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Standard Gray Chinchilla
The Standard Gray Chinchilla — the original 'Totoro' — is a vegetarian rodent from the high Andes of South America. Gentle, clean, nearly odorless and long-lived (8–10 years), it needs a cage, dust baths, constant chewing material, and careful protection from heatstroke.
Plecostomus
The Plecostomus — the 'sucker fish' or 'garbage fish' — clings to glass and plants scraping algae, but it is no miracle cleaner: it eats prepared food, nibbles slow tankmates, and makes heavy waste. A scaleless, salt-sensitive tropical catfish from South America, it needs soft, warm water and lives 8–10 years.
Golden Arowana
The Golden Arowana is an ancient, gold-scaled Asian arowana kept as a feng-shui 'underwater overlord.' Fiercely territorial and best kept alone in a covered tank at 28°C, it lives 10–20 years; slow growth builds the densest, brightest gold sheen, fed on small fish and shrimp rather than insects.
Yamabuki Ogon
The Yamabuki Ogon is an all-golden koi bred in Japan, prized by koi keepers as a wealth-bringing fish. Peaceful and not territorial, it likes slightly alkaline water (pH 7.2–7.5) and lives 6–10 years on an omnivorous diet, with feeding portioned to about the size of its head.
Neon Tetra
The Neon Tetra is a tiny, peaceful characin from the Amazon basin, famous for its iridescent blue stripe over a red one that shimmers as it schools through a planted tank. Easy to keep in dim, acidic soft water at 22–24°C, it lives 1–2 years and is sensitive to sudden water changes.
Black Arowana
The Black Arowana is a South American freshwater predator from the Amazon and Guyana, born with two long barbels and flowing fins. Aggressive and best kept alone in a covered tank over 120 cm, it needs 24–28°C soft water and a meaty diet of live foods. Watch for white spot and tail rot.
Black Ranchu
The Black Ranchu is a Japanese fancy goldfish bred from the Ranchu and the hooded Shouxing, combining a very thick head wen with the Ranchu's elegant, tailless body. Easy to keep in emerald-green water, it is omnivorous and peaceful, but prone to anchor worm, water mold, and white spot.
Oscar
The Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) is a large, personable cichlid from the Amazon basin that can learn to recognize its owner and even leap for food from the hand. A voracious carnivorous predator — it will fight or eat tankmates — it needs a big tank and, despite its thuggish nature, is one of the most interactive tropical fish you can keep. It can live 10 years or more.
Taisho Sanshoku
Taisho Sanshoku, commonly called Sanke, is one of the two representative koi varieties alongside Kohaku. Bred in Japan during the Taisho era (around 1915), it is a red-white-black tricolor koi whose appeal lies in the placement and quality of its black sumi markings over a pure white-and-red body. Its care is the same as for any koi.
Giant Pangasius
The Giant Pangasius (Pangasius sanitwongsei), also called the Genghis Khan Fish or Paroon Shark, is a large, fast, predatory catfish from the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins. Reaching well over a meter, it needs a very large tank and must be kept only with similarly sized fish — it will swallow much smaller tankmates. Hardy and easy to keep, but sensitive to cold.