Species

Butis butis

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

Ludwigia repens

A hardy red-green stem plant that rewards even beginners with bold color.

Ludwigia repens 'Rubin'

Deep burgundy foliage that intensifies under brighter light, great for bold background color.

Girardinus creolus

A rare Cuban livebearer that occupies the middle of the water column.

Terapon jarbua

A wide-ranging estuarine predator that bridges salt and freshwater with ease.

Anomastraea irregularis

A tough, low-profile coral from turbid shallows, active even in daylight.

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.

Merulina scheeri

A plate-forming reef coral built for low-light crevices and silty lagoon slopes.

Chaetodon vagabundus

A wide-ranging reef butterfly that pairs for life and patrols its territory together.

Trichopsis vittata

The gourami that settles arguments with sound instead of fins.

Tridacna crocea

A compact, vividly patterned giant clam that bores into reef rock for security.

Bagarius suchus

A rapids-dwelling predator built more for public aquariums than home tanks.

Indostomus crocodilus

A tiny armored oddity from Thai blackwater streams, best kept in small groups.

Chaetodon xanthurus

The only butterflyfish with a true crosshatch pattern on its sides.

Leptastrea bewickensis

A tough, low-profile reef coral that quietly holds its own across the Indo-Pacific.

Leptastrea bottae

A tough encrusting coral with bold skeletal texture and wide Indo-Pacific range.

Leptastrea inaequalis

A tough, encrusting coral with vivid green and yellow calices across a wide reef range.

Leptastrea purpurea

A tough, encrusting Indo-Pacific coral with a surprisingly vast natural range.

Leptastrea transversa

A flat, encrusting Indo-Pacific coral with bold angular corallites and broad reef tolerance.

Aequorea victoria

The bioluminescent Pacific jelly that inspired a Nobel Prize-winning discovery.

Trochilocharax ornatus

A scaleless micro-tetra with internal fertilization and serious personality for its size.

Caridina cantonensis

Boldly patterned dwarf shrimp that reward careful water chemistry with constant activity.

Caridina logemanni

The iconic red-and-white dwarf shrimp that turned nano tanks into an art form.

Hyphessobrycon haraldschultzi

A rare Araguaia gem that rewards patient schooling setups with vivid red coloring.

Nandopsis tetracanthus

Cuba's only native cichlid: territorial, long-lived, and surprisingly personable.

Atractosteus tristoechus

A living fossil from Cuba that outgrows almost any home aquarium.

Bodianus pulchellus

A reef-safe wrasse relative that moonlights as a cleaner fish when young.

Synodontis petricola

The catfish that tricks cichlids into raising its young. Nature's ultimate con artist.

Pethia cumingii

A peaceful Sri Lankan gem with bold black blotches and sunshine-yellow fins.

Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) capensis

A solitary cold-water cup coral built for dimly lit, current-swept reefs.

Biotodoma cupido

A peaceful community cichlid that rewards keepers who buy a proper group.

Acanthurus xanthopterus

A wide-ranging giant surgeonfish that breaks the herbivore rules.

Porites cylindrica

A smooth-branching reef builder that can dominate entire lagoon zones.

Neolamprologus pulcher

A Lake Tanganyika cichlid with a remarkably complex social family life.

Oryzias woworae

A tiny Indonesian ricefish that glows red and blue at spawning time.