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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Practical Fishkeeping August 2021.
Welcome
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Lampeye-Spy
MAX PEDLEY FACTFILE What is a coastal plain?
MAX PEDLEY
Max is director of Ornamental Aquatic Wholesale and a college instructor with an enviable fish collection.
E...
GULP!
DANIEL KONN-VETTERLEIN FACTFILE
DANIEL KONN-VETTERLEIN
President of International Society for Barbs, Tetras, Loaches and Catfish.
GULPER CATFISH President of Inter...
Caring for Sundadanio
FACTFILE FACTFILE FACTFILE Unique croakers EMERALD GREEN SUNDADANIO NEON RED SUNDADANIO NEON BLUE SUNDADANIO Sundadanio are unlike other fish. In particular, the muscles and the bones of the males ...
WHAT’S BLACK & RED ALL OVER?
TAI STRIETMAN FACTFILE
TAI STRIETMAN
A former aquarist at London Zoo, Tai is now based in Brazil where he is researching and studying fish.
BLACK PHANTOM TETRA A fo...
Earning your Stripes
CHRIS SERGEANT FACTFILE
CHRIS SERGEANT
Chris works in conservation research and writes for a variety of aquarium publications.
ZEBRA DANIO Chris works in conservat...