The aquarium hobby as a conservation force

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

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

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

AS AN AVID fishkeeper, I often find myself searching for the latest discoveries, the rarest species or the downright obscure. I’m a hobbyist of nearly 20 years and often fall into the trap of pushing

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

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast