Species

Corydoras sterbai

A long-lived, peaceful catfish that does everything better in a group.

Heteropneustes fossilis

A tough, air-breathing catfish that comes with a genuinely painful warning.

Apistogramma eremnopyge

A tiny Peruvian cichlid with a dark tail blotch and surprisingly complex social needs.

Boraras naevus

A thumbnail-sized Thai rasbora with bold body blotches and big personality in groups.

Erromyzon sp. "Red Spots"

A rarely identified hillstream loach with bold red spots and fascinating spawning behavior.

Buccochromis nototaenia

A rarely seen Malawi predator that hunts cichlids over open sand flats.

Puntius lineatus

A peaceful Bornean barb that shows its best colors in a proper school.

Gymnostomus lineatus

A floodplain grazer with faint lateral stripes and a wandering lifestyle.

Cichla temensis

A giant Amazonian predator that outgrows almost every home aquarium.

Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus

A boldly patterned Amazonian catfish that thrives in community tanks.

Hypostomus sp

Ancient armored grazers from one of South America's most remote wild places.

Hypostomus sp. "L231"

A mysterious Peruvian pleco whose identity still has scientists guessing.

Hypostomus punctatus

A hardy Brazilian pleco that earns its keep cleaning up algae and debris.

Oryzias eversi

A tiny Sulawesi ricefish with a fascinating pelvic-brooding trick.

Oryzias wolasi

A tiny Sulawesi ricefish with glowing color and surprisingly easy breeding habits.

Aulonocara maylandi maylandi

A gentle Malawi cichlid with a vivid yellow streak down its back.

Chitala hypselonotus

A massive, air-breathing knifefish from the jungle rivers of Borneo and Sumatra.

Kottelatlimia pristes

A tiny blackwater loach from Borneo that punches above its weight in personality.

Rasbora lacrimula

A tiny Bornean rasbora with a teardrop tail spot and big personality in a school.

Schistura hypsiura

A mildly tempered stream loach with bold flank bars and a deeply forked tail.

Dawkinsia assimilis

A lively Indian barb with bold caudal markings and a real taste for open-water schooling.

Xiphophorus hellerii

The elongated tail sword makes males one of the most recognizable livebearers in the hobby.

Hemisynodontis membranaceus

The whiskered giant with a comical moustache that filter-feeds upside down.

Hemimyzon formosanus

A rare Taiwanese hillstream fish that needs company to truly settle in.

Acrossocheilus paradoxus

A boldly barred Taiwanese cyprinid that's surprisingly easy to keep.

Hypergastromyzon humilis

A tiny Bornean hillstream loach that crawls rocks instead of swimming

Lates angustifrons

A massive Lake Tanganyika predator that almost no aquarium can responsibly house.

Oreochromis tanganicae

Lake Tanganyika's dominant tilapia, rarely seen in home aquariums

Vallisneria spiralis

A fast-spreading, ribbon-leafed background plant that practically grows itself.

Aspidoras taurus

A pint-sized armored catfish that breathes air and thrives in groups.

Aphanius apodus

Algeria's rarest killifish relative, built for hard water and conservation-minded keepers.

Zoogoneticus tequila

A fish kept in aquariums that may no longer exist anywhere in the wild.

Betta stigmosa

A peaceful hill stream betta with iridescent spots and fascinating mouthbrooding behavior.

Puntius terio

A peaceful, adaptable schooling barb that's surprisingly rare in the trade given its wide range.

Ariopsis seemanni

A venomous, migratory catfish that's far more demanding than its juvenile looks suggest.

Hyphessobrycon acaciae

A tiny Orinoco tetra with a bold dark lateral stripe and beginner-friendly nature.