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Tropical Fish Keeping UK

Ruth McDonald

Join me for chats about fish, stuff about fish, and some stuff that might just interest fish keepers.

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  • 84 episodes
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  • May 10, 2023 · 25 min

    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.

  • May 8, 2023 · 14 min

    What is a fish?

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

  • May 1, 2023 · 15 min

    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?

  • Apr 28, 2023 · 22 min

    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.

  • Aug 11, 2022 · 15 min

    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.

  • Aug 8, 2022 · 18 min

    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.

  • Aug 7, 2022 · 20 min

    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.

  • Aug 6, 2022 · 21 min

    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.

  • Aug 5, 2022 · 12 min

    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.

  • Aug 4, 2022 · 14 min

    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.

  • Aug 2, 2022 · 15 min

    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.

  • Aug 1, 2022 · 13 min

    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? https://www.patreon.com/tropicalfishkeepinguk Every little helps, and I'm starting to up load the real rants over there ;) Want to support freshwater conservation? https://www.chesterzoo.org/news/preventing-extinction-in-mexico/ https://shoalconservation.org/ https://freshwaterlifeproject.org/

  • Jul 31, 2022 · 16 min

    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.

  • Jul 30, 2022 · 17 min

    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.