Species

Xiphophorus cortezi

A gentle, lesser-known Mexican swordtail for the planted community tank.

Aspidoras depinnai

A tiny Brazilian catfish with a surprisingly long lifespan and air-breathing tricks.

Pictichromis diadema

Bold reef personality packed into a two-tone, pocket-sized package.

Wetmorella albofasciata

A tiny, secretive reef wrasse that haunts caves and rarely ventures into the open.

Moenkhausia pittieri

Sold as a dull juvenile, it matures into something that genuinely sparkles.

Valenciennea puellaris

A sand-sifting goby that tidies your substrate and bonds for life with a partner.

Paratrygon aiereba

A river giant shaped like a discus, with a venomous tail to match its size.

Cynodon gibbus

A surprisingly docile predator with fang-like teeth that can work in a community tank.

Krobia itanyi

A subtly beautiful South American cichlid with surprisingly gentle manners for the genus.

Equetus lanceolatus

A boldly striped reef fish shaped like a living exclamation mark.

Salminus brasiliensis

A spectacular game fish that genuinely has no place in a home aquarium.

Fowleria isostigma

A small, secretive cardinalfish that haunts muddy flats and rocky refuges.

Pseudochromis porphyreus

Pocket-sized and bold, this vivid reef dweller punches well above its weight.

Pseudochromis splendens

A solitary reef-dweller from Indo-Pacific drop-offs, compact and reef-compatible.

Stonogobiops dracula

A tiny goby that shares its home with a blind shrimp partner.

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.

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.