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Welcome to the Practical Fishkeeping Forum. If you want to introduce yourself to the community feel free to do so here.

Discuss all things P.F.K. here - magazine, website and forum.

New to keeping fish? Not sure where to start posting your questions? Please post them here and we'll help you find the answers.

If you have a question about fishkeeping which doesn't fit in another category, please post it here.

If you want advice on gadgets and filters for your tank ask someone in our Aquarium equipment forum.

Got a fish you can't identify? Post a picture of it in here and we'll see if we can tell you what it is.

For advice on breeding your fish or information on other members fish breeding successes look here.

Questions about stocking and compatability issues.

Questions on pH, acidity and alkalinity & hardness,(GH/KH) as well as water testing, additives, chemical filtration and general water quaility.

Questions, tips and advice on how to mature an aquarium and biological filtration. Along with related questions about ammonia, nitrite and nitrate.

Sub-Forums: Anabantoids, Brackish fish, Catfish, Plecs, Characins, Cichlids, Discus, Rift Valley Cichlids, Cyprinids, Gobies, Killifish, Livebearers, Loaches, Rainbowfish, Oddballs, Dyed fish, Hybrid fish and GM fish

Need help with a fish disease? This is the place to come for advice.

Post your marine tank related stuff in this forum.

Sub-Forums: Water Chemistry, Marine Algae and Plants

Specific queries on marine or saltwater fish species go in here.

Sub-Forums: Angelfish and Butterflyfish, Basslets, Damselfish, Dragonets, Gobies and Blennies, Lionfish, Pufferfish, Boxfish, Cowfish, and Tobies, Seahorses and Pipefish, Tangs and Rabbitfish, Triggerfish and Filefish, Wormfish, Tilefish, and Dartfish, Wrasse

Questions on inverts like shrimps, corals, anemones and snails go in this forum.

Sub-Forums: Crustaceans, Molluscs, Echinoderms, Corals, Other invertebrates, Hitchhikers

Specific queries on marine aquarium equipment.

Sub-Forums: Marine Lighting, Marine D.I.Y., Protein Skimmers, Sumps and Refugiums, Pumps, Powerheads and Wavemakers

Marine health questions and information

General questions about keeping coldwater fish here please.

Discussion about all types of goldfish, including fancy varieties such as black moors, comets, shubunkins, orandas, ranchus, lionheads, etc

Discussions about all the other cold water fish which are available including native fish.

Health information, questions and answer.

All questions about keeping the king of pond fish here, including koi pond building.

Sub-Forums: Koi, Koi Ponds and Equipment

Questions on pond D.I.Y. here - pond building, maintenance and equipment etc.

Sub-Forums: Ponds - general, Pond Equipment

Fish and pond plant information along with all your questions and answers here.

Sub-Forums: Pond fish, Pond plants

All health information, questions and answers here.

Discuss freshwater shrimps.

Sub-Forums: Shrimp Profiles

All other fresh water inverts such as snails, crab & crayfish discussed here.

Sub-Forums: Other Freshwater Inverts Profiles

Information on setting up a planted tank and tips on aquascaping.

Information about different plant species and plant identification.

Sub-Forums: Aquarium Plant Profiles

Information on CO2 equipment, lighting, heater cables, special substrates, ferts, etc

Information about algae problems and plant health.

Find out more about a range of freshwater fish species here.

Sub-Forums: **Atheriniformes**, **Characiformes**, **Cypriniformes**, **Cyprinodontiformes**, **Gymnotiformes**, **Osteoglossiformes**, **Perciformes**, **Polypteriformes**, **Siluriformes**, **Synbranchiformes**, ** Tetraodontiformes **

Find out more about a range of marine & brackish fish species here.

Sub-Forums: **Anguilliformes**, **Perciformes**

How to contribute to this section.

Show off your tanks, or start a blog about a tank. Please USE A PROPER DESCRIPTIVE TITLE!.

Good with a camera? Post your images in here. (Please post tanks in Your Tanks).

The place for articles on fishkeeping that you've written yourself.

Sub-Forums: User-contributed articles discussion

Promote your club or society and any forthcoming events here.

Please familiarise yourself with the rules before posting an ad.

Aquariums and equipment for sale or wanted, place your ad here.

Freshwater livestock for sale or wanted. place your ad here.

Marine livestock for sale or wanted, place your ad here.

Aquatic plants for sale or wanted, place your ad here.

For the fishkeeping and aquarium related ads which don't fit into the other categories. Place these ads here

From cats to frogs, guinea pigs to horses & lizards to stick insects please post your pet related questions here.

Chew the fat about fishkeeping or non-fishkeeping related stuff in here.