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 unstoppable RICEFISH • When Max Pedley of Ornamental Aquatics Wholesale imported some cute Oryzias, he had little idea he'd be taking on such a rapidly growing family.

JOURNEY TO THE BLACKENED WATERS • Michael Tuccinardi takes a trip to one of the Amazon's most famed rivers, where waters are dark and fish are bountiful.

BRINGING GOURAMIS BACK • If you're stuck for a hardy, relatively peaceful, mid-sized aquarium fish to zest up a community tank, you might find Trichopodus are the perfect fit.

More than an elephant-nose • Mormyrids are the platypus of the fish words-curious looking beasts that look like 'cut and shut' medleys of multiple animals. New contributor Michal Salutin explains.

BREEDING BEARDIES • While it's not cheap, the bearded cory might be the most majestic Corydoradinae catfish out there. What's more, if you keep things cool, you can breed it too.

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

THE EXPERTS

Heads of flame • It's a fish we've known for decades, and it finally has a scientific name, What better time to get Geophagus pyrocephalus back under the spotlight?

GROWN LOCALLY • Local sourcing is all the rage in grocery shopping, so why not fishkeeping too? Gabor Horvath sets up a tank based on his nearby seaside,

‘SCAPE OFF the best of the best! • We look at and comment on some of this year's winners of the prestigious International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest.

SLITHETING HEADFIRST INTO SNAKE HEADS • Tom Ackrill delves into a side of the hobby where water changes are rare, and the temperatures variable. Here's how he fared with it.

GEAR USED & ABUSED • Want to know how the goods on sale really perform? We put them through their paces so you can sort the good from the bad…

GEAR FIRST LOOK

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IN MEMORY OF Jake Adams, 1981 - 2022