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

Leading lights • For colour and ease of keeping, you don't need to rely on the newest discoveries, writes Bob Mehen. A 1930s classic will do the job just fine.

Paradise… LOST? • Nathan Hill fulfils a long-standing ambition to create an Indian biotope at home, only for a mystery disease to pay a visit.

SIX STEPS TO GET THE LOOK

Swigging on pims • Whiskery, sleek, elegant, and with a killer colour scheme. Could the catfish of Pimelodus be the ultimate bottom dwellers?

TERRITORIAL SHOUTING

A new old friend • Is it possible to have a new species that many of us have kept for years? It certainly is! Gabor Horvath explains the arrival of a whole new, old aquarium resident…

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

CHOOSING THE RIGHT POND FISH FOR YOU • There's more to ponds than filling with water and throwing in fish. Getting the right fish for your pond can be the difference between failure and success.

FISH AND OTHERS TO AVOID FOR THE OUTSIDE POND

HELP! MY FISH IS WOUNDED! • It's rare that you'll need to handle a fish in order to treat it, but with koi carp it can happen. Here's what you need to know.

WHO'S STEALING MY POND FISH? • Losing a fish is traumatic at the best of times, but all the worse when the culprit taking them from you is a third party.

WHAT ARE MY REMEDY OPTIONS?

Lamprologus from the river • When we think of African cichlids, not many of us picture dwellers of rapid rivers. But not only do they exist, they can be kept and bred in aquaria.

EARNING YOUR (BLUE) STRIPES • While wild-caught pipefish can be nightmares to settle and feed, Robin Mannion of Pholium Mariculture has been working on breeding and raising captive specimens.

HORIZON AQUATICS • Nathan Hill takes a trip to the promised land of aquascaping to find a store that is easily the benchmark for modern day presentation.

THE MOBILE AQUARIST!

Practical Fishkeeping

Tailpiece NATHAN HILL