We might not always want to think too hard about it but can be strange to imagine that our fish (or maybe just their ...

We might not always want to think too hard about it but can be strange to imagine that our fish (or maybe just their ...

Jeremy Gay introduces what is probably the most colourful fish you can buy for the indoor coldwater aquarium - the stunning Red shiner or Rainbow dace. Red shiners are an attractive cool water fish ...

New to fishkeeping? This planted aquarium is easy to set up, and is suitable for beginners who would like to grow live plants in their community tank. For our set-up, the aquarium we chose was a Juwel ...

Assuming you’re talking aboutTetraodon baileyi, this species is a lot like other ‘lurker’ pufferfish in preferring habitats with brisk currents and plenty of oxygen. They like to lurk among smooth ...

I love experimenting with filtration and wonder if I could connect an external filter to the uplift of an undergravel filter for improved filtration? You can and this sort of thing has been done ...

Corydoras like to root around in the substrate for food. So what should we use in the aquarium to allow them to behave naturally, without damage to their barbels? Heiko Bleher explains. I strongly ...

This squid has always got a smile on its face! The skin pigmentation of this little deep water squid gives it a huge grin, while the tentacles seem to form a mass of curly 'hair', combining to give it ...

Origin: Museum records show that the species has been collected from Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia and Brunei Darussalam. The fish is known from the Maeklong, Mekong and Chao Phraya ...

In order to recognise a poorly fish, we must first know what a fish looks like and how it behaves when healthy as we can only recognise the ‘abnormal’ when we know what is normal. For example, a ...

We asked PFK reader Michael Hughes to take a look at this latest retrofit lighting offering from iQuatics. My immediate thought when opening the Aqualumi light bar was how heavy the unit was when ...

A new species of sea snail has been named after the lead singer of The Clash, Joe Strummer. Alviniconcha strummeri is one of five new species of Alviniconcha described by a team from Monterey Bay ...