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Practical Fishkeeping Magazine October 2024 Back Issue

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111 Reviews   •  English   •   Family & Home (Animals & Pets)
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IN THIS ISSUE

HARD WATER? HARD LUCK? HARDLY...

There are plenty more fish in the sea - or should we say hard water conditions? - than you may have realised, and Tom Ackrill is taking us beyond the common options.

What's inside the October issue of Practical Fishkeeping Magazine?

• UNTAMED WATERS: What happens when invasive fishes take over? Gabor Horvath talks about his unexpected encounters with random species all over the world.
• A TALE OF TWO RARE CICHLIDS: More insight into two rarely seen cichlids, Coptodon rheophile and Sarotherdon caudimarginatus from Guinea.
• BROKEN OR BEAUTIFUL? Love them or hate them, Ruth McDonald explores why hybrid fish are such a complex issue.
• WHAT LIES BENEATH: Chris Sargeant takes a closer look at just a few of the different species that can be found living under the surface.
• READERS POLL 2024: It’s your last chance to vote in our 2024 Readers’ Poll!


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October 2024 IN THIS ISSUE HARD WATER? HARD LUCK? HARDLY... There are plenty more fish in the sea - or should we say hard water conditions? - than you may have realised, and Tom Ackrill is taking us beyond the common options. What's inside the October issue of Practical Fishkeeping Magazine? • UNTAMED WATERS: What happens when invasive fishes take over? Gabor Horvath talks about his unexpected encounters with random species all over the world. • A TALE OF TWO RARE CICHLIDS: More insight into two rarely seen cichlids, Coptodon rheophile and Sarotherdon caudimarginatus from Guinea. • BROKEN OR BEAUTIFUL? Love them or hate them, Ruth McDonald explores why hybrid fish are such a complex issue. • WHAT LIES BENEATH: Chris Sargeant takes a closer look at just a few of the different species that can be found living under the surface. • READERS POLL 2024: It’s your last chance to vote in our 2024 Readers’ Poll!


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IN THIS ISSUE

HARD WATER? HARD LUCK? HARDLY...

There are plenty more fish in the sea - or should we say hard water conditions? - than you may have realised, and Tom Ackrill is taking us beyond the common options.

What's inside the October issue of Practical Fishkeeping Magazine?

• UNTAMED WATERS: What happens when invasive fishes take over? Gabor Horvath talks about his unexpected encounters with random species all over the world.
• A TALE OF TWO RARE CICHLIDS: More insight into two rarely seen cichlids, Coptodon rheophile and Sarotherdon caudimarginatus from Guinea.
• BROKEN OR BEAUTIFUL? Love them or hate them, Ruth McDonald explores why hybrid fish are such a complex issue.
• WHAT LIES BENEATH: Chris Sargeant takes a closer look at just a few of the different species that can be found living under the surface.
• READERS POLL 2024: It’s your last chance to vote in our 2024 Readers’ Poll!


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