Ruby from the rainforest

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

FOR MANY DECADES, representatives of the genus Pelvicachromis have been highly popular among aquarists and are therefore commonly kept in home aquaria. This is most likely due to the fact that these a

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

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

I WOULD ARGUE that one of the joys of this hobby is encountering people who are as passionate about aquaria, fishes and nature in general as myself. I find it quite wonderful to get into conversation