Plants can be an amazing part of any tank, and the hobby of fish keeping, but it can be expensive and intimidating to get into. Here's a way of dipping a toe in the water, and hopefully something that's nice and easy.

Swimbladder is commonly diagnosed disease, but it doesn't exist. There's a lot more to that word than a simple disorder.

Community fish? What does that mean, can all community fish live together, or is there more to it/

The first thing you put in, but quite possibly the last thing you think about. Substrate might be the biggest problem you have or the start of a stunning aquascape.

Fish welfare lags far behind every other types of welfare, and today when I'm feeling rotten after taking a wolfhound to the chest, it's something I can chat about.

Ammonia is deadly. Nitrites are Deadly. But Nitrate is safe right, no afraid not, but what can you do?

Which is the most important, quick results or fish welfare.

With Florida looking to introduce white lists I have a ramble on about what this could mean, and what this means for our hobby.

A gill-bearing aquatic animal right? Not really there's a load of fish that don't obey the rules.

In 1976 the Royal Aquarium opened, the fact they didn't have any fish seems to be the least of their issues, dead whales, serial killers, and so much more.