Species Spotlight

A Betta Aquarium Fish

A Betta Aquarium Fish

By Aquatropic Staff | May 6, 2022

The Betta (Betta splendens) belongs to the family Osphronemidae (commonly called gouramis) and the subfamily Macropodusinae … Read more
Clowning Around With a Killi

Clowning Around With a Killi

By Aquatropic Staff | April 28, 2022

The Clown, or Banded Killifish (Epiplatys annulatus) is a member of the family fundulidae, also known as the killifishes. The … Read more
The Pretty Pygmy Cory

The Pretty Pygmy Cory

By Aquatropic Staff | April 13, 2022

The Pygmy Cory (Corydoras pygmaeus) belongs to the family Callichthyidae or the armored catfishes due to the protective bony … Read more
The Amazing Denison Barbs

The Amazing Denison Barbs

By Aquatropic Staff | April 7, 2022

The Red Line Torpedo Barb, or Denison Barb (Sahyadria denisonii) is a fish from the family Cyprinidae better known as the “Ca … Read more
A Little Kingdom of Shells

A Little Kingdom of Shells

By Aquatropic Staff | March 24, 2022

The Zebra Shell Dweller (Neolamprologus similis) is a small fish from the Cichlid family which very rarely even reaches a len … Read more
Everyone Needs An Angel

Everyone Needs An Angel

By Aquatropic Staff | March 17, 2022

The Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) is the most common species of angelfish kept in the aquarium hobby and belongs to the Ci … Read more
What Exactly is a Hara Anyway?

What Exactly is a Hara Anyway?

By Aquatropic Staff | March 10, 2022

Hara Cichlids are one of the hobby's “newer” Lake Malawi cichlid offerings; they have been called a few different common name … Read more
Mosquito No More

Mosquito No More

By Aquatropic Staff | March 3, 2022

Gambusia affinis has the distinction of likely being the most introduced fish of all time. For over a hundred years, people … Read more