Species

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.

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.

Pangio sp. "PAN02"

A mystery kuhli loach with sharp sub-ocular spines and a fondness for piling into hiding spots.

Corydoras elegans

The cory that ditches the bottom and schools in open water.

Micralestes acutidens

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

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.

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.

Aphyosemion striatum

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

Gastromyzon ocellatus

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

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus

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

Phenacogrammus major

A peaceful Congo basin schooler that rewards keepers willing to do their homework.

Corydoras melini

A boldly marked little catfish with a centuries-long lifespan hiding in a two-inch body.

Bagrichthys macropterus

A river-bottom detritivore from Southeast Asia's murky floodplain systems.

Aspidoras pauciradiatus

Tiny Brazilian catfish with a Corydoras personality packed into a one-inch body.

Corydoras delphax

A long-lived armored catfish that breathes air and occasionally blinks at you.

Eirmotus insignis

A tiny barb with bold banding, best appreciated in a species-focused nano setup.

Eirmotus octozona

A tiny, bar-striped cyprinid that rewards patient keepers with natural schooling behavior.

Corydoras sodalis

A long-lived little catfish that genuinely needs the company of its own kind.

Petitella georgiae

The rummy-nose lookalike that rewards those who learn to tell it apart.

Acanthopsoides namromensis

A tiny, rarely kept Vietnamese loach with quiet charm for the patient aquarist.

Hyphessobrycon simulatus

A rarely seen French Guiana tetra that rewards patient hobbyists with graceful schooling behavior.

Carassius auratus var. fantail

The gateway fancy goldfish. Forgiving, long-lived, and shaped like a swimming egg.

Hemigrammus unilineatus

A peaceful shoaler from South America that rewards patient keepers with easy breeding.

Devario maetaengensis

A compact mountain-stream danio with bold patterning from northern Thailand's cool waters.

Pethia ticto

A quietly charming schooling barb from the foothills of South Asia.

Schistura devdevi

A tiny Himalayan stream loach sometimes traded as the firefly loach.

Danio tinwini

A tiny spotted Burmese danio that thrives in numbers and rewards patient keepers.

Laetacara curviceps

A shy, peaceful dwarf cichlid that earns its 'smiling' nickname with gentle charm.

Dianema urostriatum

A peaceful shoaling catfish that actually uses the midwater column