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Coral Red Pencilfish Nannostomus mortenthaleri
Coral Red Pencilfish Nannostomus mortenthaleri
Prefers softwater- Low pH
Size: 1.5"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: 10+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Peru
ONLY BUY CAPTIVE BRED
*alt. Red Beckford's Pencilfish
Sensitive🥲🥲🥲
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Loves low flow💧
Rio Amaya Red Pencilfish
Nannostomus sp. "Rio Amaya"
Rio Amaya Red Pencilfish
Nannostomus sp. "Rio Amaya"
Prefers softwater- Low pH
Size: 1.5"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Peru
Sensitive🥲🥲🥲
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Loves low flow💧
Red Beckford's Pencilfish
Nannostomus beckfordi
Red Beckford's Pencilfish
Nannostomus beckfordi
Size: 2"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: 10+
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Amazon Basin
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Loves low flow💧
Chili Rasbora
Boraras brigittae
Chili Rasbora
Boraras brigittae
Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 0.5-0.8”
Temp: 72-77F🌴
Location: Mid/top
Society: 10-15+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Borneo
Phoenix and Strawberry Rasbora similar
Loves low flow💧
Love tannins in water
Shy->heavily planted tank & floating plants🌱
Tight calm schooling behavior
Ember Tetra
Hyphessobrycon amandae
Ember Tetra
Hyphessobrycon amandae
Size: 1”
Temp: 76-78F🌴
Location: Mid/top
Society: 10-15+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Araguaia Basin
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Love tannins in water
Foods rich in carotenoids turn them red.
Do not keep less than 10> they can get aggro towards each other.
Ruby Tetra/
Red Pepper Salmon
Axelrodia riesei
Ruby Tetra/
Red Pepper Salmon
Axelrodia riesei
Size: 1”
Temp: 72-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 8-10+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Colombia
Hovers like a hawk, methodically stalking prey in the substrate. Slow intelligent behavior.🧠A "thinking man's" fish.:)
Vietnamese White Cloud Tanichthys micagemmae
Vietnamese White Cloud Tanichthys micagemmae
Size: 1-1.25”
Cool 65-72°F❄️
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Vietnam
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
More peaceful than Chinese White Clouds
Flame Tetra
Hyphessobrycon flammeus
Flame Tetra
Hyphessobrycon flammeus
Size: 1.5”
Temp: 74-79F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 8+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Brazil
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Loves low flow💧
Extinct in the wild due to industrialization, pollution, invasive species and dams. Thrives in pet trade worldwide.
Red Devil Tetra
Hyphessobrycon notidanos
Red Devil Tetra
Hyphessobrycon notidanos
Size: 1-2"
Temp: 75-80F 🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin (specifically the Tapajós River basin)
Siamese Fighting Fish/"Betta"
Betta splendens
Siamese Fighting Fish/"Betta"
Betta splendens
Size: 2-2.5"
Temp: 76-81F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: solo, never multi-♂s
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Chao Phraya and Mekong Basins
Adaptable fish💪💪💪
Smart🧠🧠🧠
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes floating plants & heavily planted tank🌱
Loves low flow💧
Muzel Red Cherry Tetra
Hyphessobrycon sp. Muzel
Muzel Red Cherry Tetra
Hyphessobrycon sp. Muzel
Size: 1.5-2”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 8+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Peru
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Cherry Barb
Rohanella titteya
Cherry Barb
Rohanella titteya
Size: 2”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid/bottom
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Sri Lanka
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Fmr. Puntius titteya
Vulnerable in the wild due to pollution and habitat loss. Thrives in pet trade worldwide.
🚫🦐
Bloodfin Tetra
Aphyocharax anisitsi
Bloodfin Tetra
Aphyocharax anisitsi
Size: 1.5-2”
Temp: 72-78F🌴
Location: Mid/top
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Fast💨💨💨
Rummy Nose Tetra
Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Rummy Nose Tetra
Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 2”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
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
Zigzag Tetra
Hyphessobrycon hexastichos
Zigzag Tetra
Hyphessobrycon hexastichos
Size: 2-2.2”
Temp: 73-81F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Upper Tapajós Basin, Brazil
Guentheri Killifish
Nothobranchius guentheri
Guentheri Killifish
Nothobranchius guentheri
Size: 1.5-2.5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
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!
🚫🦐
Volcano Bitterling
Rhodeus ocellatus
Volcano Bitterling
Rhodeus ocellatus
Size: 2.5”
Cool 65-75°F❄️
Location: Mid/bottom
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore/Algavore
Home: Yangtze River Basin, East Asia
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.🐣
Rainbow Shiner
Notropis chrosomus
Rainbow Shiner
Notropis chrosomus
Size: 2-3"
Cool 60-75°F❄️
Location: Mid/top
Society: 6+ (More = more color)
Eats: Omnivore
Home: South East USA
Turns red when breeding
Fast 💨💨💨
Red Laser/Watermelon Tetra
Hemigrammus coeruleus
Red Laser/Watermelon Tetra
Hemigrammus coeruleus
Size: 2-3”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin
Kali Tawa Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia sp. "Kali Tawa"
Kali Tawa Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia sp. "Kali Tawa"
Size: 3"
Temp: 75-82F 🌴
Location: Midwater-Surface
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Kali Tawa River, West Papua, Indonesia
🚫🦐
Black Ruby Barb
Pethia nigrofasciata
Black Ruby Barb
Pethia nigrofasciata
Size: 2.5-3”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Sri Lanka
Least photogenic fish-
looks better in person
Chili Red Rosy Barb
Pethia conchonius
Chili Red Rosy Barb
Pethia conchonius
Size: 3"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid water
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore, hair & staghorn algae
Home: South Asia
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Fast 💨💨💨
🚫🦐
Odessa Barb
Pethia padamya
Odessa Barb
Pethia padamya
Size: 2-3”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Myanmar
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Fast💨💨💨
🚫🦐
Millennium Rainbowfish
Glossolepis pseudoincisus
Millennium Rainbowfish
Glossolepis pseudoincisus
Size: 3-4”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Indonesia
🚫🦐
Bleher's Rainbowfish
Chilatherina bleheri
Bleher's Rainbowfish
Chilatherina bleheri
Size: 4-4.7”
Temp: 73-81F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Lake Holmes, Mamberamo Basin, Indonesia
"Blyth River" Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia trifasciata
"Blyth River" Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia trifasciata
Size: 4-5"
Temp: 75-84F🌴
Location: Mid/top
Society: 6+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Blyth River, Australia
🚫🦐
Empire Gudgeon
Hypseleotris compressa
Empire Gudgeon
Hypseleotris compressa
Size: 4-5”
Temp: 70-80F❄️🌴🔥Flexible
Location: Midwater
Society: Solo, 3+♂s, 2 ♀ per 1 ♂
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Oceania
Tolerates many water perimeters in wild 50-95F, pH 5 to 9, brackish and salt water.
Loves caves, heavily planted tank🌱and driftwood
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Territorial while breeding(not "mean")
Needs brackish/marine water for microscopic fry to survive and eat "green water", rotifers and/or marine plankton .
🚫🦐
Red Banded Leporinus
Synaptolaemus latofasciatus
Red Banded Leporinus
Synaptolaemus latofasciatus
Size: 4-5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid/bottom
Society: Solo or 6+, huge tank
Eats: Omnivore, snails
Home: South America
Attacks plants🚫🌱
Lid loves to jump💞
Color varies from white, yellow, orange and red according to location.
🚫🦐🐌
Golden Roseline Shark
Sahyadria denisonii var. "Gold"
Golden Roseline Shark
Sahyadria denisonii var. "Gold"
Size: 4.5-6”
Temp 68-78°F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6-8+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Loves high flow🌊
Fast💨💨💨
🚫🦐
"Red Dragon" Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
"Red Dragon" Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
Size: 6" wide, 8" tall
Temp: 76-82°F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Carnivore/omnivore
Home: Amazon Basin
Do not house with fin-nippy fish or small >1" fish they will eat them.
🚫🦐
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Discus
Symphysodon spp.
Discus
Symphysodon spp.
Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 6-8”
Warm 82-86°F🔥
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🎶
🚫🦐
Black Tiger Badis
Dario tigris
Black Tiger Badis
Dario tigris
Size: 1"
Temp: 72-78F🌴
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: 3-6
Eats: Carnivore, live food
Home: Burma, Myanmar
Loves caves
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Make sure they eat!
Territorial
Red Lipstick Goby
Sicyopus rubicundus
Red Lipstick Goby
Sicyopus rubicundus
Size: 1.5-2"
Temp: 72-79F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo or 2-5
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Indonesia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
♂'s defend a territory with gusto
Red Stripe Flossensauger Erromyzon kalotaenia
Red Stripe Flossensauger Erromyzon kalotaenia
Size: 2"
Cool 68-75F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer
Home: SE Asia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
Fireball Cory
Osteogaster hephaestus
Fireball Cory
Osteogaster hephaestus
Prefers softwater- Low pH
Size: 1-2"
Temp: 72-80F🌴🔥
Location: Bottom
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Brazil
ONLY BUY CAPTIVE BRED
Sensitive🥲🥲🥲
Loves heavily planted tank🌱
Needs sand to dig around in
Established older tank
Will "run" up to surface to get a big gulp of air sometimes
Red Devil Borneo Sucker Gastromyzon katibasensis
Red Devil Borneo Sucker Gastromyzon katibasensis
Size: 2.5"
Temp: 68-79F❄️🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer
Home: Sarawak, Malaysia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
Purple Sailfin Gudgeon Crossocheilogobio tafangensis
Purple Sailfin Gudgeon Crossocheilogobio tafangensis
Size: 3-4"
Cool 64-75F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Carnivore, insects, crustaceans, worms, small fish
Home: Qiantang and Zhujiang, China
old name Microphysogobio tafangensis
Territorial while breeding
Crimson Loach
Schistura sp. "Crimson"
Crimson Loach
Schistura sp. "Crimson"
Size: 3-4"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo, pair or 10+
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Nilambur, Kerala, southern India
Red Lizard Whiptail Catfish
Rineloricaria sp. “Red Lizard”
Red Lizard Whiptail Catfish
Rineloricaria sp. “Red Lizard”
Size: 5-6”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: solo, 3+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: South America
Congo(Potato) Puffer
Tetraodon miurus
Congo(Potato) Puffer
Tetraodon miurus
Size: 5-6”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo tank -aggressive
Eats: Carnivore- will eat everyone>:O
Home: Congo
DIFFICULT: SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Sensitive🥲
Smart🧠🧠🧠
Needs sand to hide in
Will eat small fish
Special care- Research!
Bar Head Pipefish
Microphis leiaspis
Bar Head Pipefish
Microphis leiaspis
Size: 4-6”
Temp: 72-82 F 🌴
Location: Bottom/Mid
Society: Pair
Eats: Carnivore, LIVE FOOD only-copepods, daphnia, baby brine shrimp, mosquito larvae
Home: Southeast Asia
Sensitive🥲
Loves low flow💧
Loves heavily planted tank🌱
Established older tank
Special care- Research!
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Red Head Tapajos
Geophagus sp. "Red Head Tapajos"
Red Head Tapajos
Geophagus sp. "Red Head Tapajos"
Size: 6-7"
Temp: 78–82F🌴🔥
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: 5–6+(2 ♀ per 1 ♂), large tank
Eats: Omnivore (Substrate sifter)
Home: Tapajós River Basin (Brazil)
Needs sand to sift
Bossy on bottom if crowded
Sven's Eartheater
Geophagus sveni
Sven's Eartheater
Geophagus sveni
Size: 7-9"
Temp: 75-82F🌴
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: 5-8+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore (Substrate sifter)
Home: Tocantins & Araguaia River Basins (Brazil)
Needs sand to sift
Bossy on bottom if crowded
Fire Eel
Mastacembelus erythrotaenia
Fire Eel
Mastacembelus erythrotaenia
Size: 24-36”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo, huge tank
Eats: Carnivore, adults need earthworms, chopped shrimp, fish
Home: SE Asia
DIFFICULT: SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Will try to get out-HEAVY LID
Will eat small fish
Sensitive🥲
Smart🧠🧠🧠
Loves caves/tubes
Nocturnal🌜
Needs DEEP sand to dig and hide in
long body/long life! 15 years
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