Fans of flow

IT’S CRAZY HOW time is flying. It seems as if it was only yesterday when I received my very first group of shrimp. But, in fact, it was well over two decades ago when my good friend put a dozen of pal

WITH THE INCREASED use of dry rock over live rock, you might hope that marine pests have become a thing of the past. Unfortunately, these little critters – that can cause havoc in a reef tank – still

I THINK IT’S interesting how in our hobby, appreciation ebbs and flows, surges and quiets and goes through cycles. I am referring to how we view species of plants and fishes and how this changes over

WITHIN THE AQUARIUM hobby, all sorts of bottom-dwelling, cyprinid-adjacent fishes are referred to by the name 'loaches'. So, we have the hillstream loaches of the family Gastromyzontidae, of which the

We live in an age of screens and, let’s face it, they’re here to stay. Whether at work or at home, many of us spend hours staring at laptops, tablets and phones. We even ‘relax’ by watching TV or scro

Did you hear about Gioia Shrimp? Well, before the PATS 2025 show I had no idea that they existed but after seeing them listed as an exhibitor, I thought it was wise to give them a visit. I’m always in