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Saltwater Fish:
Angelfish
Anthias
Basslets
Batfish
Blennies
Butterflyfish
Cardinalfish
Chromis
Clownfish
Damselfish
Dragonets
Eels
Gobies
Groupers
Hawkfish
Jawfish
Lionfish
Pipefish
Pseudochromis/Dottybacks
Pufferfish/Boxfish/Filefish
Rabbitfish
Seahorses
Sharks
Squirrelfish
Tangs
Tilefish
Triggerfish
Wrasses


Freshwater fish:
Angelfish
Barbs
Bettas
Catfish
Cichlids (African)
Cichlids (American)
Danios
Discus
Goldfish
Gouramis
Hatchets
Killifish
Livebearers
Loaches
Plecostamus
Rainbowfish
Rasboras
Sharks
Tetra













Freshwater Fish

Angelfish - Up to 6", omnivores, can be aggressive, min tank size 30g
Albino
Altum
Black
Black Veil
Golf Veil
Half Black
Koi
Marble Veil
Red
Silver Zebra
Smokey Leopard Veil
White Blushing

Angelfish

Barbs - Can be aggressive, omnivores, 30 gal min, up to 4"
Albino Cherry
Albino Tiger
Cherry
Denison
Green Tiger
Hexazon
Odessa
Panda
Rosy
Ticto
Tiger

Barb

Bettas Only keep one male in a tank, carnivores, up to 3", 10 gal min, dont house with aggressive fish.
Betta
Crown tail
Twin tail

Betta

Catfish
-Cory: omnivore, 30 gal min, up to 2", peaceful omnivore, 30 gal min, up to 2", peaceful
Adolfoi
Albino Aeneus
Brochis
Elegans
Emerald Green
False Julii
Guapore
Nanus
Ornate
Panda
Peppered
Sterba's
Swartz's


-Large: Omnivore, 50 gal min, most up to 10", peaceful
Columbian Shark
Lima Shovel-Nosed
Pictus
Synodontis Angelicus
Synodontis Decorus
Synodontis Eupterus
Synodontis Flavitaeniatus
Synodontis Multipunctatus
Synodontis Ocellifer
Synodontis Soloni
Upside Down
Whiptail

Catfish
African CichlidsAfrican Cichlid
NameMin Tank SizeCare Level DietBehavior
Acei 70 moderate omnivore aggressive
Albino Ornatus 30 easy omnivore aggressive
Albino Peacock 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Brevis 30 easy carnivore aggressive
Blue Johanni 50 easy herbivore aggressive
Blue Peacock 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Brichardi 30 easy omnivore peaceful
Buttikoferi 70 easy omnivore aggressive
Buffalo Head 30 easy omnivore aggressive
Bumblebee 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Calvus 30 moderate carnivore aggressive
Caudopunctatus 30 easy carnivore aggressive
Cobalt Blue Zebra 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Compressiceps 70 easy carnivore aggressive
Cylindricus 30 easy carnivore aggressive
Demasoni 50 easy herbivore aggressive
Dickfeldi 30 easy omnivore aggressive
Duboisi 50 omderate herbivore aggressive
Electric Blue 70 easy carnivore aggressive
Electric Yellow 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Frontosa 70 moderate carnivore aggressive
Fuelleborni 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Gold Head Compressicep 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Gold Ocellatus 30 easy carnivore aggressive
Gold Sexfasciatus 50 easy carnivore aggressive
Jeweled Goby 30 easy omnivore aggressive
Kenyi 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Kribensis 50 easy omnivore peaceful
Lemon 30 easy carnivore aggressive
Marlieri 30 easy omnivore aggressive
Masked Julie 20 easy omnivore aggressive
Moorei 70 easy carnivore aggressive
Moorii 50 moderate herbivore aggressive
Nanochromis 30 easy omnivore aggressive
Ocellatus 20 easy omnivore aggressive
Orange Leleupi 30 easy carnivore aggressive
Peacock 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Red Peacock 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Red Zebra 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Tretocephalus 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Venustus 125 easy omnivore aggressive
Yellowfin Borleyi 70 easy omnivore aggressive
Yellow Peacock 50 easy omnivore aggressive


American CichlidsAmerican Cichlid
NameMin Tank SizeCare Level DietBehavior
Albino Oscar 70 difficult carnivore aggressive
Black Convict 30 moderate omnivore aggressive
Black Stripe Dwarf 30 moderate carnivore aggressive
Bolivian Ram 30 moderate omnivore peaceful
Convict 20 easy omnivore aggressive
Double full red agassizi 30 moderate carnivore aggressive
Double Full Red Cockatoo 30 moderate carnivore aggressive
Festae 100 easy omnivore aggressive
Festivum 50 moderate omnivore aggressive
Firemouth 30 moderate omnivore aggressive
German Blue Ram 20 difficult omnivore peaceful
German Gold Ram 20 moderate omnivore peaceful
Gold Severum 30 moderate carnivore aggressive
Green Severum 30 moderate carnivore aggressive
Green Terror 50 moderate omnivore aggressive
Green Texas 50 moderate omnivore aggressive
Jack Dempsey 50 easy carnivore aggressive
Jaguar 180 easy carnivore aggressive
Keyhole 30 easy carnivore peaceful
Managuense 50 moderate omnivore aggressive
Orange Cockatoo 30 moderate carnivore aggressive
Panda Dwarf 30 modeate carnivore aggressive
Peacock Bass 70 difficult carnivore aggressive
Pink Convict 30 difficult omnivore aggressive
Port Acara 30 moderate omnivore aggressive
Rainbow 50 moderate omnivore aggressive
Red Devil 50 moderate omnivore aggressive
Red Oscar 70 difficult carnivore aggressive
Red Parrot 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Red Star Flower Horn 50 easy omnivore aggressive
Salvini 50 moderate omnivore aggressive
Surinamen Geophagus 55 difficult omnivore aggressive
Texas Cichlid 50 difficult omnivore aggressive
Tiger Oscar 70 difficult carnivore aggressive
Uaru 70 moderate omnivore aggressive
Wolf 180 moderate carnivore aggressive
Zebra Oscar 70 difficult carnivore aggressive

Danios - Small schooling fish, up to 3", omnivores, peaceful, easy to keep
Giant
Glowlight
Golden White Cloud
Long Fin White
Turquoise
Zebra

Danios

Discus - Up to 8" carnivores, 50 gal min, moderate care, peaceful
Neon Blue
Ocean Green
Pigeon Blood
Red Marlboro
Royal Blue
Red Turquioise
Royal Red
Snakeskin
White
Yellow Marlboro

Discus

Goldfish - Generally up to 10", omnivores, peaceful, very hardy
Black Moor
Bubble Eye
Butterfly Tail
Calico
Celestial Eye
Comet
Fantail
Lionchu
Lionhead
Oranda
Panda Moor
Pearlscale
Pompom
Ranchu
Ryukin
Shubunkin
Telescope Eye
Veiltail

Goldfish

Gouramis - Up to 6", omnivores, peaceful, easy care
Blue Gourami
Blue Paradise
Chocolate
Dwarf Gourami
Kissing
Giant
Gold
Honey Dwarf
Opaline
Licorice
Neon Blue Dwarf
Pearl

Gourami

Hatchets - 10 Gal min, moderate care, carnivores, up to 2", peaceful
Marble
Marthae Silver
Silver

Hatchet

Killifish - 20 Gal min, easy care, carnivores, up to 5", generally peaceful
Blue gularis
Clown
Gardeneri panchax
Golden Dream Panchax
Golden Lyretail Panchax
Magnificus
Patrizi
Rachovi

Killifish

Livebearers - Up to 3" omnivores, peaceful, easy care, 10 gal min
Guppies
Mollies
Swordtails
Platies

Guppy

Loaches - Should be kept in groups. omnivores, peaceful, up to 4", moderate care, 30 gal min
Angelicus Botia
Burmese border
Clown
Dario Botia
Dwarf
Dojo
Horseface
Kuhli
Lohachata Botia
Longnose
Redtail Botia
Sidthimunki Botia
Skunk
Striata Botia
Tiger Botia
Yoyo
Zebra

Loach

Plecostamus - Have suckermouths and will clean unwanted algae from your tank. Most grow up to 1' if put in a large tank. Very peaceful, omnivores, most should be kept in a min of 50g tank.
Angelicus
Bushy Nose
Butterfly
Candy Striped
Chocolate Chip Spiny
Chocolate Zebra
Gold Banded Peckoltia
Golden Stripes Peckoltia
Gold Nugget
Gold Royal
Gypsy King
Hairy Tiger
Mango
Marbled
Medusa Head
Net
Opal Dot
Para
Pario-Ancistrus
Peppermint
Pseudoacanthicus Angelicus
Queen Arabesque
Redtail Leopard
Rio De Para
Rubber
Sailfin
Snowball
Starry Night
Tiger
Thomasi
Tooth-Nose
Trinidad
Whiptail
Yellow Prince Tiger
Zebra

Plecostamus

Rainbowfish - 20 Gal min, moderate care, omnivores, peaceful, up to 5". schooling fish, do best when kept in groups.
Australian
Axelrodi
Boesemani
Celebes
Madagascan
Praecox
Red Irian
Threadfin
Turquoise

Rainbowfish

Rasboras - Schooling fish, up to 2", easy care, omnivores, peaceful
Axelrod
Black Harlequin
Golden Harlequin
Harlequin
Emerald
Vaterfloris

Rasboras

Sharks - Most up to 6", 50 gal min, omnivores, can be aggressive, moderate care, keep tank covered some sharks are known to jump.
Albino Rainbow
Bala
Black
Chinese Hi Fin Banded
Columbian
Rainbow
Redtail
Siamese Algae Eater
Silver Apollo

Shark

Tetras - Most up to 2", 20 gal min, moderate care, omnivores, peaceful, schooling fish.
Black Neon
Black Phantom
Black Skirt
Bleeding Heart
Bloodfin
Bucktooth
Buenos Aires
Cardinal
Congo
Diamond
Diamond Head Neon
Glowlight
Gold Neon
Gold Tetra
Green Fire
Green Neon
Head and Tail Light
Lemon
Neon Tetra
Penguin
Purple Emperor
Red/blue Columbian
Red Minor Serpae
Royal Black Emperor
Serpae
Silver Tip
Splashing
True Rummynose

Tetras