For Peat’s Sake...
Matt Ford argues the hobby should stop using peat — a valuable, non-renewable resource whose extraction is visible from orbit.
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Cycling an Aquarium
Mark G N Ferguson breaks down the process every new aquarium depends on — where the ammonia comes from, where the bacteria come from, and how to get them established.
'Phallusy' or foe? The myth of the candiru
The candiru has been credited with destroying manhood for over two hundred years. What the fish actually does, and how much of the legend survives the checking.
All the leaves are brown...
Colin Dunlop on dried leaf litter in the aquarium, a practice he took up after asking a dealer about a single brown leaf lying in one of their tanks.
New shrimp from Hong Kong and southern China
The 'tiger' and 'bee' shrimps have long been treated as variants of a single species. New descriptions from Hong Kong and southern China settle what they actually are.
Stunted growth means stunted lives
The first of a series supporting BIAZA's Big Fish Campaign, on why aquarium fishes are treated as disposable and why, in some cases, size really does matter.