Swamps and spice and all things nice

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

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

Around six months ago I was shown a video of a stunning river style aquarium home to rosy bitterlings that were spawning in the mussels that also lived in the tank. This is a behaviour you don’t often

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

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

IN MARINE FISHKEEPING, fish are the undeniable show-stealers. When folks think “reef tank”, what comes to mind are graceful yellow tangs, wiggly ‘Nemos’, and psychedelic mandarins. Not a lot of people