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Practical Fishkeeping brings you inspirational and informative articles from some of the top experts in fishkeeping.

Putting the mega into megafauna

We sometimes forget that fish have been around a lot longer than us, emerging long before the dinosaurs. Here’s a closer…

A discussion with Josh Sim

Josh Sim might be the most successful aquascaper ever, with a list of awards that stretches on and on. Nathan Hill…

Introducing  Echinoderms

When it comes to bottom dwellers that earn their keep, you could do a lot worse than some of the sea stars, writes Tim…

The legend of the Cory

Over the forty-plus years Ian Fuller has kept and bred Corydoras, he’s seen many twisted tales emerge. Here he looks at…

Launching the SOS

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For good or bad?

If you own a reef tank you probably haven’t thought about buying sponges. And perhaps you shouldn’t, given their many…

Clearly superior!

Fiction writers have long fantasised about the concept of invisibility cloaks, but for many fish being completely…

Aquascaping Staples

Where do you start if you’re looking to get into a planted layout? Jordan Stirratt offers a handful of suggestions that…

Do go chasing waterfalls

As Jeff Goldblum famously says in Jurassic Park, ‘life finds a way.’ As Tai Strietman explores some inhospitable…