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DICK'S DABBLINGS The Webmaster wanders down some watery ways.

HAVE YOU GOT A LICENCE?
The ramifications of the proposed changes to the DEFRA Order
regarding the keeping of non-native fish species in England and Wales.

VIVE LES DIFFERENCES
Compare various aspects of keeping the different types of fish
available to the fish-keeper (tropical, coldwater and marine).

QUICK POND GUIDE
So you wannabe a pond-owner?

CHOOSING POND FISH
Now you've got a pond, what are going to put in it?

IT'S A LONG TIME 'TIL SPRING!
Here are some alternative plans for Spring water-gardeners.

AN INTRODUCTION TO MARINES
Are you teetering on taking up marines?

THE WIGHT ADVICE Les Pearce offers words of aquatic wisdom

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Food for thought on the controversial subject of the giving of goldfish as prizes at fairgrounds.

BUYING AND HOUSING YOUR GOLDFISH
Useful advice when purchasing goldfish for your pond, aquarium or fish house.

THE 'COMMON' GOLDFISH
Is it a justified title?

THE BRACKISH WATER AQUARIUM
Take a little salt with it!

AQUARIAN ADVICE by Dr Peter Burgess of the Aquarian� Advisory Service

MOVING HOUSE Some very useful advice on ways to safely move your fish when you are moving house.

SHEDDING LIGHT ON VELVET DISEASE
Guarding against this debilitating, lookalike disease.

THE PERILS OF TAPWATER DISEASE
Can you trust your fish to live safely in what comes out of the tap?

ULCERS - The FAQs
The answers to Frequently Asked Questions about these afflictions.

BRING BACK THE RICEFISH
What's wrong with the original model?

CHEMICAL FILTRATION IN SHOW TANKS
John Egan puts Peter Burgess's theory to a road test.

THE FATHEAD - A MINNOW THAT THINKS IT'S A CICHLID
Peter Burgess describes this split-personality.

Betta sp MAHACHAI
Nonn Panitvong goes in search of what he thinks might be a new Betta species in the Mahachai area of Samutsakorn Province in Thailand.

MOUTHBROODING Betta spp
Nonn Panitvong discusses the mouthbrooding Betta species of Thailand including the recently discovered species from Southern Thailand.