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Where to buy in the South East.

Maidenhead Aquatics @Morden has moved to lower morden lane, Merton still pretty good, stock aquafleur plants etc.
Location:Maidenhead Aquatics @ Merton
Lower Morden Garden Centre
Lower Morden Lane
Surrey
SM4 4SJ
 
Birchwood Aquatic Centre
London Rd, Swanley
01322 664397

Great shop with a recent refurb, loads of trops, odd balls, shrimp, discus, puffers, schooling fish, huge marine stock and tank show room, pond section not bad, massive stock of lava rock and very cheap, I went in for a pea puffer and ended up going through 4 sacks of lava rock and walked out with huge amount of it for £30, 4 pots of Anubis petite for £3 a pot and 6 lecky blue rams lol (oh and the pea puffer). Good selection of plants about 6 potted in each stock tank and must have 40 stock tanks, usual non aquatics too but 90% aquatic.
 
Shop name: Millbrook Water Gardens

Location: Millbrook Garden Centre, Tubwell Lane, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 3RJ

Directions:Millbrook at Crowborough is situated just outside Crowborough on the B2100 heading towards Rotherfield, opposite Tesco. If you are travelling by train, the nearest train station is Crowborough. - See more at: http://www.millbrookgc.co.uk/our-centres/crowborough.aspx#sthash.HTZuPXB5.dpuf

What they offer or specialise in: Plants, Tropical Fish, Marine Fish and Corals, Fancy Goldfish, Food & Accessories

Over all verdict of the shop: Small shop but the plants here are the healthiest ive seen in a shop. So many shops have algae covered and dying plants but here they really take care of their stock. All fish look healthy, the shop is clean and well presented. The staff are honest and seem to know what they are talking about. I will go back!

Website: http://www.yell.com/biz/millbrook-water-gardens-crowborough-796839/
 
fishgeek said:
Living waters
28 beddington lane
croydon
surrey

020 8680 3533

a good healthy range of the basic fish

a great selection of good healthy plants
not the biggest stor and one that has good knowledgeable people working in it

for plants they are taking about online sales in the future
http://www.livingwatersonline.co.uk/
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Very good selection of healthy beautiful plants,very knowledgeable people.Highly recomended.but If you are after a particular plant ring them before you go there and ask for availability.
 
Theres Maidenhead Aquatics in Crawley at Squires Garden centre.

Additionaly theres nice lfs in Horsham at Hillier Garden centre which is my favourite.
 
Aquatic Design Centre
26, Zennor Trade Park, Zennor Rd, Balham, London SW12 0PS (used to be in great portland street)

Sells Aquadip and Tropica, CO2, aquascaping supplies, big variety of fish including a big variety of Tanganyikans. Massive marine selection as well.
Sells some ADA stuff.
 
ADA said:
Birchwood Aquatic Centre
London Rd, Swanley
01322 664397

Great shop with a recent refurb, loads of trops, odd balls, shrimp, discus, puffers, schooling fish, huge marine stock and tank show room, pond section not bad, massive stock of lava rock and very cheap, I went in for a pea puffer and ended up going through 4 sacks of lava rock and walked out with huge amount of it for £30, 4 pots of Anubis petite for £3 a pot and 6 lecky blue rams lol (oh and the pea puffer). Good selection of plants about 6 potted in each stock tank and must have 40 stock tanks, usual non aquatics too but 90% aquatic.
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This is where I tend to go now and is the best place in Kent that I have been to in my opinion.

Posting to resurrect the thread and see if there are anymore as it's been quiet on here for a while!
 
Steve42 said:
This is where I tend to go now and is the best place in Kent that I have been to in my opinion.

Posting to resurrect the thread and see if there are anymore as it's been quiet on here for a while!
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Fabulous, this isn't too far from me, I'll give this one a go next week! Love to visit the different shops 😀
 
Alex Papp said:
Aquatic Design Centre
26, Zennor Trade Park, Zennor Rd, Balham, London SW12 0PS (used to be in great portland street)

Sells Aquadip and Tropica, CO2, aquascaping supplies, big variety of fish including a big variety of Tanganyikans. Massive marine selection as well.
Sells some ADA stuff.
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Second this, used to go to their old shop and the new one is loads bigger, they are great for livestock, absolutely fantastic fish and inverts in great condition, not that much on the plants side but they tend to have a few nice bits and bobs if you look deep enough, marine section is extensive.
 
~firefly~ said:
Sadly, the Maidenhead Aquatics @ Morden store has closed. A real shame.
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It looks like this must have reopened as I’ve just done a Google search and it is not saying permanently closed, it gives times for opening. Does anyone know the situation regarding this?
 
Angus said:
Second this, used to go to their old shop and the new one is loads bigger, they are great for livestock, absolutely fantastic fish and inverts in great condition, not that much on the plants side but they tend to have a few nice bits and bobs if you look deep enough, marine section is extensive.
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What's their shrimp selection like?
 
Tankless said:
What's their shrimp selection like?
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Freshwater wise when i went they had cherries, oranges, yellows, blues, the zebra ones and one type of sulawesi, i'm no shrimp expert for sure but they got a good choice of neocaridina, and they have amano's reliably, the rarer stuff i'm not sure as i don't think they keep it in the rack system.
 
Angus said:
Freshwater wise when i went they had cherries, oranges, yellows, blues, the zebra ones and one type of sulawesi, i'm no shrimp expert for sure but they got a good choice of neocaridina, and they have amano's reliably, the rarer stuff i'm not sure as i don't think they keep it in the rack system.
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yep, they get most standard shrimp from Neil Hardy, so baisically Neocaridina davidi in colours, low grade CRS, long nose shrimp, bamboo shrimp, armoured shrimp, small amanos. Sulawesi was a one off import, but they didn't have the right water - they keep all shrimps in close to 100% R.O.
 
I did a couple of shops today thanks to relaxed Sunday London parking. Wholesale Tropicals was a bit disappointing, a little bit dated and I was mainly after some lava rock (I couldn't see any stonework at all) and a Java Trident (nothing). Lots of fish looking good, and a hell of a lot of the more "traditional" tank decor. It's of it's age I guess.

Traffic was good so I also went to Fish Planet in Finsbury Park - it was busy but the team were great, I was attended to by Dan the owner, he didn't flinch when I asked if I could water test the lava rock (to see if it sinks or has an air pocket) before sale, he was decent enough to think to weigh it first (so it was lighter before the water). I also really liked the tank setups all running individually on sponges. I did come home with a male red honey gourami (and this was definitely a red Colisa Chuna rather than something else mislabelled) and I'm hoping to get back one day - I live out in the sticks but my employer has a base about 5 mins up the road which I sometimes have to go to, so the evening opening hours are really handy.
 
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