Species

Centropyge aurantia

A rarely photographed dwarf angel that genuinely earns its golden name.

Centropyge heraldi

A clean, all-yellow dwarf angel that's bolder than its simple look suggests.

Chaetodon semilarvatus

A bold golden butterflyfish from the Red Sea that pairs for life.

Apogon aureus

A social reef dweller that rearranges its social life with the seasons.

Stenopus scutellatus

A banded cleaner shrimp from the Atlantic with serious attitude for its size.

Valenciennea strigata

A sand-sifting goby that pairs for life and keeps your substrate spotless.

Siganus guttatus

A schooling reef herbivore with venomous spines and a tide-following lifestyle.

Isis hippuris

A branching golden sea fan that brings genuine wild-reef structure to the home aquarium.

Parazoanthus swiftii

A golden colonial zoanthid from Caribbean and Atlantic reefs, thriving in low light.

Cypraea annulus

A small Indo-Pacific cowrie with a distinctive golden ring and peaceful nature.

Opistognathus randalli

A bold little burrower with a jaw-locking temper to match its golden markings.

Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus

A rare, gold-flecked angel from remote Pacific atolls that few hobbyists ever see in person.

Favia fragum

A compact Atlantic coral that fits anywhere and forgives beginner mistakes.

Pleuractis granulosa

A free-living mushroom coral with a satisfyingly textured, bumpy surface.

Takifugu niphobles

A beach-spawning puffer with genuinely wild reproductive behavior.

Epizoanthus arenaceus

A low-light Atlantic zoanthid with a quiet, encrusting presence in reef tanks.

Elacatinus multifasciatus

A tiny reef cleaner that lives among sea urchin spines in the wild.

Scarus quoyi

A reef grazer that roams coral channels in small, peaceful groups.

Auriglobus nefastus

A freshwater puffer that makes a living stealing scales from other fish.

Palythoa mutuki

A hardy Indo-Pacific zoanthid that earns its place on beginner reef tanks.

Helioseris cucullata

A low-light Caribbean coral that forgives beginner mistakes and stays reef safe.

Madracis decactis

A compact Atlantic reef builder with distinctive ten-rayed polyps and rich green tones.

Clavularia viridis

A hardy, low-light soft coral that spreads cheerfully across rock and substrate.

Tetraodon fluviatilis

A curious, toothy brackish predator that never stops exploring its tank.

Mecaenichthys immaculatus

A cool-water damselfish from Australian rocky reefs with attentive parenting instincts.

Acentrogobius caninus

A bold estuarine goby with a wild secret: it carries tetrodotoxin.

Dichotomyctere nigroviridis

A nippy, curious puffer that gets more belligerent with every passing year.

Euphyllia paraglabrescens

Bubble-tipped tentacles that stay open around the clock, day and night.

Xenia viridis

A beginner-friendly soft coral native to New Caledonian reefs.

Chiloscyllium punctatum

A true shark that crawls the seafloor and can survive hours out of water.

Palythoa tuberculosa

A hardy reef flat zoanthid that forms dense, encrusting colonies across the Indo-Pacific.

Apolemichthys griffisi

A rare deep-reef angel that almost never makes it to the hobby.

Pterogorgia guadalupensis

A graceful, branching sea whip from subtropical Atlantic reefs, manageable even for newer reefers.

Arothron meleagris

A bold, intelligent puffer that will learn your face and test your corals.

Sphoeroides marmoratus

A hardy Atlantic puffer with a taste for crunching hard-shelled prey.

Stichodactyla haddoni

A vast, velvety carpet anemone that hosts clownfish and dominates any reef bed.