The breeding room draft
You help choose what swims into our future.
Scout the candidates, choose one fish you would be excited to see us raise, and reveal the community standings.
Meet the candidates ↓Current round
Freshwater Future Draft — Round One
Your vote guides our research—it does not automatically select a breeding pair. Before beginning any project, we will evaluate responsible sourcing, health, space, water requirements, long-term demand, and our ability to raise the fry well.
Scout the lineup
Who earns your vote?
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Heros sp. “Curare” — Rio Curare Red Tiger
Red Tiger Severum
Olive-gold color, red shoulders, turquoise facial markings, and distinctive banding.
- Why it made the ballot
- A striking wild-type severum and one of the future projects we are personally most interested in.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Sourcing correctly identified, unrelated breeding stock and preserving the characteristic shortened seventh bar and healthy Heros form.
Symphysodon spp. — captive-bred color strains
Captive-Bred Discus
Iconic shape, extraordinary color, and serious show-fish appeal.
- Why it made the ballot
- A premium category with many possible strains and enduring enthusiast interest.
- Breeding-room challenge
- An advanced project requiring warm stable water, excellent parent selection, intensive fry care, and consistent grow-out.
Geophagus pyrocephalus
Red Head Tapajos Eartheater
Graceful earth-sifting behavior with a brilliant red crown.
- Why it made the ballot
- A beautiful group-oriented cichlid with a very different presence from our current breeding projects.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Large grow-out space, careful group management, fine sand, and consistently excellent water quality.
Pterophyllum scalare — domestic blue strain
Pinoy Blue Angelfish
Elegant fins and luminous blue-silver domestic color.
- Why it made the ballot
- A recognizable, widely loved fish with engaging pair formation and parental behavior.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Selecting compatible pairs and raising uniform juveniles with straight fins and strong body shape.
Hemiancistrus sp. L128
L128 Blue Phantom Pleco
Deep blue-black color scattered with electric spots.
- Why it made the ballot
- A dramatic collector pleco that would broaden our specialty catfish lineup.
- Breeding-room challenge
- An advanced cave-breeding prospect with slow maturation and a need for carefully sourced, healthy breeding stock.
Panaqolus sp. L397
L397 Alenquer Tiger Pleco
Orange-and-black patterning in a compact wood-eating pleco.
- Why it made the ballot
- A highly distinctive collector pleco with exciting captive-breeding potential.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Long maturation, dependable wood-rich husbandry, and patient cave management.
Andinoacara pulcher — line-bred color morph
Electric Blue Acara
Electric color with classic acara presence.
- Why it made the ballot
- A vivid centerpiece cichlid with broad community appeal.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Selecting healthy pairs while maintaining strong form and color.
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
German Blue Ram
A small cichlid with enormous color and character.
- Why it made the ballot
- A community favorite known for memorable pair and parenting behavior.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Maintaining warm, stable water and raising delicate early fry.
Apistogramma cacatuoides
Cockatoo Apistogramma
Dwarf-cichlid size with dramatic fins.
- Why it made the ballot
- A fascinating cave-spawning species with striking male and female differences.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Providing carefully structured territories and dependable first foods.
Hypancistrus sp. L333
L333 King Tiger Pleco
High-contrast stripes and secretive pleco charm.
- Why it made the ballot
- A collector favorite that would expand our cave-spawning pleco projects.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Patient pair formation, cave management, and slow juvenile growth.
Melanotaenia boesemani
Boesemani Rainbowfish
Brilliant blue and gold in an active school.
- Why it made the ballot
- A completely different breeding style and a spectacular display-fish option.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Raising a uniform, healthy school and preserving excellent body shape.
Ancistrus sp. — line-bred color variety
Snow White Bushynose Pleco
Pale color, classic bushynose personality.
- Why it made the ballot
- A new color project that builds naturally on our current pleco experience.
- Breeding-room challenge
- Selecting clean pale coloration without compromising healthy form.
What happens next?
The vote starts the conversation.
We will share research, possible parent sourcing, and any decision to move forward. A popular candidate may return in another round if the timing is not right.
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