Readers Poll 2024 Winners Announced The year seems to have flown by, it feels like just the other month we were all finding ...

Fishkeepers the world over struck gold with the introduction of the small colourful rock dwelling cichlids from East Africa’s Lake Malawi. The mbuna as they are known (pronounced mmm-boon-a or mu-boon ...

In response to confusion surrounding Betta keeping in the UK, the Anabantoid Association of Great Britain in conjunction with Dr Peter Burgess, have put together a list of definitive guidelines to ...

A) NEALE MONKS REPLIES: Quite a lot of human food is perfectly safe to use when feeding your fish. White fish fillet is good, particularly Tilapia, cod and coley, but avoid oily fish as that tends to ...

Oxygen brings life to your pond, but hot summer weather can cause problems. Here's how to make sure there's always enough for your livestock. Oxygen can be affected by various factors. Temperature has ...

Salt has been scientifically proven to have a number of benefits. Matt Clarke scours the journals and speaks to industry experts for the latest on the subject. Many people are very anti-salt. Why is ...

Bad water is the biggest killer of fish in the aquarium and New Tank Syndrome (NTS) is one of the most common causes. Jeremy Gay describes how to recognise and fight it. New Tank Syndrome occurs ...

Many new hobbyists have problems keeping plants in their tanks because they've been sold non-aquatic ones. Jeremy Gay explains more. I can travel the length and breadth of the country and bet that ...

Over the forty-plus years Ian Fuller has kept and bred Corydoras, he’s seen many twisted tales emerge. Here he looks at straightening a few of them back out. Corydoras, a perennial favourite amongst ...

Dave Wolfenden on a partnership sealed purely by mutual benefit between pistol shrimps and gobies — and how you can set up your marine tank to foster that special relationship. For those of a ...

With comic canine faces, bird beaks, quirky lips and more facial expressions than Jim Carrey, pufferfish can evoke a smile from even the sourest of sourpusses, admits Nathan Hill. The most enduring, ...

Using Reverse Osmosis water is practically essential for success with marine aquariums and ever more important for many freshwater species like sensitive Caridina shrimp and acidic loving species (at ...