Practical Fishkeeping Magazine
How do I deal with aquarium snails? Nathan Hill • Aquarium snails are considered a pest by some and a pal by others. Spotting snails in your aquarium may not cause any issue at first, but that novelty may quickly wears off and disrupt the eco-system - and when the numbers get out of hand, you’ll need to intervene.
Practical Fishkeeping Magazine
Britain’s best-selling fishkeeping magazine. Cenepa Red Pencilfish. The first photo of what was being called the ‘Cenepa red pencilfish’ showed a single, vivid red male without the telltale horizontal black stripe seen in Nannostomus mortenthaleri, the coral red pencilfish, a species known in the hobby for decades.
Fish keeping advice - Practical Fishkeeping
Fishkeeping advice answering all of your questions on keeping cold water, tropical, marine, freshwater and salt water fish. We have a team of top aquatic experts on hand to answer your questions, email us at [email protected] and we'll pass your question on to …
A guide to acclimatising your new fish or shrimp - Practical …
6 天之前 · Getting new fish or invertebrates is always an exciting moment for any aquarium keeper, but doing it correctly is important to reduce the amount of stress the animals experience. Alex details a simple guide on how to acclimate them to their new tank. You have picked out the fish you want, checked ...
Setting up your first fish tank - Practical Fishkeeping
It needs to suit your space (away from windows, radiators, air vents, speakers and banging doors) but the tendency for beginners to buy very small tanks (45ltr and less) is high and it’s counterproductive. Small tanks are harder to keep and very limiting for your choice of …
Beginners Guide to Keeping Fish - Practical Fishkeeping
Welcome to all new, and newish fishkeepers! In our Fishkeeping Beginners Hub, you’ll find regular articles full of fishkeeping information and top tips focused on you – taking you from nervous noob to budding hobbyist. Not only do we want to help you to keep a vibrant and healthy aquarium, we ...
39 top tips for fishkeepers - Practical Fishkeeping
If you live your life at 100 mph, then fishkeeping may not be the hobby for you. Keeping fish properly involves building complex ecosystems that harness useful bacteria to recycle waste products. This takes time to achieve and can be frustrating at times. A new tank may take six weeks or more to ...
Practical Fishkeeping Magazine - January 2025 Issue
3 天之前 · Practical Fishkeeping January issue is on sale now! Take a trip along the Rio Negro in this month’s magazine, as we join Gabor Horvath on his once in a lifetime trip to see the natural habitats of many popular aquarium inhabitants.
Getting your first aquarium fit for keeping fish
With the equipment in place, water temperature balanced and the layout suiting your tastes, I’m sure you’ll be itching to get fish in to your new aquarium – but patience is a big part of the hobby. A healthy aquarium relies hugely on harbouring beneficial bacteria but in a new system we are ...
Getting started in fish breeding - Practical Fishkeeping
For most of us, our first foray into the world of fish breeding will be an accident. You might come down in the morning and suddenly find a brace of baby guppies being chased about and eaten by their parents when you turn the lights on, or your tank’s inhabitants might be clustered nervously at one end as a pair of Angelfish defends a clutch of eggs on a leaf at the other.