Species

Micromussa amakusensis

A compact, fleshy reef coral that's surprisingly forgiving for beginners.

Micromussa lordhowensis

A forgiving, colorful LPS coral that thrives under modest light and flow.

Micromussa regularis

A compact, colorful LPS coral that's genuinely forgiving for reef beginners.

Sclerophyllia maxima

A fleshy, large-polyped coral from turbid Persian Gulf and Somali waters.

Abalistes stellaris

A surprisingly beginner-friendly triggerfish with bold spots and serious size.

Astraea tecta

A tireless reef tank janitor that scrapes algae from glass and rock with quiet efficiency.

Staurogyne repens

A compact, carpet-forming plant that stays tidy even in low-tech tanks.

Apistogramma steindachneri

A harem-breeding dwarf cichlid with bold lateral markings from Guiana's rivers.

Psammocora stellata

A tough, wave-battered coral that shrugs off turbulence most others can't handle.

Synchiropus stellatus

A pint-sized predator from Indian Ocean reefs, built for life among the rubble.

Corydoras sterbai

A long-lived, peaceful catfish that does everything better in a group.

Acestridium dichromum

A twig-mimicking catfish from blackwater Orinoco rivers, rarely seen in the trade.

Heteropneustes fossilis

A tough, air-breathing catfish that comes with a genuinely painful warning.

Pseudanthias hypselosoma

A robust, gregarious anthias that thrives in calmer reef lagoons across the Indo-Pacific.

Dichocoenia stokesii

A tough Atlantic stony coral with distinctive elongated polyp mouths.

Lithophyllon undulatum

A flat, lobed encrusting coral with surprisingly variable coloration across its range.

Apistogramma eremnopyge

A tiny Peruvian cichlid with a dark tail blotch and surprisingly complex social needs.

Corynactis annulata

A tough, colorful corallimorpharian that thrives where most corals struggle.

Corynactis australis

A temperate reef jewel from New Zealand's rocky underwater wilderness.

Corynactis californica

A Pacific anemone lookalike that carpets rocky reefs in vivid, candy-like clusters.

Boraras naevus

A thumbnail-sized Thai rasbora with bold body blotches and big personality in groups.

Erromyzon sp. "Red Spots"

A rarely identified hillstream loach with bold red spots and fascinating spawning behavior.

Madracis myriaster

A finger-shaped Atlantic coral with an impressively wide depth range.

Buccochromis nototaenia

A rarely seen Malawi predator that hunts cichlids over open sand flats.

Puntius lineatus

A peaceful Bornean barb that shows its best colors in a proper school.

Heterocyathus aequicostatus

A free-roaming coral with a live-in worm chauffeur keeping it mobile.

Chilomycterus schoepfii

A spiny, permanently-armed puffer relative that never needs to inflate to look the part.

Pangasionodon hypophthalmus

Sold as a tiny silver juvenile, grows into a tank-busting giant.

Pelvicachromis taeniatus

A cave-spawning West African dwarf cichlid with vivid breeding colors and real personality.

Plotosus lineatus

The only catfish that calls coral reefs home, and it comes armed.

Esomus metallicus

A slender, surface-loving schooler with famously long barbels and a feisty streak.

Anostomus anostomus

A boldly striped South American fish that swims nose-down and plays rough with its own kind.

Boulengerella lateristriga

A torpedo-shaped Amazonian predator that schools when young and hunts when older.

Meiacanthus grammistes

A venomous-fanged blenny that other fish mimic for protection.

Platydoras armatulus

The catfish that actually talks. And you can hear it through the glass.

Selenotoca multifasciata

A bold, active brackish fish that grows big and keeps things lively.