Species

Schistura pridii

A tiny, feisty loach with bold dragon-like patterning from Thai mountain streams.

Ageneiosus ucayalensis

A large, predatory bottom-dweller with a flattened head and serious appetite.

Cyprinodon brontotheroides

A tiny Bahamian pupfish built to crack open hard-shelled prey no other pupfish can handle.

Barboides gracilis

One of West Africa's tiniest barbs, best kept in large schools in a nano setup.

Pethia phutunio

A tiny, peaceful schooler that thrives best among its own kind.

Ambastaia sidthimunki

Tiny loach with big social rituals and a personality to match

Crenicichla compressiceps

A pocket-sized pike cichlid with an outsized attitude and lightning-fast reflexes.

Astrangia solitaria

A small, solitary coral from the Atlantic that thrives without zooxanthellae.

Acanthopsoides molobrion

A pint-sized Bornean loach with a horse-faced look and big personality.

Dendrochirus brachypterus

A venomous pocket predator that spends most of its time just sitting there, looking menacing.

Oryzias minutillus

A tiny ricefish from Southeast Asian swamps that breeds readily in nano tanks.

Aplocheilus parvus

A tiny surface-dwelling predator with a big appetite for mosquito larvae.

Carinotetraodon salivator

A pint-sized puffer from Borneo's fast-flowing streams, full of personality.

Colomesus tocantinensis

A tiny puffer from Brazilian waters, surprisingly manageable for newer keepers.

Tetraodon duboisi

A rare Congo puffer that packs a big personality into a tiny package.

Fundulopanchax sjoestedti

A large, boldly colored killifish from West Africa's coastal rainforest swamps.

Rasbosoma spilocerca

A tiny Mekong surface dweller that rewards patient keepers with lively schooling behavior.

Hippocampus zosterae

Tiny, monogamous, and endlessly watchable. The seahorse that actually fits a small tank.

Channa gachua

A mouthbrooding snakehead small enough for a community tank with the right neighbors.

Pollimyrus castelnaui

A tiny electric fish from African floodplains, built for life in the weeds.

Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys

A South American eartheater with surprisingly flexible pair-bonding and a cool-water edge.

Gymnogeophagus balzanii

A South American earth eater with a bold nuchal hump and fascinating mouthbrooding habits.

Sandelia bainsii

A rare, air-breathing anabantoid from a handful of South African rivers.

Chelmonops truncatus

A deep-bodied Australian butterflyfish that lives life strictly in pairs.

Kryptopterus macrocephalus

A rare peat-stream catfish that schools and stays genuinely peaceful in community tanks.

Pangio anguillaris

A worm-like burrowing loach that's rarely seen but endlessly fascinating.

Pangio sp. "PAN02"

A mystery kuhli loach with sharp sub-ocular spines and a fondness for piling into hiding spots.

Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor

A century in the hobby, this tiny African cichlid broods its young in its own mouth.

Pseudocheilinus octotaenia

A bold, secretive reef wrasse that earns its stripes in more ways than one.

Sciaenochromis fryeri

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi piscivore that behaves itself in the right company.

Electrophorus electricus

Part knifefish, part power station. This living legend can shock harder than a wall outlet.

Labidochromis caeruleus

The most beginner-friendly mbuna, wearing a yellow that's rarer in the wild than you'd think.

Amplexidiscus fenestrafer

The giant mushroom coral that folds shut to trap and digest whole fish.

Gnathonemus petersii

A trunk-nosed African oddball that navigates the dark using its own electric field.

Nimbochromis linni

A crafty Lake Malawi predator that ambushes prey with surprising patience.

Campylomormyrus elephas

A bizarre, long-snouted electric fish from the Congo with serious personality.