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Dwarf Pencilfish Nannostomus marginatus
Dwarf Pencilfish Nannostomus marginatus
Size: 1.5"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Brazil, Peru & Colombia
Sensitive🥲
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Loves low flow💧
Medaka "Rice Fish"
Oryzias latipes
Medaka "Rice Fish"
Oryzias latipes
Size: 1.5"
Cool 61-76°F❄️
Location: Top
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Japan, Korea, China & Vietnam
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Likes floating plants🌱
First domesticated in Japan 1600s
First vertebrates to reproduce in outer space!🧑🚀🌠
Gertrude's Spotted Blue-eye
Pseudomugil gertrudae
Gertrude's Spotted Blue-eye
Pseudomugil gertrudae
Size: 1-1.5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: 8+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Oceania
Sensitive🥲
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes floating plants🌱
♂ white /♀ yellow-ish
Honey Blue-eye
Pseudomugil mellis
Honey Blue-eye
Pseudomugil mellis
Size: 1-1.5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Australia
ONLY BUY CAPTIVE BRED
*alt. other Blue-eyes
Sensitive🥲🥲🥲
Likes floating plants🌱
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Forktail Blue-eye
Pseudomugil furcatus
Forktail Blue-eye
Pseudomugil furcatus
Size: 2-2.5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: 8+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Papua New Guinea
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes floating plants🌱
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💧
Pacific Blue-eye
Pseudomugil signifer
Pacific Blue-eye
Pseudomugil signifer
Size: 2.5-3”
Temp: 68-80F🌴
Location: Top/mid
Society: 6-8+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Australia
Suggested LID for tank🦘
Likes floating plants🌱
Golden Wonder Killifish
Aplocheilus lineatus
Golden Wonder Killifish
Aplocheilus lineatus
Size: 3-4”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Top edge
Society: 2 ♀ per 1 ♂
Eats: Carnivore/predator
Will eat small fish
Home: India
Adaptable fish💪
LID: Loves to jump💞
Tucano Tetra
Tucanoichthys tucano
Tucano Tetra
Tucanoichthys tucano
Prefers softwater- low pH<7
Size: 1"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 8-10+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Brazil
Sensitive🥲
Celestial Pearl Danio(CPD) "DNZ" "Gold"
Danio margaritatus
Celestial Pearl Danio(CPD) "DNZ" "Gold"
Danio margaritatus
Size: 1”
Cool 72-78°F❄️🌴
Location: Mid/bottom
Society: 6-10+, 2 ♀ per 1 ♂
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Myanmar
Likes heavily planted tank🌱
Hobbyist-bred in Germany
Males flash fins at each other and spin in circle sizing each other up->highly social.
Males chase females around a lot.
Yellow Melanostichos Tetra Hyphessobrycon cf. melanostichos "Yellow"
Yellow Melanostichos Tetra Hyphessobrycon cf. melanostichos "Yellow"
Size: 1.5"
Temp: 75-81F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 10+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Brazil
Yurimaguas Peru Orange Tetra
Hyphessobrycon sp. "Yurimaguas"
Yurimaguas Peru Orange Tetra
Hyphessobrycon sp. "Yurimaguas"
Size: 1.5”
Temp: 75-78F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 8+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Peru
Kitty Tetra
Hyphessobrycon heliacus
Kitty Tetra
Hyphessobrycon heliacus
Size: 1.5"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Brazil
Pea Puffer
Carinotetraodon travancoricus
Pea Puffer
Carinotetraodon travancoricus
Size: 1-1.5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid/bottom
Society: 6+
(recommended: species only tank)
Eats: Carnivore/predator- loves hunting snails, shrimps and bugs
Home: India
Charming behavior- "murder beans"
Needs heavily planted tank and driftwood to break line of sight for territories🌱
🚫🐌🦐
Golden Dwarf Barb
Pethia gelius
Golden Dwarf Barb
Pethia gelius
Size: 1.5-1.8”
Cool 65-75°F❄️
Location: Mid/top
Society: 10-15+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Shy->heavily planted tank🌱
Honey Gourami
Trichogaster chuna
Honey Gourami
Trichogaster chuna
Size: 1.5-2”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
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🌱
♂s make "bubble nests"
Raccoon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon procyon
Raccoon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon procyon
Size: 1.5-2”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6-10+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Rio Aripuanã Basin
Discovered in 2016
Lemon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Lemon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Size: 1.5-2”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Brazil
Barred Danio
Devario pathirana
Barred Danio
Devario pathirana
Size: 2”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid/bottom
Society: 6+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Sri Lanka
Individually zips around fast and chaotic, plays in current, active swimmer💨💨💨
Fast eater🥪🚤💨
Humpbacked Limia
Limia nigrofasciata
Humpbacked Limia
Limia nigrofasciata
Size: 2-2.5"
Temp: 72-79 F 🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 5+
Eats: Omnivore (algae, aufwuchs, detritus and vegetable matter)
Home: Lake Miragoâne, Haiti
Critically endangered in wild due to habitat lost, easy to bred in captivity
Available captive bred in USA.
May go extinct if they don't become popular in hobby community.
"Golden" Emperor Tetra
Nematobrycon palmeri
"Golden" Emperor Tetra
Nematobrycon palmeri
Size: 2-2.5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid water
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Colombia
"Blue-eyed" "Lampai" Congo Tetra
Phenacogrammus aurantiacus
"Blue-eyed" "Lampai" Congo Tetra
Phenacogrammus aurantiacus
Size: 2.5-3”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid/top
Society: 6+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Lefini River, Congo
Samurai Gourami
Sphaerichthys vaillanti
Samurai Gourami
Sphaerichthys vaillanti
Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 2-3”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
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.
Amazon Puffer
Colomesus asellus
Amazon Puffer
Colomesus asellus
Size: 3”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
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 ⚠️
🚫🦐🐌
🚫🐟1">, no slow or long finned fish
Golden Barb
Barbodes semifasciolatus
var. "Gold"
Golden Barb
Barbodes semifasciolatus
var. "Gold"
Size: 2-3”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: SE Asia
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
🚫🦐
Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia duboulayi
Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia duboulayi
Size: 4-5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Australia
🚫🦐
Yellow Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi
Yellow Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi
Size: 4-5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid/top
Society: 6+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Papua New Guinea
🚫🦐
Mascara Barb
Dawkinsia assimilis
Mascara Barb
Dawkinsia assimilis
Size: 4.5-5”
Temp 68-78°F❄️🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: 6-8+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Loves high flow🌊
Fast💨💨💨
🚫🦐
Rainbow Cichlids
Herotilapia multispinosa
Rainbow Cichlids
Herotilapia multispinosa
Size: 4-5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: ♂♀ pair or 2 ♀ per 1 ♂
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Central America
Needs sand to sift
Loves caves, heavily planted tank🌱
fmr. Archocentrus multispinosus
🚫🦐
Festivum Cichlid
Mesonauta festivus
Festivum Cichlid
Mesonauta festivus
Size: 4-5”
Temp: 77-84F🌴
Location: Midwater
Society: Pair+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon & Paraná Basins, South America
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.
🚫🦐🐌
Giant Danio
Devario aequipinnatus
Giant Danio
Devario aequipinnatus
Size: 4-6”
Cool 68-76°F❄️
Location: Mid/top
Society: 6+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: South/SE Asia
Fast💨💨💨
🚫🦐
Orange-fin Hill Trout
Barilius ardens
Orange-fin Hill Trout
Barilius ardens
Size: 5-6”
Cool 68-75°F❄️
Location: Midwater
Society: 6+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Fast💨💨💨
🚫🦐
Filament Barb
Dawkinsia filamentosa
Filament Barb
Dawkinsia filamentosa
Size: 4.5-6”
Temp 68-79°F🌴
Location: mid water
Society: 6-8+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: India
Loves high flow🌊
Fast💨💨💨
🚫🦐
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💨💨💨
🚫🦐
Clown Spotted Leporinus
Leporinus maculatus
Clown Spotted Leporinus
Leporinus maculatus
Size: 6-8”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid/bottom
Society: solo or 3+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore, snails, needs algae/veg
Home: Guianas and São Francisco Basin
Attacks plants🚫🌱
🚫🦐
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🎶
🚫🦐
Banded Leporinus
Leporinus fasciatus
Banded Leporinus
Leporinus fasciatus
Size: 8-14"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Mid/bottom
Society: Solo or 6+, HUGE tank
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Amazon River basin
Attacks plants🚫🌱
Lid loves to jump💞
🚫🦐
Freshwater Bumblebee Goby
Brachygobius xanthomelas
Freshwater Bumblebee Goby
Brachygobius xanthomelas
Size: 1"
Temp: 75-82F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 5+
Eats: Carnivore, frozen/live food(picky)
Home: Indonesia
Top photo is pure freshwater the bottom photo is brackish fish.
Loves low flow💧
Make sure they eat!
♂'s defend a small cave
Gold Neon Dwarf Goby
Stiphodon percnopterygionus
Gold Neon Dwarf Goby
Stiphodon percnopterygionus
Size: 1.5"
Temp: 72-79F🌴
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
“Flame Tiger”
Gastromyzon sp.
“Flame Tiger”
Gastromyzon sp.
Size: 2"
Cool 68-75F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer
Home: South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
Yellow-finned Hillstream Loach
Gastromyzon viriosus
Yellow-finned Hillstream Loach
Gastromyzon viriosus
Size: 2"
Cool 68-75F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer
Home: Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia)
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
Dwarf Kuhli Loach
Pangio cuneovirgata
Dwarf Kuhli Loach
Pangio cuneovirgata
Size: 2"
Temp: 70-79F❄️🌴
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🌜
Malayan Yellow Pygmy Catfish
Hyalobagrus flavus
Malayan Yellow Pygmy Catfish
Hyalobagrus flavus
Size: 2”
Temp: 75-79F🌴
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: 6+ more the merrier
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Indonesia
Dwarf Chain loach
Ambastaia sidthimunki
Dwarf Chain loach
Ambastaia sidthimunki
Size: 2-2.5"
Temp: 75-82F🌴🔥
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: 6-10+
Eats: Omnivore, eats snails
Home: Thailand
Needs sand to dig around in
Can make a clicking sound🎶
🚫🐌
"Internet Celebrity" Hillstream Loach
Hemimyzon pengi
"Internet Celebrity" Hillstream Loach
Hemimyzon pengi
Size: 2.5"
Cool 64-72F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer
Home: Laos & China
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
Apistogramma “Opal”
Apistogramma borellii 'Opal'
Apistogramma “Opal”
Apistogramma borellii 'Opal'
Size: 2.5”
Temp: 72-79F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: solo, ♀♂ pair or 2+♀ per 1 ♂
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Paraguay
Loves caves, sand & leaf litter
Loves heavily planted tank🌱
Territorial while breeding
Can make a clicking sound🎶
Gold Laser Cory
Osteogaster sp. "CW010"
Gold Laser Cory
Osteogaster sp. "CW010"
Size: 2.5–3"
Temp: 72-79F🌴
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.
Tiger Hillstream Loach
Sewellia lineolata
Size: 2.5-3"
Cool 68-75°F❄️
Location: Bottom/flat surfaces
Society: 3-5+
Eats: Omnivore/grazer , biofilm, diatom, hair & green algae, zucchini, cucumber
Home: Vietnam and Laos
Grow algae before introduction
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Desert Goby
Chlamydogobius eremius
Desert Goby
Chlamydogobius eremius
Size: 2.5-3”
Temp: 60-82F❄️🌴🔥Flexible
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo or 2+♀ per 1 ♂
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Australia
Loves caves, sand or fine gravel to dig in
♂'s defend a territory
Lives 1-2yrs in desert pools in wild, can survive, brackish and full saltwater and temps from 40-105F. In captivity can live up to 6yrs, cooler temp may extend life.
Will "run" up to surface to get a big gulp of air sometimes.
Cloud Leopard Loach Vanmanenia sp.
Cloud Leopard Loach Vanmanenia sp.
Size: 2.5–3"
Cool 68-75F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Vietnam & Laos
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
Bengal Loach
Botia dario
Bengal Loach
Botia dario
Size: 2.5-3"
Temp: 74-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 5+
Eats: Omnivore, eats snails
Home: Ganges–Brahmaputra
🚫🐌
Panda Apisto
Apistogramma nijsseni
Panda Apisto
Apistogramma nijsseni
Prefers softwater- low pH
Size: 3”
Temp: 75-82F🌴🔥
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🎶
Bolivian Ram Cichlids
Mikrogeophagus altispinosus
Bolivian Ram Cichlids
Mikrogeophagus altispinosus
Size: 2.5–3”
Temp: 75-82F🌴🔥
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: ♀♂ pair -monogamous💍
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Bolivia & Brazil
Loves caves, heavily planted tank🌱
Needs sand to sift
Considered much easier to care for than German Rams.
Gold Ram Cichlid
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
var. "Gold"
Gold Ram Cichlid
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
var. "Gold"
Size: 2-3”
Warm 78-84F🔥
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: ♀♂ pair -monogamous💍
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Venezuela and Colombia
Loves plants and big flat stones
Needs sand to sift
Can make a clicking sound🎶
German Blue Ram
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
German Blue Ram
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
Size: 2-3”
Warm 78-84F🔥
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: ♀♂ pair -monogamous💍
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Venezuela and Colombia
Loves plants and big flat stones
Needs sand to sift
Can make a clicking sound🎶
Panda Garra
Garra flavatra
Panda Garra
Garra flavatra
Size: 2.5-3.5"
Temp 68-77F❄️🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo or 3+
Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer, biofilm, diatom, hair & green algae, zucchini, cucumber, spinach
Home: Myanmar
Adaptable fish💪
Beginner friendly fish🔰
Charming behavior
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
May land on your hand. Related to "doctor fish."
Neon Borneo Sucker Gastromyzon lepidogaster
Neon Borneo Sucker Gastromyzon lepidogaster
Size: 4"
Cool 64-75F❄️
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Omnivore/aufwuchs grazer
Home: Borneo
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
Kuhli Loach
Pangio kuhlii
Kuhli Loach
Pangio kuhlii
Size: 3-4”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
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🌜
Vietnamese Giraffe Loach
Annamia normani
Vietnamese Giraffe Loach
Annamia normani
Size: 4”
Temp: 68-77F❄️🌴
Location: Bottom/flat surfaces
Society: 3-5+
Eats: Omnivore, biofilm, diatom
Home: Mekong Basin
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Indochina Stone Loach Paracanthocobitis botia
Indochina Stone Loach Paracanthocobitis botia
Size: 4"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 4+
Eats: Carnivore
Home: India, Bangladesh & Myanmar
Loves flat stones & high flow🌊
Dwarf Cuckoo Catfish
Synodontis petricola
Dwarf Cuckoo Catfish
Synodontis petricola
Size: 4-5”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 3+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Lake Tanganyika
Will eat small fish
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!🎶
Leopard Frog Pleco / L134
Peckoltia compta
Leopard Frog Pleco / L134
Peckoltia compta
Size: 4-5"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 5+
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Rio Tapajós basin, Pará, Brazil
Zebra Loach
Botia striata
Zebra Loach
Botia striata
Size: 3-5"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 5+
Eats: Omnivore, eats 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🎶
🚫🐌
Honeycomb Bristlenose Pleco
Ancistrus sp. L519
Honeycomb Bristlenose Pleco
Ancistrus sp. L519
Size: 4-5"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo
Eats: Omnivore, algae grazer
Home: Río Iténez, Bolivia
Bristlenose Pleco
Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus
Bristlenose Pleco
Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus
Gold Star Algae Eater
Size: 4–6”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
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$💸
Elongated Eartheater
Gymnogeophagus mekinos
Elongated Eartheater
Gymnogeophagus mekinos
Size: 4.5-6"
Temp: 58-77F🌴❄️ (Requires a cool winter rest period 2-3months 64F)
Location: Bottom/mid, large tank
Society: Solo, 4-6+ (2 ♀ per 1♂ )
Eats: Omnivore (Substrate sifter)
Home: Uruguay River Basin & Río Negro Basin (South America)
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 ⚠️
Rainbow Belly Pipefish
Microphis deocata
Rainbow Belly Pipefish
Microphis deocata
Size: 6-6.5”
Warm 77-82F🔥
Location: Bottom/Mid
Society: 2-6+
Eats: Carnivore, LIVE FOOD only-copepods, daphnia, baby brine shrimp, mosquito larvae
Home: India & Bangladesh
DIFFICULT: SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Sensitive🥲🥲
Loves low flow💧
Established older tank
Special care- Research!
Central Stoneroller
Campostoma anomalum
Central Stoneroller
Campostoma anomalum
Size: 4-7"
Temp: 50-75 F ❄️
Location: Bottom/Mid
Society: 6+
Eats: Herbivore (filamentous algae, diatoms and aufwuchs)
Home: Eastern and central United States
DIFFICULT: SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Loves small rollable stones of variety of sizes to "roll" & high flow🌊
Grow algae before introduction
Pellegrini Geophagus
Geophagus pellegrini
Pellegrini Geophagus
Geophagus pellegrini
Size: 6-7"
Temp: 76-82°F🌴
Location: Bottom/mid
Society: 4-6+, large tank
Eats: Omnivore (Substrate sifter)
Home: San Juan & Atrato River Basins (Colombia)
Needs sand to sift
Bossy on bottom if crowded
Zebra Spiny Eel
Macrognathus zebrinus
Zebra Spiny Eel
Macrognathus zebrinus
Size: 6-8"
Temp: 73-80F 🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo or 3+, large tank
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Irrawaddy, Sittaung, & Salween Drainages (Myanmar)
Will try to get out-HEAVY LID
Will eat small fish
Sensitive🥲
Loves caves/tubes
Nocturnal🌜
Needs DEEP sand to dig and hide in
Yellow Leopard / Para Pleco
Peckoltia sabaji L075
Yellow Leopard / Para Pleco
Peckoltia sabaji L075
Size: 7-8"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Venezuela
Territorial on bottom level if crowded
Gold Nugget Pleco
Baryancistrus xanthellus
Gold Nugget Pleco
Baryancistrus xanthellus
Size: 8-10"
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom, large tank
Society: Solo
Eats: Omnivore
Home: Rio Xingu and Rio Iriri, Pará, Brazil
Territorial on bottom level if crowded
Peacock/Spiny/Siamese Eel
Macrognathus siamensis
Peacock/Spiny/Siamese Eel
Macrognathus siamensis
Size: 8-12"
Temp: 73-82F 🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 1 or 5+, large tank
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Mekong, Chao Phraya, & Mae Klong Basins (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam)
Will try to get out-HEAVY LID
Will eat small fish
Sensitive🥲
Loves caves/tubes
Nocturnal🌜
Needs DEEP sand to dig and hide in
Rope Fish/Reedfish
Erpetoichthys calabaricus
Rope Fish/Reedfish
Erpetoichthys calabaricus
Size: 15”
Temp: 75-80F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: 2+, large tank
Eats: Carnivore
Home: West & Central Africa
Will try to get out-HEAVY LID
Will eat small fish
Smart🧠🧠🧠
Loves caves/tubes
Nocturnal🌜
Needs sand to dig around in
long body/long life! 20+ years
SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Tire Track/Zig-Zag/Armed Spiny Eel
Mastacembelus favus
Tire Track/Zig-Zag/Armed Spiny Eel
Mastacembelus favus
Size: 14-20"
Temp: 73-81F🌴
Location: Bottom
Society: Solo, huge tank
Eats: Carnivore
Home: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
DIFFICULT: SPECIALIST FISH ⚠️
Will try to get out-HEAVY LID
Will eat small fish
Sensitive🥲
Loves caves/tubes
Nocturnal🌜
Needs DEEP sand to dig and hide in
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