Practical Fishkeeping October 2023
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- Issue Number:
- 163
- On Sale:
- 21/09/2023
- Digital Edition:
- £5.99
- Print Edition:
- £5.25 (plus postage)
Issue Summary
This month we give humble cherry barbs a ‘This Is Your Life’ moment, thrusting them back under the spotlight they so deserve. There’s a look at how to breed, how to get the most from their colours, and even a step-by-step guide to setting up a pseudo-biotope.
On Sale: 21/09/2023
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What's in this Issue?
BEHOLD THE BRIGHT RED BARB!
A forever home for the hobby’s most underappreciated cyprinid.
This month we give humble cherry barbs a ‘This Is Your Life’ moment, thrusting them back under the spotlight they so deserve. There’s a look at how to breed, how to get the most from their colours, and even a step-by-step guide to setting up a pseudo-biotope.
What’s in the October issue of PFK:
- IN A BARBY WORLD: Setting up a forever home for the reddest fish in the hobby.
- FINDING CORYDORAS LATUS: Could a fish caught in a 2012 expedition be the real deal?
- STARRY NIGHTS: While Madagascar isn’t our usual ‘go to’ for cichlids, there’s one species that’s well worth a look.
- GET AHEAD WITH A FISH CAREER: An ichthyologist in training looks at the variety of fishkeeping jobs available.
- MAXIMISING YOUR MACROPODUS: Expert breeder Gabor Horvath turns his attention to the black paradise fish.
- PLANT 3.0 NANO REVIEW: Could this dinky light be the best thing to happen to nano tanks?