There are several unique aspects to this video, but I didn’t want to label it up like click bait, and have people disappointed. The tank was on display at the China International Pet Show, known […]
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Baby showers
The Splash tetra belongs to an exclusive club, for it is often used to demonstrate the weird and wonderful in the freshwater fish world, and the diversity in the fishes of the Amazon. It is […]
Instagram aquariums are Beauty magazines all over again
“Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.” These iconic words appeared in the “Wear Sunscreen” address given to graduates in 1997 by Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune, and were […]
My latest fish purchase, but what is it?
Last Friday saw me get my wallet out and purchase a fish. My intention was to buy just three Otocinclus, which I did, but on a whim I also bought a singular specimen of something […]
Tattooed parrot cichlid video, CIPS trade show, China
Take a look at these hybrid Parrot cichlids on show at the CIPS pet and aquatic trade show in China. Parrot cichlids, also known as parrot fish, are famous for being man made hybrid tropical […]
Thoroughly adorable Thorichthys
Jeremy Gay revisited a cichlid he had not kept in over ten years, and found that even when breeding, they weren’t the hammer-wielding gods of thunder from who they take their name. “In Norse […]
Live streaming
There must be something primeval about our attraction to fresh, running water. In nature we can drink it, bathe in it and find food in it, or even use it as a method of transport. […]
The austere aquarist
Life does make it hard to be a fishkeeper, as there are many hurdles that get in the way. What I’m focussing on here is the cost of the hobby. It’s spiralling, and it is […]
Oriental Express
A career in the the aquatics industry reached its logical conclusion for me recently – I’d take a trip to China. China used to be known for its fancy goldfish, its cheap manufacturing and its […]
Practical Fishkeeping magazine sold to Warner Group Publications Ltd
Monday the 18th of February 2019 saw an announcement that Britain’s biggest fishkeeping magazine, and its B2B sister title, Pet Product Marketing, had been sold. “I would like to inform you, we have today finalised the […]