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Checkerboard Barb
As a juvenile the checkerboard barb has irregular black spots on its side that look like pieces on a chessboard, hence the name. It is easy to keep, lively, and can be mixed with small fish.
Pike Cichlid
The pike cichlid is native to the Amazon River basin in South America. It is greenish-cyan with a pointed head and a short but long dorsal fin, and its aggressive temperament means it must never be kept with small ornamental fish.
Lloyd’s Lyretail
The Lloyd's Lyretail reaches 4–5 cm and is native to East Africa. Called one of the world's most beautiful tropical fish, it is also very hard to keep, among the hardest. Sensitive to hard water, its environment must be carefully managed.
Texas Cichlid
The Texas Cichlid is a large, fierce carnivorous cichlid from Mexico and the Amazon, reaching 20-30 cm. Its gray body is covered with white, blue, and black spots. Strong and not hard to keep, it must not be mixed with small fish due to its aggression and territorial nature.
Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish
The Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ulietensis), also called the Saddle-spot Butterflyfish, is a gentle marine species that is not difficult for beginners to keep. A popular saltwater ornamental fish, it is primarily coral-feeding and should not be housed in a reef tank. Adults reach about 20 cm in length.
Mottled Dwarf Cichlid
The Mottled Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma guttata), also called the Giefere Dwarf Cichlid, is a slender South American dwarf cichlid from the Orinoco basin. It needs soft, acidic water and is prone to gill diseases, so tank cleanliness is essential.
Fairy Cory
The fairy cory (Corydoras atropersonatus) — also called the white leopard or black-headed cory — is a tiny, peaceful, bottom-dwelling South American catfish with a unique fluorescent-white sheen. Easy to keep, omnivorous, and a perfect community-tank bottom cleaner that loves driftwood, plants and sinking foods.
Australian Spotted Arowana
The Australian spotted arowana (Scleropages leichardti) — also called the spotted barramundi or northern saratoga — is a large, nocturnal, fiercely aggressive arowana from eastern and northern Australia. A carnivorous tank boss that needs a big aquarium, soft acidic-to-neutral water, and careful, varied feeding.
Florida Snapping Turtle
The most heavily-spined of the four Chelydra subspecies - a fierce, heat-loving carnivore from Florida and Georgia. Adults are aggressive; a meat or farm turtle more than a pet.
Large-headed Turtle
A Chinese-endemic 'big-head' turtle that looks like a Reeves' but with a huge triangular head it cannot retract - a threatened, somewhat delicate water turtle.