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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Practical Fishkeeping Practical Fishkeeping October 2022.
Welcome
I LOVE the more unusual stuff in this hobby, as I’m sure you do, which is why this issue was such a delight to compile. Right off the bat we have the exquisite new Cenepa red pencilfish, repo...
THE CENEPA RED PENCILFISH
Where can I buy some? Like every other hobbyist right now, you probably want to snag a few of these. The only imports PFK is aware of at this time belong to Aqualife Leyland who brought in five pai...
Cyprinids with attitude
FACTFILE FACTFILE
Ntem tributary, home of Opsaridium ubangiense.
• SENEGAL MINNOW Scientific name: Raiamas senegalensis COPPERNOSE BARB
Opsaridium flaring in t...
Mouth almighty!
FACTFILE DID YOU KNOW? Keep it slow! Top tip Top tip DID YOU KNOW? MORE MOUTH ALMIGHTY Other common Australian names for mouth almighty include gobbleguts, fl abby and stinker. In its native ra...
Indian extremes
FACTFILE FACTFILE MAHARAJA BARB INDIAN GLASS BARB
ALAMY
• Scientific name: Waikhomia sahyadriensis • Scientific name: Laubuka laubuca
TOM ACKRILL Tom runs the Freshwat...
THE REALITIES OF WILD DISCUS
DID YOU KNOW? The green discus, DID YOU KNOW ? Discus myths and discus facts The species name tarzoo is a portmanteau of Tarpon Zoo, an ornamental fish farm company which owns a collecting station...