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I THINK IT’S interesting how in our hobby, appreciation ebbs and flows, surges and quiets and goes through cycles. I am referring to how we view species of plants and fishes and how this changes over

IT’S CRAZY HOW time is flying. It seems as if it was only yesterday when I received my very first group of shrimp. But, in fact, it was well over two decades ago when my good friend put a dozen of pal

WITHIN THE AQUARIUM hobby, all sorts of bottom-dwelling, cyprinid-adjacent fishes are referred to by the name 'loaches'. So, we have the hillstream loaches of the family Gastromyzontidae, of which the

DR PETER BURGESS Peter is our disease expert. Send questions his way if you have pathogen problems. BOB MEHEN Bob is a master of fishkeeping general knowledge and community tanks. JEREMY GAY Jeremy is

Dave Lewis recalls a trip to explore the National Museum of Wales’ collection of rare and unusual fish, and asks why these sorts of catches seem to be becoming more common

MANY QUESTIONS CAME to mind as our small speedboat fights its way from the island of Koh Rong to the pier in Sihanoukville, through the high waves of the Gulf of Thailand. Will the strap that ties the