Editor Karen Youngs Frequency 13 issues per year First issue 1966, April | Categories Fishkeeping Publisher Bauer Verlagsgruppe Country United Kingdom | |
Practical Fishkeeping (also known as PFK) a United Kingdom-based aquarium magazine. It is published every four weeks by Bauer. The title covers the entire aquatic market from tropical freshwater and tropical marine fishkeeping throughoutSunday 10 July 2016 10:58 PM the year to small amounts of pond and coldwater fish coverage during the summer months.
Originally called Pet Fish Monthly, the title launched in April 1966. The title changed its name to Practical Fishkeeping during the early 1980s. The magazine is edited by Karen Youngs, who returned for her 2nd stint in early 2015. Regular contributing authors include, Nathan Hill, Julian Dignall, George Farmer, Tristan Lougher & Dave Wolfenden. Former editors of the title include Steve Windsor, Nick Fletcher, Matt Clarke, Jeremy Gay and Angela Kenny.
Practical Fishkeeping also has a very successful website, regularly covering fish related news as well as a popular web forum with over 160,000 members and still growing. The Forum expands even further on the printed magazine and the online articles that can be found on the main site.