Species

Canthigaster bennetti

A pint-sized puffer with big personality and a surprisingly calm disposition.

Polypterus bichir bichir

A living fossil that breathes air and hunts by smell alone.

Pseudochromis paccagnella

Tiny, colorful, and surprisingly fierce. A pocket-sized bully for the reef tank.

Xenotilapia sima

A sand-sifting Tanganyikan schooler that rarely turns up in the hobby

Apistogramma norberti

A pocket-sized Peruvian cichlid with a big personality and cave-spawning habits.

Chaetodon melannotus

A boldly patterned reef butterfly with a strong preference for live coral.

Copella nigrofasciata

A dapper little Amazonian splasher with devoted fathering instincts.

Rhinecanthus verrucosus

A Picasso-patterned triggerfish that prefers retreat over confrontation.

Gramma melacara

A deep-reef beauty that swims upside-down along underwater cliff faces.

Arothron immaculatus

A wide-ranging Indo-Pacific puffer with estuarine roots and a no-nonsense attitude.

Gymnothorax melanopterus

A moray with bold fin markings from the cool northern seas.

Epiplatys dageti dageti

A hardy, surface-loving killifish that's a perfect gateway into egg-scattering species.

Barbus candens

A tiny Congo rarity that rewards patient keepers with delicate charm.

Lamprologus speciosus

A pint-sized shell-brooding cichlid from Lake Tanganyika with outsized attitude.

Apistogramma hongsloi

A compact Colombian dwarf cichlid that pairs up and parents together.

Wetmorella nigropinnata

A tiny, secretive reef wrasse that disappears into caves the moment you look away.

Arothron nigropunctatus

A bold reef grazer that will rearrange your coral collection without asking.

Apogon nigrofasciatus

A secretive reef-dweller that comes alive after dark to hunt the rubble.

Sufflamen chrysopterum

A hardy, boldly patterned triggerfish with a surprisingly calm disposition for the group.

Hyphessobrycon pyrrhonotus

The rarest bleeding heart tetra, with a vivid red wedge only it can claim.

Catostylus mosaicus

Australia's most common jellyfish, surprisingly manageable in a dedicated kreisel tank.

Yasuhikotakia modesta

A sociable Mekong loach with vivid fins and a complex social life.

Apistogramma eunotus

A compact Peruvian dwarf cichlid with serious parenting instincts and big personality.

Chromis cyaneus

A cool-blue schooling fish that brings open-water energy to reef tanks.

Alestopetersius smykalai

A rare West African schooler with a bold diamond marking and fascinating male rivalry displays.

Inpaichthys kerri

Tiny tetra with big color rivalry. Males glow brightest when competing for attention.

Xanthichthys auromarginatus

A long-lived, manageable trigger that actually leaves your rockwork alone.

Fundulopanchax filamentosus

Ornate West African killifish with flowing fins and a taste for live food.

Rasbora einthovenii

A peaceful forest-stream rasbora with a charmingly crinkled lateral stripe.

Paracyprichromis nigripinnis

A peaceful Tanganyikan schooler that hangs vertically against rock walls to spawn.

Nothobranchius patrizii

A tiny annual killifish built for life in pools that disappear.

Badis badis

A color-changing micro-predator that hides, watches, and ambushes with surprising intensity.

Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura

A roving reef wrasse that brings shimmering blue flanks to the open water column.

Cephalopholis miniata

A brilliantly spotted reef predator that commands attention in any large display tank.

Arothron caeruleopunctatus

One of the largest puffers you can keep, and surprisingly blue.

Doryrhamphus excisus

A secretive reef pipefish that pairs for life and fits in tight crevices.