Species

Acanthopsoides molobrion

A pint-sized Bornean loach with a horse-faced look and big personality.

Acanthopsoides robertsi

A tiny burrowing loach with a distinctive caudal marking and big personality.

Dendrochirus brachypterus

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

Oryzias minutillus

A tiny ricefish from Southeast Asian swamps that breeds readily in nano tanks.

Betta dimidiata

A tiny forest stream betta with a spade-shaped tail and mouthbrooding dad.

Aplocheilus parvus

A tiny surface-dwelling predator with a big appetite for mosquito larvae.

Nannostomus marginatus

Tiny, boldly striped pencilfish that thrives in groups and rewards patient keepers.

Peckoltia brevis

A feisty dwarf pleco from Brazil's Purus River with surprisingly bold attitude.

Colomesus tocantinensis

A tiny puffer from Brazilian waters, surprisingly manageable for newer keepers.

Fundulopanchax sjoestedti

A large, boldly colored killifish from West Africa's coastal rainforest swamps.

Hippocampus zosterae

Tiny, monogamous, and endlessly watchable. The seahorse that actually fits a small tank.

Channa gachua

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

Danio nigrofasciatus

A rare, peaceful little danio that thrives best among its own kind.

Otocinclus mariae

Tiny algae-grazer that plasters itself to the glass for a unique underside view.

Tatia gyrina

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

Geophagus megasema

A rare eartheater from the Guaporé basin with surprisingly peaceful community manners.

Geophagus pellegrini

A rarely traded Colombian eartheater with a warm yellow wash and a gentle disposition.

Geophagus proximus

A sand-sifting cichlid that's gentler than its 'aggressive' label suggests.

Geophagus steindachneri

A harem-forming eartheater with a complex personality and mouthbrooding surprises.

Geophagus taeniopareius

A rare Orinoco eartheater that bucks the mouthbrooding norm of its kin.

Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys

A South American eartheater with surprisingly flexible pair-bonding and a cool-water edge.

Satanoperca leucosticta

A sociable eartheater that's surprisingly gentle outside of spawning season.

Gymnogeophagus balzanii

A South American earth eater with a bold nuchal hump and fascinating mouthbrooding habits.

Astatotilapia calliptera

A mouthbrooding generalist from Malawi with real personality to spare.

Melanotaenia splendida splendida

Australia's most variable rainbowfish, with color that takes a year to fully reveal itself.

Melanotaenia splendida

A bold, active schooling fish that rewards with brilliant colors and personality.

Amphiprion sandaracinos

A solid stripe from nose to dorsal fin sets this all-orange clownfish apart.

Chelmonops truncatus

A deep-bodied Australian butterflyfish that lives life strictly in pairs.

Kryptopterus macrocephalus

A rare peat-stream catfish that schools and stays genuinely peaceful in community tanks.

Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis

A peaceful Ecuadorian tetra from shaded forest pools, rarely seen in the trade.

Pangio anguillaris

A worm-like burrowing loach that's rarely seen but endlessly fascinating.

Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor

A century in the hobby, this tiny African cichlid broods its young in its own mouth.

Centropyge eibli

Delicately scribbled markings and reef-range charm in a compact dwarf angel.

Pseudocheilinus octotaenia

A bold, secretive reef wrasse that earns its stripes in more ways than one.

Paracheilinus octotaenia

A Red Sea gem whose dazzling courtship displays have to be seen to be believed.

Sciaenochromis fryeri

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi piscivore that behaves itself in the right company.