# Practical Fishkeeping > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Practical_Fishkeeping > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Practical_Fishkeeping.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_Fishkeeping > Source revision: 1304801120 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) United-Kingdom-based aquarium magazine This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Practical Fishkeeping" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Practical Fishkeeping Editor Nathan Hill Former editors Karen Youngs Staff writers Steve Baker Photographer Neil Hepworth/Nathan Hill Categories Fishkeeping Frequency 13 issues per year Publisher Warners Publications Plc First issue April 1966 Country United Kingdom Based in Bourne Language English Website www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk ***Practical Fishkeeping*** (also known as ***PFK***) is a [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)-based [aquarium](/source/Aquarium) [magazine](/source/Magazine). It is published every four weeks by [Warners Publications Plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warners_Publications_Plc&action=edit&redlink=1).[1] The title covers the entire aquatic market from [tropical](/source/Tropical) [freshwater](/source/Freshwater) and [tropical](/source/Tropical) [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [fishkeeping](/source/Fishkeeping) throughout the year to small amounts of [pond](/source/Pond) and [coldwater fish](/source/Coldwater_fish) coverage during the summer months. ## History and profile Originally called *Pet Fish Monthly*, the title launched in April 1966. The title changed its name to *Practical Fishkeeping* in 1981.[1] The magazine is edited by Nathan Hill, who took on the role as of January 2018. Regular contributing authors include, Nathan Hill, [Julian Dignall](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julian_Dignall&action=edit&redlink=1), Ad Konings, Max Pedley, Ivan Mikolji, Keith Naitby, Chris Sergeant, Tim Smith, Heiko Bleher, Gabor Horvath, Steve Baker, [Tristan Lougher](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tristan_Lougher&action=edit&redlink=1), [Dave Wolfenden](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave_Wolfenden&action=edit&redlink=1), Bob Mehen and [George Farmer](/source/George_Farmer_(aquascaper)). Former editors of the title include [Steve Windsor](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Windsor&action=edit&redlink=1), Nick Fletcher, Karen Youngs, [Matt Clarke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Clarke_(editor)&action=edit&redlink=1), [Jeremy Gay](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeremy_Gay&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Angela Kenny](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angela_Kenny&action=edit&redlink=1). The headquarters is in [Bourne, Lincolnshire](/source/Bourne%2C_Lincolnshire).[1] *Practical Fishkeeping* also has a very successful website, regularly covering fish related news. Until 2018 it also hosted a popular web forum with over 190,000 members. The Forum expanded even further on the printed magazine and the online articles that were found on the main site. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-car_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-car_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-car_1-2) Caroline Taggart (30 June 2010). [*Writer's Market 2010: Make Money Writing*](https://web.archive.org/web/20170424175042/https://books.google.com/books?id=j6iqPJyUmfwC&pg=PT650). F+W Media. p. 650. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7153-3529-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7153-3529-1). Archived from [the original](https://books.google.com/books?id=j6iqPJyUmfwC&pg=PT650) on 24 April 2017. 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