Practical Fishkeeping

Practical Fishkeeping is Britain's best-selling fishkeeping publication, filled with species showcases, fishkeeping answers, advice, competitions, amazing features and much more!

5 THINGS YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS ISSUE

Welcome

Funny face! • With stream tanks becoming all the rage, here's one catfish the flow lover should keep eyes peeled for.

CTENOPOMA • Want an affordable oddball that's not a feeding nightmare, and doesn't need extreme water chemistry? Sounds like you need a climbing perch.

Perfectly Papna • This issue we've teamed up with Finest Aquatics of Widnes to create an aquarium for two woefully underrated fish. Here's how to make your own.

Rice & shine • Small, bright, peaceful and easy to breed. Could Oryzias woworae be the best aquarium project ever?

WHY THE LONG FACE? • Novelty doesn't need to be prohibitively expensive or have extreme care requirements. Hannah Taylor presents a uirky fish that might just work in your community.

Fishkeeping Answers • Got a fishkeeping question? PFK's crack team of aquatics experts are on hand to answer whatever you need to know… questions@practicalfishkeeping.co.uk

THE EXPERTS

AQUARIUM TESTING BEST PRACTICE • While many of us use liquid test kits regularly, are we doing so safely for both us and our fish?

WATER HARDNESS? • Ask a fishkeeper about water hardness, and almost all will know whether they live in a hard or soft water area. But that's usually as far as the understanding goes.

Home is where the spawning is… • Robin Mannion, managing director of Pholium Mariculture UK, reflects on the basic considerations to take on board if you want to make your breeding hobby into a business.

LIVE FACT, DIE… OLD? • It's a question many of us ask—how old will our fish get? Dr Sterling Tebbett looks at some of the lifespans of marine reef fishes.

HOW IS REEF FISH AGE MEASURED?

THE AGE OF CORALS

The German mollies • The unlikeliest of finds in a German river led aquarist David Norholm to set up a spectacular Costa Rican habitat aquarium.

GEAR TRIED & TESTED

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NATHAN HILL • Misery? In fishkeeping? Not on your nelly. All I see is a little hard work and the fruits of my labours, thank you…