Species Profiles
2402 articles- Xenotilapia spilopterus Care GuideXenotilapia spilopterus is a sand-sifting Lake Tanganyika cichlid of the southern lake that lives in groups and is a biparental mouthbrooder
- Xenotilapia ochrogenys Care GuideXenotilapia ochrogenys is a sand-dwelling Lake Tanganyika cichlid that forms groups over sandy bottoms and broods its young in the mouth.
- Spathodus erythrodon Care GuideSpathodus erythrodon is a small surge-zone goby cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, grazing biocover from rocks in very shallow water.
- Star Polyp Sinularia (Sinularia asterolobata) Care GuideSinularia asterolobata is a leather coral with prominent star-shaped polyps when extended, kept under medium light and flow in a stable reef
- Cross Leather Coral (Sinularia cruciata) Care GuideSinularia cruciata is a hardy, adaptable leather coral with a cross-shaped lobed pattern, kept under medium light and flow in a stable reef.
- Polydactyla Sinularia Leather Coral Care GuideSinularia polydactyla is a highly branched finger-leather coral, often metallic green, that spreads quickly under good conditions and needs
- Brassica Cabbage Leather Coral (Sinularia brassica) Care GuideSinularia brassica is a cabbage-like leather coral with broad fleshy lobes that forms large colonies over time, kept under medium light and
- Mollis Sinularia Leather Coral Care GuideSinularia mollis is a soft, thinner-stalked leather coral, typically light tan with cream polyps, kept under medium light and flow in a stab
- Finger Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis) Care GuideSinularia flexibilis is a branching finger leather coral that releases diterpenes suppressing neighbouring corals, so it needs space in the
- Cabbage Leather Coral (Sinularia dura) Care GuideSinularia dura is a hardy lobed leather coral with cabbage-like flat lobes, suited to medium light and flow in a stable reef aquarium.
- Common Comet Star (Linckia guildingii) Care GuideLinckia guildingii is a circumtropical comet star with one large and several regenerating arms; like other Linckia it is sensitive and needs
- Indian Sea Star (Fromia indica) Care GuideFromia indica is a red Goniasteridae sea star from Indian Ocean reefs, with the same demanding care as other Fromia: a mature, algae-rich re
- Necklace Sea Star (Fromia monilis) Care GuideFromia monilis is a red-and-cream tiled Indo-Pacific sea star, smaller and more peaceful than Linckia, that needs an established reef with f
- Marble Sea Star (Fromia milleporella) Care GuideFromia milleporella is a red Indo-Pacific sea star with black pores, intolerant of sudden water changes and dependent on a mature, algae-ric
- Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) Care GuideLinckia laevigata is a bright blue Indo-Pacific sea star, sensitive in captivity and requiring a large mature reef tank and slow acclimation
- Mussoides Mushroom (Rhodactis mussoides) Care GuideRhodactis mussoides is a large Indo-Pacific mushroom corallimorph with prominent radial papillae, kept in low-to-moderate light reef tanks.
- Hairy Mushroom (Rhodactis indosinensis) Care GuideRhodactis indosinensis is a hardy Indo-Pacific mushroom corallimorph with a papillae-covered disc, suited to low-to-moderate light reef tank
- Cryptocoryne zonata Care GuideCryptocoryne zonata is a Bornean crypt of the C. cordata complex from Sarawak swamps and blackwater, thriving in shaded, soft, acidic condit
- Cryptocoryne zaidiana Care GuideCryptocoryne zaidiana is an amphibious crypt from Sarawak on Borneo, described in 2005 and sought after by collectors; it suits soft, low-li
- Cryptocoryne fusca Care GuideCryptocoryne fusca is a large Bornean crypt with elongated dark olive-brown leaves that grows in soft, acidic blackwater streams and is dema
- Cryptocoryne minima Care GuideCryptocoryne minima is a compact crypt from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra with narrow lance-shaped leaves, suited to foreground and midgro
- Cryptocoryne costata Care GuideCryptocoryne costata is a narrow-leaved Southeast Asian crypt of the C. crispatula group, an undemanding midground plant with bullate olive-
- Cryptocoryne willisii 'Lucens' Care GuideCryptocoryne willisii 'Lucens' is a narrow-leaved Sri Lankan crypt that forms dense low groups, used as a foreground-to-midground transition
- Cryptocoryne retrospiralis Care GuideCryptocoryne retrospiralis is an Indian water trumpet with very narrow ribbon-like leaves, used as a background plant in soft to moderately
- Spathodus marlieri Goby Cichlid Care GuideSpathodus marlieri is the largest Tanganyika goby cichlid, a shallow surf-zone rock-grazer that broods young in the mouth.
- Spotfin Goby Cichlid (Tanganicodus irsacae) Care GuideTanganicodus irsacae is the smallest Tanganyika goby cichlid, a surf-zone pebble-dweller and biparental mouthbrooder.
- Striped Goby Cichlid (Eretmodus cyanostictus) Care GuideEretmodus cyanostictus is a goby-like Tanganyika cichlid of turbulent surf-zone rocks, a biparental mouthbrooder that scrapes algae.
- Mustax Cichlid (Neolamprologus mustax) Care GuideNeolamprologus mustax is a small yellowish cave-spawning Tanganyika cichlid whose colour may mimic juveniles of Variabilichromis moorii.
- Furcifer Cichlid (Neolamprologus furcifer) Care GuideNeolamprologus furcifer is a forked-tailed Tanganyika cichlid that lives solitarily in dark rock crevices and caves.
- Buescher's Cichlid (Neolamprologus buescheri) Care GuideNeolamprologus buescheri is a small, cave-bound Tanganyika cichlid that rarely strays far from its rocky refuge.
- Six-Bar Cichlid (Neolamprologus sexfasciatus) Care GuideNeolamprologus sexfasciatus is a stout six-banded Tanganyika cichlid that crushes snails with adapted pharyngeal teeth.
- Five-Bar Cichlid (Neolamprologus tretocephalus) Care GuideNeolamprologus tretocephalus is a robust, aggressive Tanganyika cichlid with five black bars and pharyngeal teeth adapted for crushing snail
- Cylindricus Cichlid (Neolamprologus cylindricus) Care GuideNeolamprologus cylindricus is an elongated rock-dwelling Tanganyika cichlid with bold vertical bars, kept in caves-rich aquaria.
- Daffodil Cichlid (Neolamprologus pulcher) Care GuideNeolamprologus pulcher is a Lake Tanganyika cichlid famous for cooperative breeding, in which groups of helpers assist a single pair in rais
- Shell-Carrier Lamprologus (Lamprologus callipterus) Care GuideLamprologus callipterus is a Lake Tanganyika cichlid in which large males gather empty snail shells into nests where tiny females spawn.
- Thick-stem Toadstool (Sarcophyton crassocaule) Care GuideSarcophyton crassocaule is a thick-stalked toadstool leather coral, photosynthetic and robust, tolerating a wide parameter range.
- Yellow Fiji Leather (Sarcophyton elegans) Care GuideSarcophyton elegans is a yellow Fiji toadstool leather with frilled cap edges that demands high light and strong flow, unlike most leathers.
- Yellow Toadstool Leather Care GuideSarcophyton glaucum is a well-documented toadstool leather coral, photosynthetic and hardy, with a strong terpenoid chemical defense.
- Trocheliophorum Toadstool Care GuideSarcophyton trocheliophorum is a hardy toadstool leather coral with ruffled cap edges, photosynthetic and beginner-friendly.
- Toadstool Leather Coral Care GuideSarcophyton ehrenbergi is a hardy toadstool leather coral that is photosynthetic and produces a chemical defense, suited to beginner reefs.
- Daisy Coral Care GuideAlveopora catalai, the Daisy Coral, is an LPS coral with 12-tentacle flower-like polyps and an easier alternative to Goniopora.
- Alveopora allingi Care GuideAlveopora allingi is an LPS coral with 12-tentacle polyps, easier than Goniopora, preferring moderate light and low flow.
- St. Thomas Mushroom Care GuideDiscosoma sanctithomae is a hardy Caribbean mushroom corallimorph with a bumpy disc, well suited as a beginner reef invertebrate.
- Pizza Anemone Care GuideCryptodendrum adhaesivum is a rare host anemone whose disc bears two tentacle types and is extremely sticky; it hosts only Amphiprion clarki
- Long Tentacle Anemone Care GuideMacrodactyla doreensis is a sand-burrowing anemone with long sinuous tentacles, hosting several clownfish species across the Indo-Pacific.
- Mertens' Carpet Anemone Care GuideStichodactyla mertensii is regarded as the largest sea anemone, attaches to rock, and hosts about half of all anemonefish species.
- Bucephalandra 'Belindae Velvet' Care GuideBucephalandra 'Belindae Velvet' is a slow-growing epiphytic aroid from Borneo, attached to rock or wood and kept under low light without CO2
- Lamprologus ornatipinnis Care GuideLamprologus ornatipinnis is a small Lake Tanganyika shell-spawning cichlid with ornate finnage and dark bars, suited to nano Tanganyika tank
- Lamprologus stappersi (Caudopunctatus) Care GuideLamprologus stappersi, the Caudopunctatus, is a small yellow-finned shell-spawning cichlid from Lake Tanganyika that forms harem groups arou
- Neolamprologus brevis Care GuideNeolamprologus brevis is a small Lake Tanganyika shell-dweller notable because a pair shares a single shell, a peaceful choice for nano tank