Practical Fishkeeping

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

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The platy playground • George Farmer bends the rules of traditional Iwagumi aquascaping with vibrant colours and playful personalities.

THE HAWKS OF THE SEAS • A reef fish that has a bold personality, beautiful colours and interesting behaviours… Chris Sergeant explains his love for the hawkfish and how the family Cirrhitidae is divided.

Simply Red • Tai recreates a habitat for a popular aquarium species, the serpae tetra, inspired by his experiences in Brazil.

HOW TO BUILD A SERPAE BIOTOPE

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

ONE WEEK ON THE Rio Negro • Visiting the habitats where our fishes originate is something we all surely dream of doing one day. Gabor Horvath tells the story of his recent trip to the Rio Negro and the surrounding igarapés.

CARRYING A TORCH FOR LPS corals • Torch Corals are some of the most popular, on-trend corals right now. But what are they, how do you care for them, and which ones should you choose? Jeremy Gay fills you in…

THE TOP 7 AQUASCAPES OF 2024 • We take a look at the final photos, plants, fish and comments from the judges of the best 7 aquascapes in the 2024 International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest.

AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE in a NEW JACKET • A new name, but a familiar face… It took almost 27 years to get an official name, but Pelvicachromis drachenfelsi remain a great option for a Cameroon biotope.

SAVING MEXICO'S GOODEIDS: A transatlantic plan to conserve a highly threatened family • This is the first of a series of conservation-focused articles from freshwater species conservation partnership SHOAL, looking at an ambitious programme to save the highly threatened goodeids.

Ex situ conservation in practice • Freshwater conservation occurs all over the world; sometimes even on our doorstep without us knowing about it. Alasdair takes us behind the scenes at the UK's largest zoo to explain what they are doing to help.

GEAR TRIED & TESTED

GEAR TRIED & TESTED

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Tailpiece ALEX BELL • The start of a new year gives us the perfect opportunity to set some aquatic related goals for you to work towards.