Midwater

Cool side 72-78°F
Size: 1”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 6-10+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Myanmar
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Discovered in 2006

Prefers cool 65-75°F
Size: 1”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 8-15+  

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Myanmar
Loves low flow💧
Shy->heavily planted tank🌱

Size: 1-1.5”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society:   6+
(recommended: species only tank) 

Eats: Carnivore/predator- loves hunting snails
Home: India
Charming behavior
Needs heavily planted tank and driftwood to break line of sight for territories🌱

Prefers soft water
Size: 0.5-0.8”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 10-15+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Borneo
Loves low flow💧
Love tannins in water

Size: 1”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 10-15+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Araguaia Basin
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Love tannins in water

Cool side 65-75°F
Size: 1.5-2”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 10-15+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: India

Prefers soft water
Size: .9”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 10-15+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: SE Asia
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Discovered in 1999
Fast💨💨💨

Size: 1.5–1.7"

Location: Midwater

Society: 10+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Peru
Love tannins in water
Rumor says, "discovered in Germany in 1949 when they were imported simply as "live food" for the leaf fish!"

Size: 1-1.5”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Aripuanã & Madeira Basins 

Size: 1.2"

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Brazil

Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 1"

Location: Midwater

Society: 8-10+ 

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Brazil

Size: 1-1.2"

Location: Midwater

Society: 8-10+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula
Shy->heavily planted tank🌱

Size: 1.5”

Location: Midwater

Society: 8+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Brazil
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰

Size: 1-1.5”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: ♂♀ pair or 2 ♀ per 1 ♂ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: SE Asia
Loves low flow💧
Likes wood and heavily planted tank🌱
Slow movement🐌
They make a croaking chirp song🎶

Size: 1.3"

Location: Midwater

Society: 10+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Brazil

Prefer cool 65-75°F
Size: 1.5”

Location: Midwater

Society: 8+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Myanmar
Likes heavily planted tank🌱

Size: 1.5”

Location: Midwater

Society: 8+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Peru

Size: 1.5”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6-12+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin
Cardinal Tetra same look
Love tannins in water
Likes heavily planted tank🌱

Cool side 64-77°F
Size: 1.5"

Location: Top

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Japan, Korea, China & Vietnam
Adaptable fish💪
Likes floating plants🌱
First domesticated in Japan 1600s
First vertebrates to reproduce in outer space!🧑‍🚀🌠

Prefers cool 65-75°F

Size: 1.5-2”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Vietnam
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
More peaceful than Chinese White Clouds

Prefers cool 65-75°F
Size: 2”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: South Asia  
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Fast💨💨💨

Size: 1.5-2”

Location: Mid/top

Society: solo, ♂♀ pair or 2 ♀ per 1 ♂ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: India/Bangladesh
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Loves low flow💧
Likes wood, floating plants & heavily planted tanks🌱

Gold Star Algae Eater
Size: 1”-2" 

Location: Flat surfaces/top glass

Society: 6+ loves big groups

Eats: Herbivore/grazer, biofilm, diatom & green algae, zucchini, cucumber, algae wafers
Home: South America
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Grow algae before introduction.
Older established tank better.

Size: 2"

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Brazil

Size: 1.5-2”

Location: Midwater

Society:  6-10+  

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Rio Aripuanã Basin
Discovered in 2016

Size: 1.5-2”

Location: Midwater

Society: 8+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Congo

Size: 1.5-2”

Location: Mid/top

Society:   6+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Fast💨💨💨

Size: 1.5-2”

Location: Midwater

Society: 8+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Colombia

Size: 1.5-2”

Location: Midwater

Society: 8+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Peru
Likes heavily planted tank🌱

Size: 1.5–2”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: SE Asia
Likes heavily planted tank🌱

Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 2”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6-10+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin
Sensitive🥲
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Brighter red is generally a sign of good health and low stress

Size: 2”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 6+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Sri Lanka
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Likes heavily planted tank🌱

Size: 2”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: SE Asia
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Likes heavily planted tank🌱

Cool side 65-78°F
Size: 2" 

Location: Midwater

Society:  2 ♀ per ♂ 

Can fin-nip/semi-aggressive/fast eater

Eats: Omnivore/Algavore, biofilm, BBA, green hair, thread, staghorn, green, brown algae, zucchini, cucumber, spinach, peas
Home: Southern USA
Eats soft leaves and attacks plants🌱

Size: 2”

Location: Mid/top

Society:   5+ 

Eats: Carnivore, live or frozen food
Home: Congo
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Slow movement🐌
Will eat smaller fish🫦

Size: 2”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 6+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Sri Lanka
Fast💨💨💨

Size: 1.5-2.5”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 2 ♀ per ♂

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Zanzibar Island
Only live 1 year in wild, up to 2 in tank. Eggs dry out completely until rainy season. This fish's eggs were used by the Wham-O corporation in the 1960s as a kids toy- just add water and instant fish!

Size: 2-2.5”

Location: Mid water

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Colombia

Size: 2-2.5”

Location: Mid water

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Colombia

Size: 2-2.5”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 6+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Indonesia

Prefers cool 60-75°F
Size: 2-3" 

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+ (More = more color) 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: South East USA
Fast 💨💨💨

Prefers cool 65-75°F
Size: 2.5”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore/Algavore
Home: Yangtze River Basin
Pair with freshwater mussels to breed🧜
Females lay eggs inside mussels then the male fertilizes, fry grow up in the safety of a mussel shell.

Size: 2.5-3”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+ 

Eats: Omnivore, spinach, cucumber, peas
Home: South America
Hovers with their head straight down!:D 

Size: 2.5"

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Indonesia

Size: 2.5"

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: India

Size: 2.5-3”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+, large tank

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Congo

Size: 2-3”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin

Size: 2.5-3”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Sri Lanka
Least photogenic fish-
looks better in person

Size: 2.5–3”

Location: Bottom/mid

Society: ♀♂ pair

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Araguaia River Basin
Slow movement🐌

Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 2-3”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 2-6+

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Indonesia
Sensitive🥲
Loves tannins in water
Loves low flow💧

Likes wood, floating plants & extremely dense, heavily planted tanks🌱
Slow movement🐌
Older estsblished tank better.

Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 2-3”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 2-6+

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Indonesia
Sensitive🥲
Loves tannins in water
Loves low flow💧

Likes wood, floating plants & extremely dense, heavily planted tanks🌱
Older estsblished tank better.
Slow movement🐌
Special care-Research!

Size: 2-3”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: SE Asia
Adaptable fish💪

Size: 2-3”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Myanmar
Fast💨💨💨

Size: 2.5-3”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: SE Asia
Adaptable fish💪

Prefers cool 65 -75°F
Size: 2.5-3”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society:   6+ 

Eats: Omnivore/Algavore
Home: Taiwan/China
Pair with freshwater mussels to breed🧜
Females lay eggs inside mussels then the male fertilizes, fry grow up in the safety of a mussel shell.

Size: 3"

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Carnivore

Home: Thailand, Malaysia & Indonesia

Size: 3”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+, large tank

Eats: Carnivore, requires hard-shelled foods like snails, clams, and crustaceans for their continuously growing beak

Home: Amazon Basin
Attacks plants🌱
Smart, long distance vision
Special care-Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Size: 3"

Location: Mid water

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: South Asia
Adaptable fish💪
Fast 💨💨💨

Size: 2.5-3.5”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+, large tank

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Congo

Size: 4”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: Solo or 3

Eats: Carnivore, live or frozen food
Home: West Africa
Sensitive🥲
⚡electrical sensitivity⚡
Must have sand
Special care-Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Size: 3-4”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+, large tank

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Indonesia

Size: 3-4”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Brazil

Size: 4-5”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Papua New Guinea  

Size: 4-5”

Location: Midwater

Society: ♂♀ pair or 2 ♀ per 1 ♂

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Central America
Loves caves, heavily planted tank🌱

Size: 4-5”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Australia

Size: 4-5”

Location: Midwater

Society: Solo, ♂♀ pair or 2 ♀ per 1 ♂

Eats: Omnivore

Home: SE Asia
Slow movement🐌

Size: 4-5”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Papua New Guinea  

Size: 3-4.5”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: Indonesia
Likes tall plants🌱

Cool side 68-78°F
Size: 4.5”

Location: mid water

Society: 6-8+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Loves high flow🌊
Fast💨💨💨

Cool side 68-78°F
Size: 4.5-5”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6-8+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Loves high flow🌊
Fast💨💨💨

Cool side 68-79°F
Size: 4.5-6”

Location: mid water

Society: 6-8+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Loves high flow🌊
Fast💨💨💨

Prefers cool 68 -75°F
Size: 5-6”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+, large tank

Eats: Omnivore

Home: India
Fast💨💨💨

Prefers cool 68-76°F
Size: 4-6”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: South/SE Asia
Fast💨💨💨

Cool side 68-78°F
Size: 4.5-6”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6-8+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Loves high flow🌊
Fast💨💨💨

Cool side 68-78°F
Size: 4.5-6”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6-8+, large tank

Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Loves high flow🌊
Fast💨💨💨

Size: 5-6”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 1-2♀ per 1 ♂ 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: SE Asia
Adaptable fish💪
♂ Aggressive

Likes wood

Prefers soft water
Size: 3-4”

Location: Midwater

Society:   Solo

Eats: Carnivore/live food only
Home: Amazon Basin
Sensitive🥲
Special care-Research!
Slow movement🐌
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Size: 8-10”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: Solo or 5+ with huge tank

Eats: Omnivore
Home: West Africa
Sensitive🥲
Eelectrical sensitivity⚡
Must have sand
Special care-Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️ 

Size: 5-8”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 6+, large tank 

Eats: Omnivore
Home: South America
Sensitive🥲
Attacks plants🌱
Loves high flow🌊
Hovers with their head straight down!:D

Size: 6-8”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: solo or 3+, large tank

Eats: Omnivore, snails, needs algae/veg
Home: Guianas and São Francisco Basin
Sensitive🥲
Attacks plants🌱

Size: 5.5-6”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: 6-8+, Huge tank  

Eats: Omnivore
Home: South America
Sensitive🥲
Attacks plants🌱
Hovers with his head straight down!:D

Size: 6”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 5+, large tank 

Eats: Herbivore/Algavore, spinach, peas, zucchini
Home: Peru
Will devour tank plants🌱

Size: 6"

Location: Midwater

Society: 5+

Eats: Herbivore/Algavore, spinach, peas, zucchini
Home: Amazon Basin
Will devour tank plants🌱

Size: 6-7”

Location: Mid/top

Society: 6+, large tank 

Eats: Herbivore/Algavore, spinach, peas, zucchini
Home: Amazon Basin
Will devour tank plants🌱

Size: 10-12”

Location: Mid/bottom

Society: solo or 6+, huge tank 

Eats: Omnivore, snails
Home: South America
Sensitive🥲
Attacks plants🌱
Lid loves to jump💞
Color morphs from yellow, orange, red and white
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️

Prefers warm 82-86°F
Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 6-8”

Location: Midwater

Society: 6+, large to huge tank

Eats: Omnivore

Home: Amazon Basin
Sensitive🥲
Likes tall plants🌱
Slow movement🐌
Special care-Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Can make a clicking sound🎶