Species

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.

Apistogramma elizabethae

A tiny Amazonian cichlid with bold markings and fascinating cave-spawning behavior.

Acropora palmata

A Caribbean reef giant with thick, branching arms built to take a pounding.

Auriglobus silus

A compact puffer from Indonesian waters with a big personality and sharper teeth.

Pseudochromis elongatus

A secretive reef cave-dweller with a slim, darting silhouette.

Micralestes acutidens

A sleek African tetra that shares its wild home with the fearsome tigerfish.

Leptobotia elongata

A river giant from the Yangtze that demands serious space and serious commitment.

Pleuractis paumotensis

A free-living mushroom coral that slowly wanders across the reef floor.

Epizoanthus leptoderma

A cool-water Pacific zoanthid suited for the patient, detail-oriented reef keeper.

Hyphessobrycon amandae

Tiny, flame-colored schooler that glows in a planted tank.

Brochis splendens

A chunky, armored schooler that breathes air and gets along with everyone.

Corydoras splendens

A larger, iridescent cory that schooled under a different genus name for decades.

Mithraculus sculptus

The reef keeper's secret weapon against bubble algae outbreaks.

Danio erythromicron

A jewel-sized Lake Inle native that rewards patient keepers with bold group behavior.

Brevibora dorsiocellata

A tiny, peaceful schooler with a vivid flash of green in its eye.

Betta smaragdina

A wild-caught relative of the common betta with iridescent emerald scales and surprising calm.

Pomacanthus imperator

One of the ocean's most dramatically patterned fish, and a true centerpiece species.

Botia udomritthiruji

A boldly barred Myanmar loach with a lively personality and complex social life.

Channa marulioides

A large, predatory swamp hunter with dramatic color variations across its range.

Nematobrycon palmeri

A hardy, community-friendly tetra with an unmistakable blue-eyed gaze.

Erythropodium caribaeorum

A soft, velvety Caribbean encruster that's surprisingly forgiving for new reef keepers.

Alcyonium coralloides

A Mediterranean native that brings old-world reef character to the cold-water tank.

Psammocora haimiana

A hardy encrusting coral with a wide Indo-Pacific range and understated charm.

Coenocyathus bowersi

A solitary Eastern Pacific cup coral found from shallow reefs to surprising depths.

Poecilia wingei

Jewel-bright nano livebearer that breeds almost faster than you can plan for it.

Hemiscyllium ocellatum

A reef-walking shark that shuts down its own brain to survive low oxygen.

Chaetodon paucifasciatus

A Red Sea gem with bold chevron patterning and a loyal pair bond.

Aphyosemion striatum

A peaceful, long-lived killifish that's genuinely beginner-friendly and easy to breed.

Silurus glanis

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

Cirrhilabrus exquisitus

A flamboyant fairy wrasse that puts on constant courtship displays in the reef tank.

Oculina diffusa

A compact Caribbean branching coral that thrives under low light conditions.

Gastromyzon ocellatus

A patterned Bornean stream-clinger with a bold red tail and real personality.

Tetraodon lineatus

A large, aggressive African puffer that will bite the hand that feeds it. Literally.

Neolamprologus brichardi

A Lake Tanganyika cichlid that raises its young as a multigenerational family group.

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

A skin-shedding catfish that produces a milky defensive toxin when stressed.