Species

Sarotherodon melanotheron

A hardy West African mouthbreeder that thrives in brackish and freshwater setups alike.

Steatocranus casuarius

A bottom-bouncing Congo cichlid with a legendary pair bond and comical personality.

Astatoreochromis alluaudi

A versatile Victorian cichlid with teeth built to crush snails whole.

Astroblepus ubidiai

A small Ecuadorian mountain catfish with big personality for planted setups.

Periophthalmus barbarus

A true amphibious fish that walks, climbs, and breathes air on land.

Pseudotropheus aurora

A scrappy Malawi mbuna from the rock-sand interface, with real personality to spare.

Amphiprion rubrocinctus

Australia's own anemonefish, rarely seen outside its home waters.

Chrysiptera hemicyanea

A bold splash of blue and yellow that punches above its small size.

Poecilia maylandi

A little-known Mexican molly with big personality and a taste for algae.

Platystacus cotylephorus

A leaf-mimicking catfish that carries its eggs on fleshy belly stalks.

Tilapia sparrmanii

A peaceful, plant-grazing tilapia that pairs up to raise its young.

Chaetodon striatus

A Caribbean reef classic that moonlights as a cleaning station attendant.

Heniochus acuminatus

A boldly striped banner-finned beauty that cruises reef channels in elegant pairs.

Scleromystax barbatus

The giant of the cory world, with a beard and a serious attitude to match.

Stegastes leucostictus

A small, personable damselfish that tends its own algae garden on the reef floor.

Centropyge bicolor

A boldly two-toned dwarf angel that darts and hides across the reef.

Trachycorystes trachycorystes

A hefty South American catfish with unusual reproductive biology and serious presence.

Neoglyphidodon melas

A boldly colored damsel with a feisty attitude that only grows with age.

Thorichthys pasionis

A lesser-known Central American cichlid with bold personality and a distinctive dark throat.

Chaetodon kleinii

A wide-ranging butterflyfish that thrives deeper than most of its relatives.

Carassius auratus var. blackmoor

The velvety, telescope-eyed goldfish that turns heads in any pond or tank.

Pygoplites diacanthus

One of the reef's most recognizable angels, and one of its trickiest to keep.

Cryptoheros spilurus

A compact Central American cichlid with fierce pair bonds and big personality.

Melanochromis johanni

A Lake Malawi rock-dweller with bold colors and bolder attitude.

Amphiprion latezonatus

A rare Australian clownfish with bold white bands and a surprisingly deep blue lip.

Labeotropheus fuelleborni

A rock-grazing Lake Malawi cichlid with a bold personality and remarkable color diversity.

Paracanthurus hepatus

The fish that plays dead, then rules the reef with bold personality.

Oreochromis aureus

A cold-tolerant tilapia with surprising hardiness and a calm, active personality.

Ancistrus dolichopterus

The classic bristlenose pleco, with a face full of tentacles and a big personality.

Carassius auratus var. bubble-eye

The wobbling, sac-eyed goldfish that demands a bubble-safe aquarium.

Haplochromis burtoni

A scrappy Tanganyikan cichlid with bold color and an attitude to match.

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

A Central American cichlid that bonds for life and redecorates constantly.

Carassius auratus var. calico

A patchwork of orange, black, and white that only gets better with age.

Etroplus canarensis

A rare freshwater-only Indian cichlid that's surprisingly social when kept in numbers.

Awaous flavus

A sand-sifting South American goby with bold red fin markings and real personality.

Bodianus bimaculatus

A small, sociable reef hogfish that thrives in deep-slope habitats and reef drop-offs.