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

5 THINGS YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS ISSUE

YOU AXOLOTL QUESTIONS • It's the amphibian that's taken aquarium keepers by storm, But just how do we care for these curious, frilly salamanders?

AXOLOTL CARE PRODUCTS

Cameroon's charactiform crowd • Most aquarists will only know a few tetra species from Africa. Here, Michel Keijman showcases a wide selection found across the waters of Cameroon.

BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PLANTED AQUASCAPES • From its humble origins, the planted aquascape has become a monolith in the world of aquaria. Here's what you need to know when setting up.

BIG OR SMALL?

USING GLUE

AQUASCAPING MAINTENANCE ROUTINE

NO POTS, PLEASE…

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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

WHERE TO SOURCE YOUR FISH • With so many options available, which is the best choice of supplier for your livestock? We look at some of the options.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT FILTER • While the choice of filters can seem vast, all fall broadly into a few camps, making choosing the right one an easy task. Tom Ackrill explains.

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WAKING UP A SPRINGTIME POND • As the spring sun starts to warm our gardens, what do we need to do to make sure our pond gets the best possible yearly start? Jeremy Gay explains.

X-ray specs • Many beginners embrace the X-ray tetra in their early days, but have you ever considered making these fabulous community fish a breeding project?

The littlest Rainbows • Daunted by the size of the typical rainbowfish available? Rainbow keeper Petra Glover introduces some smaller species that may be just what you've been looking for.

GEAR TRIED & TESTED • Nathan Hill tests Fluval's latest carbon dioxide doser offering.

GEAR RETAILER FOCUS SIMS TROPICAL FISH • With online selling becoming the ever-popular option for aquarium retailers, we take a look at one store that has moved all its trade over to a mail order basis.

GEAR RETAILER FOCUS

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Tailpiece NATHAN HILL • Once again the spectre of notifiable diseases looms over us, but this time for some less than expected species.