Species

Paracanthurus hepatus

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

Acanthurus coeruleus

A bold Atlantic surgeon fish known for cleaning sea turtles in the wild.

Boehlkea fredcochui

A petite Amazonian schooler that thrives when kept in numbers.

Mimagoniates microlepis

A rare coastal-stream tetra with an unusual internal fertilization strategy.

Xanthichthys mento

A rare triggerfish that schools in the wild and stays manageable in a reef setup.

Oreochromis aureus

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

Acropora loripes

A shape-shifting Acropora with soft blue tips that confound cameras.

Chelidonura varians

A velvety reef predator that hunts flatworms with surprising efficiency.

Xenia coerulea

A pulsing soft coral that almost farms itself on the reef wall.

Tropheus moorii

A Lake Tanganyika specialist that rewards experienced keepers with endlessly fascinating colony dynamics.

Pseudobalistes naufragium

A giant, reef-wrecking curious personality from the Eastern Pacific.

Stephanocoenia intersepta

A demanding Atlantic reef-builder with a subtle rosy flush and tight corallite patterning.

Hemigrammus boesemani

A rarely seen French Guiana tetra that rewards patient hunters with peaceful charm.

Corydoras boesemani

A tiny armored catfish from Suriname that breathes air and stays rare in the hobby.

Melanotaenia boesemani

Two fish in one body: bold orange rear, cool blue-grey front.

Labeo boga

A large, shark-like cyprinid that outgrows most home aquariums.

Pleurosicya boldinghi

A tiny, transparent goby that spends its whole life clinging to soft corals.

Cichlasoma boliviense

A compact South American cichlid that punches above its weight in personality.

Corydoras bilineatus

A long-lived Bolivian cory that breathes air and blinks at you.

Mikrogeophagus altispinosus

The hardier, more forgiving cousin of the popular ram cichlid.

Trachydoras steindachneri

A seldom-seen Amazonian thorny catfish that plays well with smaller tankmates.

Acanella arbuscula

A deep-sea bamboo coral with a detailed, bonsai-like branching structure.

Desmopuntius foerschi

A tiny blackwater barb with bold vertical bars and a lively schooling personality.

Rasbora sarawakensis

A tiny, peaceful Bornean rasbora that's rarely seen but well worth seeking out.

Pangio shelfordii

A patterned eel-loach from Borneo's blackwater forests, with surprising personality for its size.

Gastromyzon ctenocephalus

A tiny Bornean hillstream crawler with iridescent blue fins and bold spotted patterns.

Gastromyzon farragus

A tiny Bornean stream-clinger with a vivid red tail and bold territorial streaks.

Gastromyzon stellatus

A boldly spotted Bornean stream crawler that grazes rocks like a tiny vacuum.

Cycloseris boschmai

A tiny free-living mushroom coral with a mosaic of mottled colors.

Acropora subglabra

A wild-looking thicket coral where only the branch tips stay alive.

Muriceopsis flavida

A bushy Western Atlantic sea plume that's surprisingly forgiving for new reef keepers.

Acropora elseyi

A fir-tree shaped Acropora with tiered bottlebrush branches and a demanding care profile.

Colpophyllia natans

A classic Atlantic brain coral that grows into impressive dome-shaped colonies over time.

Orbicella faveolata

A reef-building heavyweight that has shaped Caribbean reefs for millennia.

Halomitra clavator

A free-living dome coral that sits loose on the sandbed and stays manageable for beginners.

Halomitra pileus

A free-roaming, bowl-shaped coral that grazes soft substrates across the Indo-Pacific.