The pleco fan’s pleco

The roach might not be a tasty catch, but this sound and sociable shoal fish is so adaptable it can thrive in all manner of less than desirable waterways

IT HAS BEEN my longstanding dream to keep miniature versions of aquatic giants in my aquariums. I’m pretty sure that many of you wouldn’t mind having a pygmy white shark or a dwarf killer whale (had t

I’VE BEEN VERY lucky to observe a number of popular aquarium fishes in the wild, from marbled hatchetfish in the Amazon rainforests of Colombia, Stiphodon gobies in the highland rivers of the Philippi

A giant fish lay in my landing net. It ticked all the boxes. But still I had my doubts… was it the real deal?

DID YOU KNOW that for less than £30, you can add one of the strangest fish on the reef to your aquarium? Everyone loves a good oddball, and the urchin clingfish (Diademichthys lineatus) ticks all the

MY AQUARIUM JOURNEY began with Malawi cichlids. I dove deep, focusing so intensely on Mbuna that I barely noticed any other fish in stores. That has now definitely changed; I’m finally ready to embrac