In search of little fires

TO BEGIN THE story of how I came to build a display aquarium in a zoo, we need to go back almost 7 years to when I first encountered these ‘wild’ guppies. I had just started working as an aquarium tec

MOST FISH ARE carnivorous at some level, taking insects and other small prey items even if they otherwise graze on algae or plants. But those that feed primarily on other fish often have behaviours an

OUR HOBBY HAS come a long way in the last few decades, with a massive increase in the variety of species of fishes and plants, extensive developments in lighting, filtration, heating and the systems n

Peter is our disease expert. Send questions his way if you have pathogen problems. Bob is a master of fishkeeping general knowledge and community tanks. Jeremy is more than adept when it comes to cich

DEEP IN THE heart of the Peruvian Amazon, just 10km south-west of Iquitos, a small but mighty research facility is making waves in the world of freshwater fish conservation. The Amazon Research Center

A sturdy bonsai freshwater swashbuckler, the spiny stickleback is often the first fish we catch as children