Fishkeeping News
Practical Fishkeeping brings you the latest news, discoveries and events in the aquatic world.
Get to Grips with Hardscape
Considering it’s the most obvious furniture in our aquaria, you’d have thought more people would pay attention to décor.…
The cichlid hunters of Caquetá
Back in April 1995, three friends and I flew to Columbia to search for new fishes, our main interest being cichlids. The…
A visual guide to butterflyfishes
They’re fish that don’t fit into many modern marine tanks, but they still appear in retailers across the country. Meet…
Women in fishkeeping
Women are making an increasingly visual presence in the world of aquatics, and the hobby has a long history of female…
Easy tiger...
For a fish that’s one of the most common in the trade, it might be surprising to learn that we know so little about it.…
A blackwater breakdown
The blackwater biotope is all the rage in hobby circles, but is there more to it than just staining the water? Chris…
Part eel, part cat...
The Eel-tailed catfish are rare and quirky, but they’re also charming and beautiful. Steve Grant takes a look a these…
Happy fish, healthy fishkeeper
It’s said that aquariums are good for you, but is there any rational basis to this claim? New contributor Heather…
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…