Species

Ladigesia roloffi

A tiny West African gem that thrives in groups and rewards patient keepers.

Corydoras trilineatus

Commonly sold as julii cory, this peaceful armored catfish is a beginner-friendly gem.

Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus

The only catfish where dad carries the eggs on his lips.

Paretroplus kieneri

A peaceful Malagasy cichlid rarely seen outside specialist collections.

Melanotaenia parva

A rare mountain lake gem that puts on a show at feeding time.

Melanotaenia lacustris

A slow-developing rainbowfish whose true colors take patience to unlock.

Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi

A highland Papua New Guinea gem that rewards patient keepers with vivid color.

Glossolepis wanamensis

A critically endangered rainbowfish from a single remote Papua New Guinea lake.

Genicanthus lamarck

A planktivorous angelfish with bold dimorphism and an unusually peaceful personality.

Chaetodon rafflesii

A coral-dependent butterflyfish that reveals its mood through a mysterious dark spot.

Phycodurus eques

The leafy sea dragon looks more like drifting seaweed than a fish.

Boraras urophthalmoides

Tiny, timid, and full of personality when kept in a proper group.

Gobiodon citrinus

A tiny, lemon-yellow goby that lives tucked inside coral branches in the wild.

Halichoeres leucoxanthus

A boldly two-toned wrasse with a sunny yellow top and clean white belly.

Peckoltia compta

A compact Brazilian pleco with a bold pattern and a useful breathing trick.

Macropharyngodon meleagris

A boldly patterned reef wrasse that rewards patient, experienced keepers.

Astyanax leopoldi

A rarely seen South American tetra that rewards patient shoppers with active schooling behavior.

Chaetodon lineolatus

The largest butterflyfish in the world, with a bold graphic pattern to match.

Hippocampus erectus

A striking Atlantic seahorse with real personality, but not a beginner's fish.

Carassius auratus var. lionhead

The beefy, hood-crowned fancy goldfish that rewards patient, attentive keepers.

Homaloptera smithi

A fast-water hillstream loach that crawls and hops across rocks like a tiny lizard.

Homaloptera zollingeri

A flattened, rock-clinging stream dweller that crawls and hops like a lizard.

Acantopsis octoactinotos

A slender, sand-diving loach with a distinctively elongated snout.

Brycinus longipinnis

A lively West African schooler that needs space and confident tankmates.

Forcipiger flavissimus

A needle-nosed reef hunter that picks prey from crevices other fish can't reach.

Corydoras narcissus

A long-snouted cory from the Amazon, rarely seen and worth the search.

Mystus gulio

A schooling brackish catfish that grows surprisingly large and breathes air.

Corydoras loretoensis

A long-finned little bottom-dweller that thrives in lively, social groups.

Corydoras ortegai

A tiny armored catfish from Peru that breathes air and blinks at you.

Melanotaenia maccullochi

A compact, peaceful rainbowfish that rewards group keeping with vivid male displays.

Corydoras pinheiroi

A rare Amazonian cory that can breathe air and live for decades.

Hyphessobrycon compressus

The founding species of its entire genus, rarely seen in the hobby.

Chaetodon mertensii

A reef-associated butterflyfish that pairs up and patrols the deeper reef edges.

Liopropoma susumi

A secretive reef cave-dweller with bold pinstripes and peaceful manners.

Corydoras hastatus

Tiny armored catfish that defies its family by cruising the midwater column.

Corydoras spectabilis

The 'millennium cory'. A peaceful schooler with spotted flair from Brazil's Guaporé basin.