Species

Trichogaster lalius

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

Melanotaenia splendida splendida

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

Sciaenochromis fryeri

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

Betta smaragdina

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

Poecilia wingei

Jewel-bright nano livebearer that breeds almost faster than you can plan for it.

Neolamprologus brichardi

A Lake Tanganyika cichlid that raises its young as a multigenerational family group.

Carassius auratus var. fantail

The gateway fancy goldfish. Forgiving, long-lived, and shaped like a swimming egg.

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.

Esomus danrica

A sociable Asian barb with famously long barbels and a feisty streak.

Carettochelys insculpta

A fully aquatic turtle with flippers, a pig-like snout, and a serious attitude.

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum

A peaceful Australian native that rewards patient keepers with lively schooling behavior.

Petenia splendida

A big-mouthed Central American predator that's surprisingly manageable for dedicated beginners.

Pethia gelius

A tiny, peaceable barb that shows its best colors in a tight-knit group.

Puntius sachsii

A feisty little schooling barb that keeps tanks lively. And fins on their toes.

Carassius auratus auratus

The fish that started it all. Centuries of selective breeding in one bowl-worthy package.

Andinoacara rivulatus

A bold, beautiful cichlid that will absolutely rearrange your community tank.

Notopterus notopterus

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

Tomeurus gracilis

A tiny Venezuelan oddity that lays eggs despite fertilizing them internally.

Thayeria ifati

The rarest penguin tetra, with a boldly defined tail stripe and colorful fin tips.

Ctenochromis polli

A compact Congo cichlid with fiery courtship colors and fascinating mouthbrooding behavior.

Mylochromis melanonotus

A sand-dwelling Lake Malawi predator with a jaw that caused decades of taxonomic confusion.

Leporinus brunneus

A sleek South American characin from blackwater rivers, suited to spacious tanks.

Melanotaenia irianjaya

A rarely seen rainbowfish with an unusual fin shape that sets it apart from its cousins.

Systomus orphoides

A boisterous, patterned barb that needs bold tankmates and room to roam.

Austrolebias adloffi

A tiny annual killifish that races through its entire life cycle in months.

Semaprochilodus insignis

A migratory Amazon grazer that plays a surprising ecological role in the wild.

Caquetaia kraussii

A predatory Colombian cichlid that lurks in swamps and ambushes its prey.

Heterandria formosa

One of the world's smallest fish, with a uniquely continuous birthing process.

Hypsibarbus vernayi

A large, lemon-finned schooling barb often mislabeled in the trade.

Danio frankei

A bold little schooler that brings constant movement to planted tanks.

Gymnostomus lobatus

A plain silver minnow that moves in millions through the Mekong every year.

Poecilia salvatoris

A scrappy Central American molly with bold looks and a bold attitude.

Parosphromenus ornaticauda

A tiny licorice gourami with an acrobatic courtship display unlike any other.

Leporinus arcus

A bold-striped South American speedster with a personality to match its size.

Leptobarbus hoevenii

A river giant with a wild reputation for eating intoxicating seeds