Species

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.

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.

Auchenoglanis occidentalis

A giraffe-patterned gentle giant that needs serious space to roam.

Akysis portellus

A tiny venomous stream catfish from Myanmar that's easier to keep than it looks.

Akysis pulvinatus

A pint-sized Thai hillstream catfish that hides among rocks and rarely reaches an inch.

Akysis vespertinus

A tiny, venomous stream catfish from Myanmar, rarely seen outside specialist collections.

Clea helena

The snail that hunts other snails. A living solution to pest outbreaks.

Tilapia sparrmanii

A peaceful, plant-grazing tilapia that pairs up to raise its young.

Naso annulatus

A genuinely massive unicornfish that schools on outer reef walls across the Indo-Pacific.

Rhinogobius giurinus ctenogobius giurinus ctenogobius hadropterus

A hardy little goby from Asia's rivers, surprisingly easy to keep.

Amblyeleotris wheeleri

A hardy reef goby that shares its burrow with a nearly blind shrimp partner.

Taenioides cirratus

A snake-like burrowing goby with whiskery barbels and surprising air-breathing ability.

Sicyopus zosterophorus

A tiny goby built for life on wet rocks in fast-flowing jungle streams.

Pangio oblonga

A slender, uniformly dark loach that loves company and hides in plain sight.

Ambastaia nigrolineata

A rare, sociable loach with bold racing stripes and fascinating group behaviors.

Balitoropsis zollingeri

A flat-bodied stream crawler that hops and clings across rocks like no other loach.

Tylomelania zemis

A slow-moving, long-lived snail that grazes peacefully and breeds one giant baby at a time.

Auchenoglanis biscutatus

A giant, gentle African catfish that cruises the bottom with calm authority.

Fromia milleporella

A vivid red sea star with bold black spots, gentle on reef inhabitants.

Corydoras acutus

A sharp-snouted little armored catfish with a bold black dorsal spot.

Corydoras schultzei

A rare, captive-bred cory with deep black coloration and charming schooling behavior.

Amblydoras nauticus

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

Opsarius bernatziki

A fast, bold hillstream schooler with vivid blue flank bars and serious attitude.

Clibanarius tricolor

A tiny, tireless reef cleaner with vivid blue legs and a big appetite for algae.

Opistognathus rosenblatti

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

Boleophthalmus boddarti

A fish that walks on mud and breathes air at the tide's edge.

Corydoras boesemani

A tiny armored catfish from Suriname that breathes air and stays rare in the hobby.

Trachydoras steindachneri

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

Pangio shelfordii

A patterned eel-loach from Borneo's blackwater forests, with surprising personality for its size.

Gastromyzon farragus

A tiny Bornean stream-clinger with a vivid red tail and bold territorial streaks.

Gastromyzon stellatus

A boldly spotted Bornean stream crawler that grazes rocks like a tiny vacuum.

Ancistrus sp.

The algae-scrubbing workhorse that actually stays a manageable size.

Corydoras britskii

A big-dorsal Cory with armored charm, best kept in a lively group.

Corydoras aeneus

The beginner-friendly bottom dweller that breathes air and blinks at you.