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

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 ...

The world's largest freshwater aquarium - and Asia's first river-themed wildlife park - has opened in Singapore. River Safari is a 12-hectare park featuring fish and other wildlife from eight of the ...

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 ...

Diet: Frozen bloodworm, black mosquito larvae, Daphnia and brineshrimp are readily taken. May also accept flakes or micro pellets. Matt Clarke has kept this fish and his were fond of small earthworms ...

Are you keeping an illegal crayfish? If you are, you risk a visit from the authorities to have your livestock confiscated. As a retailer, if you’re caught with the wrong species, you could lose your ...

Nathan Hill creates a useful aquatic device for those who want a river biotope tank with a more natural flow. Here's how to do it... If we absorb the new documentaries and scientific papers we can ...

Origin: This is a North American species and has been recorded from several states in the south east of the USA, including Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. The species was originally endemic to the ...

Aquarists will be familiar with a number of fishes able to move about on land, but scientists have recently discovered one that throws a new light on understanding how terrestrial vertebrates evolved.

Today, somewhere in the world, someone will be looking at a tank full of dead fish and scratching their head, unable to ascertain why. It might be something catastrophic that’s happened in the tank, a ...

Scientists from the Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago have studied the bite mechanics of the Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) and have published their results in the ...

George Farmer sets up another smash hit of an Amazonian biotope tank - this time recreating the life and décor of the Rio Nanay. My fully planted jungle aquascape featured in PFK a few months back ...