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5 THINGS YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS ISSUE
Welcome
All hail the ‘drape fin’ tetra! • New tetras are joining the hobby thick and fast. Elliott Ball takes a look at a charmer with a stunning dorsal fin.
The sinkhole cichlids • Michel Keijman recounts his experiences with an attractive and unusual cichlid that comes from a hole in the ground.
THE COOLER SIDE OF SOUTH AMERICA • Not all tetras like to bask in blazing heat, and not all catfish like to sweat it in the tropics. Tai Strietman sets up a tank with familiar faces and less familiar thermostat settings.
A biotope in eight simple steps!
A Synodontis DEEP DIVE • While not as popular as plecos or Corydoras, the Synodontis of Africa are enthralling fish with their own evolutionary party tricks. Neale Monks explains.
Fishkeeping Answers • Got a fishkeeping question? PFK’s crack team of aquatics experts are on hand to answer whatever you need to know…
NEXT MONTH • In the December issue
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Tailpiece NATHAN HILL • The changing of scientific names is as old as taxonomy itself. But that doesn’t make it any easier to swallow when it’s your old favourites being changed…