Species

Corydoras paleatus

Hardy, armored, and social. A true workhorse of the community tank.

Corydoras semiaquilus

A long-lived Amazonian bottom-dweller with a surprisingly expressive face.

Hyphessobrycon peruvianus

A slender Upper Amazon tetra often misidentified but worth tracking down properly.

Lepidocephalus macrochir

A shy, rarely traded loach that does best with gentle companions and a soft substrate.

Halichoeres melanurus

A reef-safe wrasse that earns its keep hunting pests from the sandbed up.

Thoracocharax stellatus

A silvery, deep-keeled jumper that needs a tight-fitting lid and plenty of company.

Dianema longibarbis

A gentle Amazon catfish that schools in midwater like a tetra.

Dekeyseria brachyura

A colour-shifting pleco that adapts its pattern to match its surroundings.

Pethia stoliczkana

A peaceful schooling barb from mainland Southeast Asia, best kept in numbers.

Corydoras pygmaeus

Tiny catfish that defies expectations by schooling in open water, not just the bottom.

Carnegiella myersi

Tiny, delicate, and built for the surface. The smallest hatchetfish of them all.

Boraras maculatus

A pea-sized schooling fish that rewards patience with dazzling group displays.

Xiphophorus pygmaeus

A pint-sized livebearer with all the personality of its larger swordtail cousins.

Hemitaurichthys polylepis

A schooling butterflyfish that hovers in open water above reef drop-offs.

Hemitaurichthys zoster

A schooling butterfly that prefers open water over reef crevices.

Carassius auratus var. ranchu

The roly-poly fancy goldfish bred to look like a swimming raspberry.

Pterygoplichthys weberi

A hard-working algae grazer from Amazonian headwaters with a remarkable breathing trick.

Platydoras costatus

A bold-striped catfish that grunts, buries itself, and eats almost anything.

Aphyocharax rathbuni

A fin-nipping schooler that rewards careful community planning with lively, colorful energy.

Hyphessobrycon amapaensis

A tiny, rarely seen Brazilian tetra with vivid red and cream lateral striping.

Hyphessobrycon sweglesi

A deep-red schooling tetra that rewards you for keeping bigger groups.

Glossolepis incisus

A deep-bodied red rainbow that rewards group keeping with dazzling male displays.

Puntius bimaculatus

A peaceful, active schooler from South Asian streams with a vivid red flanks in males.

Pseudocoris yamashiroi

A fast-moving reef wrasse with vivid pink tones and open-water energy.

Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata

A slow-burning rainbowfish that rewards patient keepers with spectacular adult color.

Chaetodon collare

A reef native that pairs for life but rarely forgives a rough transition to captivity.

Nothobranchius guentheri

A jewel-bright killifish that lives fast, dies young, and leaves drought-proof eggs.

Corydoras napoensis

A tiny armored catfish from Ecuador that rewards patient keepers with decades of personality.

Megalodoras uranoscopus

A gentle giant catfish from the Amazon that travels in groups and growls.

Awaous banana

A sand-sifting river giant that grazes algae like an aquatic lawnmower.

Corydoras robustus

One of the largest corys around, rarely seen and worth the hunt.

Hyphessobrycon bentosi

A rosy, fin-flaring little characin that puts on its best show in a crowd.

Hyphessobrycon rosaceus

A softly blushing schooling tetra that rewards keepers who think in groups.

Sturisoma panamense

An elegant whiptail catfish that grazes algae and breathes air when needed.

Sturisoma festivum

A sleek, whiskered algae grazer from the Maracaibo basin with a surprising trick up its sleeve.

Phyllopteryx dewysea

A rose-red sea dragon hiding in the deep, only discovered this century.