Lower Tank

Size: 1" 

Location: Bottom

Society: 4-6+(More = more color) 

Eats: Herbivore/aufwuchs grazer, biofilm, algae
Home: Indonesia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
♂'s defend a territory

Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 1-1.5" 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society:  ♀♂pair

Eats: Carnivore, frozen, live food
Home: Indonesia
Sensitive🥲
Shy->heavily planted tank🌱

Size: 1" 

Location: Bottom

Society: 5+ 

Eats: Carnivore, frozen/live food(picky)
Home:  Indonesia
This photo is the freshwater species.
Loves low flow💧
Make sure they eat!
♂'s defend a small cave

Size: 1" 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 3-6 

Eats: Carnivore, live food
Home: Myanmar
Loves caves
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Make sure they eat!
Territorial

Size: .75-1.25” 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 6-10+ more the merrier

Eats: Omnivore, scavenger
Home: Colombia and Venezuela
Charming behavior
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Needs sand to dig around in

Prefer cool 64-75F
Size: 1-1.5”

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+

Eats: Carnivore 

Home: India, Bangladesh
Nocturnal🌜

Prefers cool 65°- 75°F
Size: 1.5” 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 1-2 ♀ per 1 ♂, 6+

Eats: Carnivore
Home: Southern USA
Make sure they eat!

Size: 1.5”

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+

Eats: Carnivore

Home: South America
Sensitive🥲
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
May shift colors if not kept in green habitat

Size: 1.5" 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 8-10+

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Vietnam
LID: Loves to jump 💞
Loves low flow💧

Size: 1.5-2” 

Location: Bottom

Society: 2+♀ per 1 ♂ or 6+groups

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer, biofilm, diatoms, green algae, cucumbers, zucchini
Home: Indonesia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
♂'s defend a territory

Prefers hardwater- high pH
Size: 1.5–2”

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+, a colony fish
(recommended: species only tank)  

Eats: Carnivore

Home: Lake Tanganyika
Will dig up plants🌱

Needs empty shells as a home
Very territorial defends its shell home
Special care- Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Size: 1.5" 

Location: Bottom

Society: 2-6

Eats: Herbivore/aufwuchs grazer, biofilm, micro-algae
Home: Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and Micronesia 
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
♂'s defend a territory

Size: 2" 

Location: Bottom

Society: ♀♂ pair or 2 ♀ per 1 ♂

Eats: Carnivore
Home: SE Asia & Oceania
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
♂'s defend a territory with gusto

Size: 1.5" 

Location: Bottom

Society: 2+♀ per 1 ♂

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Guangdong, China
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
♂'s defend a territory

Size: 1.5-2" 

Location: Bottom

Society: Solo or 2-5

Eats: Carnivore  
Home: Indonesia  
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
♂'s defend a territory with gusto

Size: 2” 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 6+ more the merrier

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Malaysia  

Size: 2"

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer 

Home: Southeast Asia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 2.1"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer

Home: Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia)
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 2"

Location: Bottom

Society: 3+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Guangxi, China

Loves flat stones & high flow 🌊
Youths have black and white coloring while adults are more molted

Size: 2"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer

Home: South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 2"

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra & Java

Loves leaf litter,tubes & heavily planted tank🌱
Needs sand to dig around in
Nocturnal🌜

Size: 2.3"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer

Home: Laos & China
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 2-2.5" 

Location: Bottom

Society: 2+♀ per 1 ♂

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer, biofilm, algae
Home: SE Asia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
♂'s defend a territory

Size: 2-2.5" 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 6-10+

Eats: Omnivore, snails
Home: Thailand

Needs sand to dig around in
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Size: 2-2.5”

Location: Bottom

Society: 5+

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer

Home: Borneo
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 2.5” 

Location: Bottom

Society:  1-2 ♀ per 1 ♂

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Paraguay   
Loves caves, sand & leaf litter

Loves heavily planted tank🌱
Territorial while breeding
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Size: 2.6"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer, biofilm

Home: Guangdong, China
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 2.5"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer

Home: Sarawak, Malaysia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 2.5–3"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Vietnam & Laos
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 1.5-3” 

Location: Bottom

Society: 2-6+

Eats: Carnivore
Home: Papua New Guinea
Loves Caves
Loves heavily planted tank🌱
Mildly territorial while breeding

Prefers Warmer 78-84F
Size: 2-3” 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: ♀♂ pair -monogamous💍

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Venezuela and Colombia
Loves plants and big flat stones
Needs sand to dig around in
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Size: 2.5-3”

Location: Bottom

Society: solo or 2 ♀ per 1 ♂

Eats: Carnivore

Home: Australia
Loves caves
♂'s defend a territory

Prefers cool 68–75°F
Size: 2.5”-3" 

Location: Bottom/flat surfaces

Society: 3-5+ 

Eats: Omnivore/grazer , biofilm, diatom, hair & green algae, zucchini, cucumber
Home: Vietnam and Laos
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊

Size: 2.5–3"

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+ more the merrier

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Peru
Loves heavily planted tank🌱
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Charming behavior
Needs sand to dig around in
Will "run" up to surface to get a big gulp of air sometimes

Size: 2-3” 

Location: Bottom

Society: 3+ 

Eats: Carnivore
Home: Upper Amazon Basin
Likes driftwood home
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Nocturnal🌜

Size: 2-3" 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 3-5 

Eats: Carnivore, live food
Home: Myanmar
Loves caves
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Make sure they eat!
Territorial

Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 3” 

Location: Bottom

Society:  1-2 ♀ per 1 ♂ 

Eats: Carnivore
Home: Peru
Loves caves, sand & leaf litter
Loves heavily planted tank🌱
Territorial while breeding
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Size: 1.5–3"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Brazil, Colombia & Venezuela

Size: 3" 

Location: Bottom

Society: 5+

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Indonesia
Sensitive🥲
Likes heavily planted tank🌱

Needs sand to dig around in

Size: 3” 

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+ 

Eats: Omnivore, scavenger
Home: South America
Charming behavior
Adults are pink/white, youths have mohawks and spots
Needs sand to dig around in
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Size: 3"

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Brazil & Bolivia
Needs sand to dig around in
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Cool side 72°- 79°F
Size: 2.5-3”

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Thailand & Myanmar
Loves leaf litter/tubes
Needs sand to dig around/hide in

Size: 3–3.5"

Location: Bottom

Society: Solo 

Eats: Carnivore

Home: Brazil
Territorial

Cool side 68°- 77°F
Size: 2.5-3.5" 

Location: Bottom

Society: Solo or 3+ 

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer, biofilm, diatom, hair & green algae, zucchini, cucumber, spinach
Home: Myanmar
Charming behavior
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 3.5"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Brazil & Peru

Size: 3-4”

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: ♀♂ pair, monogamous💍

Eats: Omnivore

Home: West Africa
Adaptable fish💪
Loves caves, heavily planted tank🌱
Territorial while breeding
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 2.5-3.5” 

Location: Bottom

Society:  1-2 ♀ per 1 ♂

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin 
Loves caves, sand & leaf litter

Loves heavily planted tank🌱

Size: 3-4” 

Location: Bottom

Society: 6+ more the merrier

Eats: Omnivore, scavenger
Home: SE Asia
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Suggested lid for tank

Charming behavior
Loves leaf litter, tubes & heavily planted tank🌱
Needs sand to dig around in
Nocturnal🌜

Size: 4” 

Location: Bottom

Society: 5+

Eats: Carnivore
Home: Australia
Loves Caves

Size: 4"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Carnivore

Home: India, Bangladesh & Myanmar
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊

Cool side 68–77°F
Size: 4” 

Location: Bottom/flat surfaces

Society: 3-5+

Eats: Omnivore, biofilm, diatom
Home: Mekong Basin
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊

Size: 4” 

Location: Bottom

Society: 5+, large tank

Eats: Omnivore, eats snails
Home: SE Asia
Adaptable fish💪
Territorial & pushy on bottom zone
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Size: 4"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer

Home: Borneo
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 4” 

Location: Bottom

Society: solo or ♀♂ pair, large tank

Eats: Carnivore
Home: Peru
Sensitive🥲
Venomous dorsal and opercular spines
Nocturnal🌜
Needs sand to hide in
Special care- Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
They make a humming sound!🎶

Size: 3-4.5" 

Location: Bottom

Society: 4-6

Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer, biofilm, green,brown film
Home: Ataran River Drainage
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction

Size: 4-5” 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 6-8+, large tank

Eats: Carnivore
Home: Oceania
Tolerates 68F to 95F, pH 5 to 9, brackish and salt water- Research!
Loves Caves
Territorial while breeding

Size: 3-4"

Location: Bottom

Society: 4+

Eats: Carnivore, insects, crustaceans, worms, small fish

Home: Qiantang and Zhujiang, China
old name Microphysogobio tafangensis
Territorial while breeding

Size: 3-5" 

Location: Bottom

Society: 5+

Eats: Omnivore, snails
Home: India

Needs sand to dig around in
Territorial on bottom zone if less than 5 of his own species or cramped in tank
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Size: 4-5”

Location: Bottom

Society: 3+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Lake Tanganyika
In the wild, it's 10" relative (S. multipunctatus) watches mouth brooding cichlid lay eggs in the sand, then lays it's eggs in same spot, cuckoo's eggs hatch faster and eat all the cichild fry in the mother's mouth <:o
They squeak!🎶

Gold Star Algae Eater
Size: 4–6”

Location: Bottom

Society: solo

Eats: Herbivore/omnivore, must have wood, biofilm, diatom & green algae, zucchini, cucumber

Home: South America
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Large bio load💩

Territorial if crowded -needs a cave
Many different color morph$💸

Gold Star Algae Eater

Size: 5”-6" 

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 3+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore/Algivore, biofilm, BBA, hair, brown & green algae, zucchini, cucumber
Home: SE Asia
Adaptable fish💪

“Flying foxes” similar look-not as good 
DO NOT BUY “Chinese” algae eaters - aggressive, eats slime off other fish-yuck!

Size: 4-6" 

Location: Bottom

Society: 4-6, large tank

Eats: Carnivore, eats snails
Home: India
Adaptable fish💪
Needs sand to dig around in
Territorial & pushy on bottom zone
Fast!💨💨💨
Can make a clicking sound🎶

Size: 5-6”

Location: Bottom

Society: 1+

Eats: Carnivore, will eat small creatures

Home: SE Asia
Loves caves, heavily planted tank🌱

Size: 5-6”

Location: Bottom

Society: Solo tank -aggressive

Eats: Carnivore- will eat everyone>:O
Home: Congo
Sensitive🥲
Needs sand to hide in
Special care- Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Size: 5-6”

Location: Bottom

Society: solo, 3+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: South America

Size: 5-6” 

Location: Bottom

Society: Solo, large tank

Eats: Carnivore, live foods, fish, crustaceans & aquatic insects
Home: Australia
Sensitive🥲
Make sure they eat!- Target feeding(?)
Needs sand to hide in
Special care- Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Prefers Warmer 77-82F
Size: 6-6.5”

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: 2-6+

Eats: Carnivore, LIVE FOOD only-copepods, daphnia, baby brine shrimp, mosquito larvae

Home: India & Bangladesh
Sensitive🥲
Loves low flow💧
Established older tank
Special care- Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Size: 6-8”

Location: Bottom

Society: 3+

Eats: Herbivore/aufwuchs grazer, must have wood

Home: Venezuela
Loves wood

Size: 6-8” 

Location: Bottom

Society: 3-5, large tank

Eats: Omnivore
Home: SE Asia
Sensitive🥲
Loves leaf litter/tubes
Needs sand to dig around/hide in

Size: 7-10” 

Location: Bottom

Society:  6+, large tank 

Eats: Carnivore
Home: Amazon Basin
Sensitive🥲
Loves leaf litter, caves & tubes
Nocturnal🌜
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Prefers cool 68- 72°F
Size: 11"

Location: Bottom

Society: 1-2, large tank

Eats: Herbivore/aufwuchs grazer, occasional omnivore

Home: South America
Likes wood

Size: 12”

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: Solo, large tank

Eats: Carnivore

Home: South America
Sensitive🥲
Loves leaf litter, caves & tubes
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Size: 10-12” 

Location: Bottom

Society: Solo, large tank

Eats: Carnivore, chopped raw tilapia 

Home: West & Central Africa
different species shift color to match substrate
Will try to get out-HEAVY LID
Loves caves/tubes
Nocturnal🌜
Likes sand to dig around in
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Size: 24”

Location: Bottom

Society: 2+, large tank

Eats: Carnivore
Home: West & Central Africa
Will try to get out-HEAVY LID
Loves caves/tubes
Nocturnal🌜
Likes sand to dig around in
long body/long life! 20+ years
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Size: 24-36”

Location: Bottom

Society: Solo, huge tank

Eats: Carnivore, adults need earthworms, chopped shrimp, fish

Home: SE Asia
Sensitive🥲
Will try to get out-HEAVY LID
Loves caves/tubes

Nocturnal🌜
Needs DEEP sand to dig and hide in
long body/long life! 15 years
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️