Education center

Species library

Care guides, husbandry deep-dives, and reference content for every species in the Fast Aquatics catalog. Native habitat, tank mates, breeding, common diseases, and expert notes - the kind of detail you'd pay for in a husbandry book, organized by category. Looking to buy instead? Use the top nav for live vendor listings.

108 species Freshwater fish

Cichlids, tetras, livebearers, catfish, gouramis, killifish, rainbows, bichirs, arowanas, oddballs.

Marine fish Saltwater fish

Clownfish, tangs, angels, wrasses, gobies, blennies, anthias, basslets, butterflyfish, mandarins.

SPS SPS coral

Acropora, Montipora, Stylophora, Pocillopora, Seriatopora. Small-polyp stony husbandry.

LPS LPS coral

Torch, hammer, frogspawn, acanthastrea, lobophyllia, scolymia, chalices, bubble corals.

Softies Soft coral

Leathers, mushrooms, zoanthids, palythoa, Xenia, GSP, Kenya tree, anthelia.

Anemones Anemones

Bubble-tip, Magnifica, Carpets, host species. Lighting, flow, and clownfish pairing.

Marine Marine invertebrates

Cleaner shrimp, hermit crabs, snails, urchins, starfish, ornamental shrimp, clams.

Plants Aquatic plants

Anubias, Java fern, Cryptocoryne, Bucephalandra, Amazon swords, stems, carpeting plants, mosses.

Looking for cultivars instead? Designer corals (WYSIWYG named lineages, ORA / Tidal / WWC drops) are catalogued in the Cultivar library. Pond-specific species live at Pond species library.

This area is reference content only. To buy livestock, use the category navigation at the top of the page or search for a specific species. Educational pages do not have inventory directly attached - they link out to live listings when vendors stock that species.