Practical Fishkeeping

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

Welcome

THE SURVIVOR • Few fish can deal with such extremes as a small killifish from the Middle East. Alex Bell introduces the bulletproof Arabian toothcarp.

Hatching a plan • What happens when you can't find the live fish you want in stores? Buy some eggs and hatch them yourself, writes Gabor Horvath.

Flow with the bees • A tiny catfish that thrives in cooler, flowing water? Consider me interested, writes Nathan Hill.

Where have the goldies gone? • With the UK's largest aquatic retailer removing them from sale, what does the future hold for the humble goldfish?

Getting the hump • With the livebearer market dominated by colourful crowd pleasers, Holly Walford dares make a case for a striped fish with a real hump.

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 BASICS OF AQUARIUM PLANT NUTRITION • We might not need to worry about watering our aquarium plants, but surely they have some needs? Tom Ackrill explains.

FEELING FLAT • On the hunt for a real oddball? Look no further than the quirky freshwater flatfish, writes Chris Sergeant.

Sucks to be small • In a hobby obsessed with the likes of Panaque and Pseudacanthicus, who will champion the smallest suckermouths? Daniel Konn-Vetterlein, that's who.

The littlest gobies • With their tiny statures and burying tendencies, you'd be forgiven for having not seen Schismatogobius. Hannah Taylor puts these dinky darlings under the spotlight.

The fishes’ footprints • With miles of reef to roam, how much space to aquarium fishes really need? New contributor Dr Sterling Tebbett explains.

Practical Fishkeeping

Tailpiece • What's a fishkeeper to do once they've done everything? Go back to basics, I say. A beginner's fish may be the best thing you ever dabbled in…