Community tank: art or science?

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

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

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

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

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

Walk into a local fish store and you will see numerous types of substrates ranging from bright and gaudy gravel to some very high-end aqua soils designed for planted aquariums. Often, we tend to not p