Species

Sagittaria subulata

A beginner-friendly foreground grass that occasionally surprises you by shooting for the sky.

Salvinia minima

A fast-growing floating fern that shades out algae and softens any aquascape.

Hippocampus zosterae

Tiny, monogamous, and endlessly watchable. The seahorse that actually fits a small tank.

Salvinia natans

A fast-spreading floating fern that shades tanks and shelters fry naturally.

Geophagus megasema

A rare eartheater from the Guaporé basin with surprisingly peaceful community manners.

Geophagus taeniopareius

A rare Orinoco eartheater that bucks the mouthbrooding norm of its kin.

Satanoperca leucosticta

A sociable eartheater that's surprisingly gentle outside of spawning season.

Melanotaenia splendida splendida

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

Kryptopterus macrocephalus

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

Vallisneria 'Gigantea'

A fast-growing giant that turns any large tank into a lush underwater meadow.

Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor

A century in the hobby, this tiny African cichlid broods its young in its own mouth.

Sciaenochromis fryeri

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

Sarcophyton elegans

A soft coral from New Caledonia that doubles as a living water quality gauge.

Amplexidiscus fenestrafer

The giant mushroom coral that folds shut to trap and digest whole fish.

Sarcophyton trocheliophorum

A beginner-friendly soft coral that unfurls like a giant mushroom cap on the reef.

Apistogramma elizabethae

A tiny Amazonian cichlid with bold markings and fascinating cave-spawning behavior.

Pleuractis paumotensis

A free-living mushroom coral that slowly wanders across the reef floor.

Brochis splendens

A chunky, armored schooler that breathes air and gets along with everyone.

Corydoras splendens

A larger, iridescent cory that schooled under a different genus name for decades.

Mithraculus sculptus

The reef keeper's secret weapon against bubble algae outbreaks.

Betta smaragdina

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

Nematobrycon palmeri

A hardy, community-friendly tetra with an unmistakable blue-eyed gaze.

Erythropodium caribaeorum

A soft, velvety Caribbean encruster that's surprisingly forgiving for new reef keepers.

Alcyonium coralloides

A Mediterranean native that brings old-world reef character to the cold-water tank.

Poecilia wingei

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

Aphyosemion striatum

A peaceful, long-lived killifish that's genuinely beginner-friendly and easy to breed.

Gastromyzon ocellatus

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

Neolamprologus brichardi

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

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

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

Bagrichthys obscurus

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

Corynactis chilensis

A jewel-toned Pacific corallimorpharian that thrives where most corals struggle.

Micromussa multipunctata

A beginner-friendly LPS coral with bold, colorful polyps across wide Pacific reefs.

Hyphessobrycon simulatus

A rarely seen French Guiana tetra that rewards patient hobbyists with graceful schooling behavior.

Tomiyamichthys latruncularius

A reef sand-flat goby that shares its burrow with a snapping shrimp partner.

Pervagor spilosoma

A boldly patterned Hawaiian filefish with a vivid orange tail that demands attention.

Carassius auratus var. fantail

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