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January 2012
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The great outdoors
Can you viably keep a great fish tank in the garden all year round? Nathan Hill meets a couple from Kent who prove it can be done.
What an encore!
Dean Barratt has followed up his first PFK featured plastic planted tank by giving a paludarium the same synthetic treatment — and he didn’t disappoint Jeremy Gay.
Good looks, bad attitude
Don’t be misled by attractive damsels. They’re small on size but big on aggression, as Dave Wolfenden explains.
Beyond Corydoras
Left cold by Corydoras? Bored with Brochis? Apathetic about Aspidoras? Callichtyhid catfish are a varied bunch and there’s an abundance of armoured options available, says Bob Mehen.
Stepping on the gas
George Farmer takes a detailed look at what CO2 injection can do for your planted aquarium.
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The mantis shrimp NEEDS to be voiced by Jason Statham
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This is brilliant Nathan! Can we have the Mantis shrimp, you guys at Disney/Pixar? Go on! Please?
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