Species

Ancistrus hoplogenys

A peaceful, algae-grazing bristlenose from the Amazon with an unusual breathing trick.

Plerogyra sinuosa

Grape-like bubbles by day, sweeping tentacles by night. A coral of two faces.

Plerogyra simplex

Bubble-covered by day, tentacled hunter by night. A coral with a double life.

Horabagrus brachysoma

A gorgeous giant catfish that outgrows most home tanks before you know it.

Batrochoglanis raninus

A compact, cave-hoarding ambush predator with serious attitude for its size.

Pseudopimelodus bufonius

A boldly patterned South American catfish that's surprisingly easy to keep.

Botia histrionica

A patterned loach from clear Himalayan streams that thrives in sociable, active groups.

Peckoltia vittata

A boldly banded dwarf pleco that works the rocks and driftwood at night.

Parotocinclus jumbo

A tiny armored catfish with big personality and a clever breathing trick.

Schistura deansmarti

A blind, ghostly cave loach found nowhere else on Earth.

Mycedium elephantotus

Frilly, leaf-like plates with outward-facing corallites that give it a sculptural look.

Leiocassis longirostris

A large, long-snouted catfish from China's great rivers, built for serious hobbyists.

Vaillantella maassi

A secretive, eel-like loach with a bold orange dorsal stripe and a sky-high price tag.

Acanthodoras cataphractus

A armored, sound-making catfish that genuinely prefers company of its own kind.

Panaqolus maccus

A compact, cave-loving pleco with bold patterns and a feisty streak toward its own kind.

Synodontis decorum

A boldly patterned Congo catfish with a dramatically elongated dorsal fin ray.

Synodontis decorus

A bold Congo catfish with a clown's wardrobe and a surprisingly peaceful personality.

Cnidoglanis macrocephalus

A peaceful Australian giant that hides by day and hunts by night.

Hypostomus plecostomus

The classic algae-scrubbing catfish that outgrows almost every tank it's sold for.

Synodontis pleurops

Enormous-eyed Congo catfish that vanishes the moment the lights come on.

Butis butis

The brackish ambush predator that hunts just as happily upside down as right-side up.

Merulina ampliata

A reef plate coral that builds detailed ridged fans across lagoon floors.

Merulina scabricula

A sculptural reef coral with fan-like ridges and soft blue margins.

Tubastraea faulkneri

A brilliant non-photosynthetic cup coral that thrives in the shadows of the reef.

Tubastraea tagusensis

A shade-loving cup coral that thrives where most others would starve.

Diploastrea heliopora

A boulder-sized reef builder with a beautifully geometric, honeycomb surface.

Lobophyllia vitiensis

A fleshy, low-maintenance LPS coral that thrives under gentle flow.

Auchenipterichthys longimanus

A secretive Amazonian catfish that rewards patient keepers with fascinating nocturnal behavior.

Centromochlus perugiae

A tiny, shy catfish that rewards patient keepers with fascinating surface-feeding antics.

Dendrochirus brachypterus

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

Otocinclus affinis

Tiny, tireless algae scrubbers that work best in a crew

Channa gachua

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

Tatia gyrina

A tiny Amazonian catfish that thrives in shadowy, plant-choked blackwater streams.

Channallabes apus

A serpentine African catfish that hunts prey on dry land.

Gnathonemus petersii

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

Silurus glanis

One of the largest freshwater fish alive, and it knows it.