About

We sell fish
we would keep.

Dragon's Cave is a one-room studio in Quezon City. We hold no more than thirty specimens at a time. Each one passes through our quarantine before it joins the gallery. We tell collectors no more often than yes.

We do not buy a fish for the catalog. We buy a fish for the collector who hasn't walked in yet.

— Mark Santos · Founder

Four disciplines

How we work.

01
Source

Direct relationships with Indonesian and Malaysian breeders going back twelve years. We see the parent fish before we bid on a fry.

02
Quarantine

Twenty-one days under isolated systems. Water tested daily. Treatment only if necessary, never prophylactically.

03
Husbandry

A diet plan per specimen. Tank parameters logged at 6am and 6pm. We sweat the small things so you don't have to.

04
Continuity

We answer the phone five years after the sale. Your fish has a long life to live, and we are still your second opinion.

2008 → 2026

A long bench.

2008
First aquarium — a 240L planted tank in a Quezon City apartment.
2013
First Asian Red specimen imported. Lost it. Learned everything.
2018
Studio space in Tomas Morato. Quarantine room built first.
2021
Dragon's Cave incorporated. CITES paperwork all in order.
2026
Lineage tracking software live. Our 417th specimen finds a home.

Come visit.

By appointment only. We'll pour tea and let the fish do the talking.

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