Runner-up: A shop many will have heard of, if not visited, Wharf Aquatics in Nottingham takes the runner-up slot. Having ...

A) NEALE MONKS REPLIES: Quite a lot of human food is perfectly safe to use when feeding your fish. White fish fillet is good, particularly Tilapia, cod and coley, but avoid oily fish as that tends to ...

Filling an empty glass box with water offers a surprising amount of excitement for the new aquarist, but it doesn’t compare to the enjoyment of adding your first few fish. As ever, there is planning ...

Easily distinguished from other glassfish, the Humphead has qualities but also attitude. Choose tankmates with care, warns Dr Neale Monks. Described as recently as 2003, the Humphead glassfish has ...

Unless you’ve accidentally locked yourself in the fridge, you’ll be unable to miss just how sweltering it is this summer, writes Nathan Hill. Here are a few ways to keep your fish happy over this ...

Dr Ad Konings tracks Tropheus moorii and its relatives around Lake Tanganyika. As far as I know every rugged coast on Lake Tanganyika harbours a species of Tropheus, and at least four species there ...

A reader is looking to keep Valenciennea sleeper gobies but has been advised they can be quite difficult to keep. Expert Jeremy advises... Q) Please could you give me some info on keeping Valenciennea ...

It needs to suit your space (away from windows, radiators, air vents, speakers and banging doors) but the tendency for beginners to buy very small tanks (45ltr and less) is high and it’s ...

Want to keep something in your coldwater aquarium besides just the fish? Jeremy Gay takes a look at your choices. For indoor, coldwater aquariums choose Apple snails or Physa snails, which you usually ...

The high-profile project to restore the presence of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the River Thames basin by restocking it with hatchery-raised fish can be considered a failure, according to a ...

A reader asks if tap water is causing the silt build up in her tank. Every time I carry out a water change of 25% or more, overnight my plants, glass and heaters become covered in a white powdery ...

A 20-year-old who swallowed two live goldfish as part of a dare in the online drinking game Neknominate, before regurgitating them, has been fined £200. Jack Blowers, from Lowestoft in Suffolk, was ...