The xingu flows

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

WHEN YOU THINK of the Rio Negro, the image that springs to mind is almost universal among fishkeepers: slow-moving blackwater streams, tea-stained depths, limited visibility, sandy shores with leafy s

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

AFTER LIVING WITH the corydoras sand bank aquarium for 4 months, I finally made up my mind. I did want to keep some form of characin in this tank to help the small catfishes feel safe. The presence of

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