Iningi le izinhlanzi ezijwayelekile nezaziwa kakhulu ezishisayo ama-aquariums avela ezikhungweni zokuthekelisa, futhi ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zokuchanyuselwa zase-Asia njengeSingapore. Izinhlanzi ezidumile ezifana ne-discus ne-scalar, abahlanzi abaphansi nabadla ulwelwe, phakathi kwabanye. Nakuba liphinde libe ngumthumeli de peces ezingazali ekuthunjweni, njenga i-clown fish, nezinhlanzi ezahlukahlukene zamanzi anosawoti.
Izinhlanzi ezinjenge-caraio ne-koi, uhlobo oluthile lwenhlazi yasemfuleni, kanye nokuba isikhungo sokukhiqiza enye yezinhlanzi ezaziwa kakhulu: I-neon tetra, ivela eHong Kong. Ukusuka eThailand kufika izinhlanzi ezilwa ezaziwa kakhulu ezivela eSiam futhi ezivela eBangkok singagqamisa ukuzala de peces Kunzima kakhulu kubo ukukhiqiza kabusha ekuthunjweni.
Yize futhi kufanele kuthiwe amanye amazwe ase-Asia aziwa ku- yenza ama-clones ombala equkethe umbala wokufakelwa wezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene. Ukusuka eSri Lanka besingaqokomisa izinhlanzi ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-scalar fish kanye nokutholakala okuhlukahlukene kwezinhlanzi ze-guppy.
Kusuka eFlorida enye yezinhlobo ezaziwa kakhulu nezithandwa kakhulu izala njengoba zinjalo idiski, noma isikali, i-oscar, umndeni wezinhlanzi eziningana zabantu base-Afrika, abathi futhi ngokuzilibazisa kwabo babambe imincintiswano ebalulekile phakathi kwabafuyi nabasolwandle okuhlose ukulawula kangcono nokuqondisa ukukhethwa kwezinhlobo.
IYurophu akuyona enye yezinto ezinkulu ezithunyelwa ngaphandle, ngoba isimo sezulu asihambisani kakhulu nokuzala kwezinhlobo ezishisayo, yize zivela ePoland, eSlovakia, izinhlobo zaseRussia ziphinda zivezwe zithunjiwe, njengama-disc nama-scalars kanye nezinhlobo zase-Afrika ezivame ukukhiqizwa ngamasu ama-hormone.
Ngakho-ke kungashiwo ukuthi u-90% de peces esikuthola emakethe futhi esifinyelela ezindaweni zethu ezihlala emanzini zivela ekuzaleni okuvalelwe. Lokhu inzuzo enkulu ye-hobbyist ye-aquarium, ngoba, lezi zinhlanzi zitholakala unyaka wonke ngentengo ebiza kakhulu futhi ngobunzima obuncane bokuzivumelanisa.