On the road to mandalay

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

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

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

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

Fancy being featured in the next issue of Practical Fishkeeping Magazine? Showcase your work and share your photographs with the Fishkeeping community – if you have a tank you’re proud of, we want to

At this time of year many lakes and rivers are thick with it but, while many anglers may curse the green stuff, here’s why the underwater world would be all the poorer without it...