The Zodiac Loach has a beautiful ‘batik’ design, and an inviting sense of the tropics and the exotic! The Batik Loach Nemacheilus triangularis, previously Mesonoemacheilus triangularis, is also called the Zodiac Loach. It is truly a distinctive and beautiful Hillstream Loach. The Batik Loachhas a gray to whitish background color. It is patterned with angled […]
The Golden Zebra Danio is a striking color variation of the Zebra Danio. This beauty is small in size but big in color. It grows to about 2 1/4 inches (6 cm) in length. The dark blue stripes of the normal Zebrafish have been bred out, leaving this danio embellished with yellow-golden and white stripes. This gorgeous […]
The White-Tailed Brichardi is absolutely one of the most elegant of the Lake Tanganyika cichlids! The White Tailed Brichardi Neolamprologus gracilis is truly a graceful fish. They have slender bodies and delicate colors. Their lyre shaped tail is tipped in white and both the male and female develop beautiful long streaming filaments on their fins. […]
The Albino Zebra Danio is an active, robust little fish that makes an attractive addition to a community aquarium! The Albino Zebra Danio is a naturally occurring color morph of the Zebra Danio. This small, pretty fish only grows to about 2 1/4 inches (6 cm) in length. This variety lacks the pigmentation on its body surface that gives its […]
The White Spotted Cichlid is a fanciful spotted youth that turns into a gorgeously banded adult! The White Spotted Cichlid Tropheus duboisi goes through an outstanding color transformation as it grows. Watching this fish change from its juvenile to adult coloring is really awesome, with the adult looking like a totally different fish. Hobbyists are […]
The Uaru Cichlid is best known for its unique triangle shape, incredible intelligence and impressive spawning colors! The Uaru Cichlid Uaru amphiacanthoidespresents one of the most unique body shapes and coloring in cichlid family. Its normal adult coloring is a silvery gray color marked by a single, large dark tear shaped spot in the middle […]
The Sardine Cichlid is energetic and colorful, a great addition for the upper part of a Lake Tanganyika tank! The Sardine Cichlid Cyprichromis leptosoma is a small elongated cichlid from Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Typically cichlids have a robust look with many being very deep bodied, but not the cichlids from the Cyprichromis genus. There are […]
The Sexfasciatus is handsome and durable, it will definitely hold its own in a mixed African cichlid tank! The Sexfasciatus Neolamprologus sexfasciatus is without a doubt one of the most attractive Lamprologini cichlids imported from Lake Tanganyika, Africa. There are several geographic color variations depending on where it originates in the lake. But overall It […]
The Ram Cichlid is known as being one of the best “beginner” cichlids in the hobby due to its ease of maintanence, beautiful colors, and peaceful nature The Ram Cichlid Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (previously Paplilochromis ramirezi) is a beautiful, small, and peaceful cichlid. Though they were discovered over 30 years later than their cousin the Bolivian […]
The Poll’s Tropheus is the only Tropheus cichlid to have a ‘lyre’ type tail fin! The Poll’s Tropheus Tropheus polli is unique among the Tropheus cichlids. It can can be distinguished from the other species in the genus by a forked caudal fin rather than the fan shaped fin found on the others. The caudal […]