Tropical Fish Keeping Podcast

Into your aquariums and fish keeping? They join us for the news, info and a fair few topics, all about fish keeping.

Planted tanks without breaking the bank 01/05/2024

Planted tanks without breaking the bank Do you love the look of planted tanks, or know how much they can add to your tank in terms or removing nitrates, and enrichment for your fish. But the cost is just too much. Well here are some ideas on how to start keeping plants without blowing the budget. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/29359008

Species Spotlight, Betta splendens. 01/03/2024

Species Spotlight, Betta splendens. The much loved Siamese fighting fish, or the betta is a great fish to consider, today we dive into the species to give you some more information. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/29331223

What is water? 01/01/2024

What is water? So what is in water that will impact our fish? Let's have a look at what's in our water and how it gets there. Why is this important? How can we protect our fish? Want to find our socials? Patreon UK Facebook Group -Tropical Fish Keeping UK International Facebook Group - Tropical Fish Keeping Instagram Website www.tropicalfishkeeping.co.uk /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/29297623

Making Your Own Fish Food 06/02/2023

Making Your Own Fish Food Want to save some money, and make things healthier for your fish, then have a look around your house for things you can feed to your fish. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26951424

Species Spotlight- Guppies 05/31/2023

Species Spotlight- Guppies One of my favourite little fish, the guppy is a great addition to the right set up, but all too often they're not kept right, the adults are cheaply bought from the pet store, and no selection on the fry that are born. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26951262

Getting Started With Plants 05/29/2023

Getting Started With Plants 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. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26950989

Swimbladder, a disease that doesn't exist. 05/26/2023

Swimbladder, a disease that doesn't exist. Swimbladder is commonly diagnosed disease, but it doesn't exist. There's a lot more to that word than a simple disorder. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26950773

What do we mean by community fish? 05/22/2023

What do we mean by community fish? Community fish? What does that mean, can all community fish live together, or is there more to it/ /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26906544

Substrate 05/19/2023

Substrate 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. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26884617

Why Does Fish Welfare Lag So Far Behind? 05/17/2023

Why Does Fish Welfare Lag So Far Behind? 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. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26860905

Dealing with Nitrates 05/15/2023

Dealing with Nitrates Ammonia is deadly. Nitrites are Deadly. But Nitrate is safe right, no afraid not, but what can you do? /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26816307

Are we after quick results? 05/12/2023

Are we after quick results? Which is the most important, quick results or fish welfare. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26813703

It's Not Black and White (Lists) 05/10/2023

It's Not Black and White (Lists) With Florida looking to introduce white lists I have a ramble on about what this could mean, and what this means for our hobby. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26794629

What is a fish? 05/08/2023

What is a fish? A gill-bearing aquatic animal right? Not really there's a load of fish that don't obey the rules. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26703156

The Royal Aquarium. What the heck were they thinking? 05/05/2023

The Royal Aquarium. What the heck were they thinking? 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. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26749758

FIsh Out of Water 05/01/2023

FIsh Out of Water What is a fish? An aquatic animal with gills, but what if they decide to climb out of water, which species do this, and why? /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26698044

The Latest Research On the Nitrogen Cycle 04/28/2023

The Latest Research On the Nitrogen Cycle Sorry I dove into the science, and I may have gone too far, but there's a fair bit here that you need to know about your tank, and what's going on. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/26677698

FIsh that live in deserts 08/11/2022

FIsh that live in deserts Some fish live in the extremes, so why can't modern day fish start the adaptation to living in warmer waters that dry up seasonally. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/24031686

Genetically Modified fish, are they all that bad. 08/10/2022

Genetically Modified fish, are they all that bad. We tend to rant about how bad genetic modification is, and these fish are illegal in many countries, but are they the worst thing in the hobby? /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/24020715

One Tip to Save You Money and Fish 08/09/2022

One Tip to Save You Money and Fish You bring a new fish home, is it safe and healthy to go into your tank? How do you prevent an expensive mistake? /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/24008109

The Impact Of Keeping Exotic Fish, lets have the real story 08/08/2022

The Impact Of Keeping Exotic Fish, lets have the real story BBC Earths' new video on the Impact of Keeping Exotic Fish, under the Dan O'Neill Investigates banner sets out to make fish keeping sound like a dark web trade that is driving species to extinction. Can you imagine my response, well imagine no longer as here are my thoughts, I got a little angry at the end. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23994072

Wild Caught Fish, bad or good? 08/07/2022

Wild Caught Fish, bad or good? Should we all be buying captive-bred fish, or should we be putting wild caught into our tanks? Are we driving fish to extinction, or is captive farms industrial nightmares for fish? The topic isn't straightforward and it is contentious, and as ever I have my opinions. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23984061

Lucky or unlucky episode 13 08/06/2022

Lucky or unlucky episode 13 Are fish considered lucky? What stories do we tell. I couldn't resist heading towards Loch Ness to discuss the fish of legend. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23978163

What if the worst happens? 08/05/2022

What if the worst happens? Sorry for the depressing topic, but a bad news day got me thinking. How many people have a plan in case the worst should happen. What happens to your fish if suddenly you can't be there for them. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23975163

Money saving Tips Part 1 08/04/2022

Money saving Tips Part 1 It's getting expensive in all walks of life, and fish keeping is no exception, here are 5 areas to look at to save money, avoiding buying things you don't need, and wasting money on false economy. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23963193

Fish Food, the good, the bad and the deadly. 08/03/2022

Fish Food, the good, the bad and the deadly. It's not as easy as buying a pot of flake and sprinkling in as much as they will eat in 3 minutes any more. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23951538

We've come so far 08/02/2022

We've come so far But how far will we go in terms of welfare and care, what will we think of our care in another 50 years. A quick look at where fish keeping started, and where we are today. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23941365

The Return of the Tequila, rewilding success 08/01/2022

The Return of the Tequila, rewilding success In 2003 the Tequila Splitfin was extinct in the wild, but since then a team at Michoacán University of Mexico, with brood stock from Chester Zoo, and help from their team, have reintroduced 1500 to springs in the Teuchitlán River in the state of Jalisco in south west Mexico. Against all the odds they seem to be thriving. Want to support us and keep this podcast going? Every little helps, and I'm starting to up load the real rants over there ;) Want to support freshwater conservation? /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23918817

Neons Tetras the Forgotten Jewel of the Aquarium 07/31/2022

Neons Tetras the Forgotten Jewel of the Aquarium Neon tetras, evolved to confuse predators with their mirror silver sides, and to show off to others of their own kind with the stunning blue and red stripes. One of the prettiest fish you can imagine, but so often kept in conditions they haven't evolved in. Normally susceptible to disease if you choose your stock carefully and keep them in the right conditions, you have a great fish. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23914500

Mix and match fish tanks. 07/30/2022

Mix and match fish tanks. What's wrong with picking any fish we like, there's quite a bit, and trust me I'll go into the whys and whats, plus the time I almost got eaten by a shark. /episode/index/show/tropicalfishkeepinguk/id/23907276

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