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

The magic of MICROCTENOPOMA • It's the rarity that shouldn't be rare, and the oddball that very few seem to know about. Elliott Ball recounts his success with the ornate climbing perch.

A quiet paradise • Tanks don't need to be bulging at the seams with fish to be exciting. Gabor Horvath shares his relaxing selection of secretive livestock, housed in a calm and tranquil setting.

EIGHT STEPS TO BORNEO • In the first collaboration between Finest Aquatics and PFK, we set the staff to task with setting up a Borneo-themed biotope.

DON'T USE THE ‘E’ WORD… • What happens when obsession takes over a fish house? A world-leading bounty of Poecilia wingei is what. We meet an especially focussed collector of livebearers.

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

EUTHANASIA: how do you know it's the right time? • Deciding when to put a fish to sleep is less an objective question and more an ethical one. Jack Flanagan shares his thoughts on every aquarist's nightmare.

THE IMPERMANENT BIOTOPE • Not all habitats are vast lakes and flowing rivers. Oliver Lucanus encounters one temporary oasis as densely stocked as any aquarium.

BOILING IN BOLIVIA • Amidst staggering heat and swarms of hungry insects, Daniel Konn-Vetterlein discovers many aquatic delights in Bolivia's waterways.

THE TOOTH GALLERY • Alexander Görz is a man with a passion, and that passion is piranha. Meet the man who made a gallery from one of the world's most misunderstood fish.

CAN BLEACHED CORALS BOUNCE BACK? • A tank full of white corals is an aquarist's nightmare. But what causes these inverts to lose their colours? And can they be restored?

GEAR BOOK REVIEW • Our experts take a look at fishkeeping literature

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Tailpiece • Events can only be a good thing for the industry to heighten awareness. Thankfully, there's a big one coming later this year.