project.

Clavularia arctica

A cold-water soft coral surprisingly well-suited to the home reef tank.