Species

Echinopora pacifica

A textured Pacific coral with detailed plating and a surprisingly manageable care level.

Nemateleotris helfrichi

A deep-reef gem that hovers and flicks its tall dorsal fin like a flag.

Cranoglanis bouderius

A hefty Chinese river catfish that doubles as a prized food fish in its homeland.

Hemiodopsis immaculatus

A fast-moving, peaceful schooler from Amazonian blackwater river systems.

Archocentrus multispinosus

A tough Central American cichlid with serious parenting instincts and surprising heat tolerance.

Phyllangia americana

A shade-loving cup coral that thrives where other corals fear to go.

Abramites hypselonotus

A bottom-grazing oddball that swims nose-down and grows bolder with age.

Apistogramma hoignei

A dwarf cichlid from the Orinoco with cave-breeding instincts and complex taxonomic intrigue.

Gambusia hispaniolae

A tough livebearing minnow from Hispaniola's brackish spring habitats.

Rasbora dorsiocellata

A neat, small rasbora with a bold dorsal spot that catches the eye.

Periclimenes holthuisi

A delicate cleaner shrimp that earns its keep on the reef, one fish at a time.

Pseudomugil mellis

A tiny Australian rainbowfish from tannin-dark coastal wallum country.

Porites colonensis

A tiered plating coral with an understated, textural elegance that rewards patient keepers.

Stylophora kuehlmanni

A spiny-branched Red Sea coral with tubular corallites and daytime-active tentacles.

Stylophora madagascarensis

A compact, fast-branching SPS coral with subtle hood-tipped branches.

Stylophora mamillata

A compact encrusting coral built for vertical reef walls and high-flow zones.

Stylophora wellsi

A compact, knobby branching coral from wave-swept Red Sea shallows.

Megalechis picta

A mud-burrowing South American catfish that breathes air and builds bubble nests.

Horadandia atukorali

A tiny Sri Lankan schooler best kept with equally small, gentle tankmates.

Heniochus chrysostomus

A bold-banded bannerfish with a dramatic dorsal fin and reef-roaming habits.

Heniochus varius

A deep-reef oddity with a hump, horns, and bold black-and-white contrast.

Acantopsis choirorhynchos

A burrowing, long-snouted loach that vanishes into the sand and rarely looks back.

Yunnanilus cruciatus

A tiny Vietnamese loach that hovers in open water, unlike most of its relatives.

Corydoras fowleri

A long-snouted cory with a feisty streak and surprisingly long lifespan.

Alfaro huberi

A sleek Central American livebearer built for fast, clear currents.

Dascyllus aruanus

Bold black-and-white stripes with a personality to match. Reef tough.

Cromileptes altivelis

A boldly spotted predator that actually begs at the glass for food.

Limia nigrofasciata

A livebearing oddity from Haiti with a distinctive fatty hump on mature males.

Pao palembangensis

A freshwater puffer from Southeast Asia with serious teeth and serious attitude.

Porites annae

A tough, colony-forming reef builder that shows off in shades of green, purple, and gold.

Porites aranetai

A mottled, lumpy Porites that brings rugged reef texture to the intermediate keeper's tank.

Porites arnaudi

A wave-battered plate coral that builds tiered, architectural formations on exposed reef slopes.

Porites australiensis

A hefty, dome-shaped reef builder that anchors lagoons and back-reef zones across the Indo-Pacific.

Porites compressa

A reef-building powerhouse with variable forms and a no-frills palette.

Porites cumulatus

A compact, smoothly fused branching coral that quietly anchors any reef display.

Porites decasepta

A vivid blue encrusting coral built for high-energy shallow reefs.