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Welcome to our new page Shop News.

We will try our best to update this page every week with any news that’s going on in the shop.

 

News…

John and James went to visit one of our suppliers this week

Neil Hardy Aquatica Ltd – Trade Only are a wholesaler that predate most aquatic shops in the uk, being formed in 1982!

We got invited to visit the team and their incredible facility as we have been buying from them for around 8 years now and to see this behemoth in person is a true treat as a hobbyist! 😦

We got a hand guided tour by none other than Peter Hardy himself and honestly, the place is so huge, so technical and in-depth it is difficult for us to explain just how epic it really is.

The facility uses ground source heat pumps to supply heat for the entire facility, housing tens of thousands of fish and supplying a majority of the UK’s aquatic industry with livestock.

There are around 2500 tanks in this facility, and the rooms are kept at a toasty temperature.

The range of fish offered is unbelievable and it’s fish we have access to every single week!

We got a peak at a few filtration systems that are absolutely huge and water vats bigger than most people swimming pools.

Many fish are bred on site, we got a very cool look at the stages of angel and discus cichlids bred on site from adult breeding pairs, to rearing systems that are superb.

The amount of rooms is mind-blowing and they’re in the middle of an expansion so it’s only getting bigger

To give you an idea, when you get to the photos of rabbit snails, that tank is around 6 feet long and 4 feet wide and there’s tens of these that can be found in just one room 😦

We got lost every 10 mins, found a fish and lost them quickly after, the place is absolutely mind blowing in scale 😐

The team employs 16 members of staff working full-time to catch, bag and prepare fish for shipments to be sent across the entire mainland of the UK!

We’ve hand picked some beautiful fish that will be arriving with us next week alongside other fish.

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Fresh live food is in stock and on sale today

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Two deliveries of plants have come in this week for indoor fish tanks.

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You got some corys mate?

Yeah, just a few!

Emerald green cory (Brochis splendens)– £7.00 each, BUY 5+ for £6.50 each
Gold shoulder cory (Osteogaster schultzei) £7.00 each, BUY 5+ for £6.00 each
Aspidoras spilotus – £5.00 each, buy 5+ for £4.50 each
Albino Pygmy Cory (Gastrodermus pygmaeus) – £6.50 each, BUY 4+ for £5.50 each
Scleromystax barbatus – £9.00 each, BUY 4+ for £8.50 each
Schwartz’ cory (Hoplisoma schwartzi) – £8.50 each, buy 4+ for £8.00 each
Green gold cory (Osteogaster melanotaenia) £6.00 each, but 5+ for £5.00 each
Black cory (Osteogaster schultzei var. black) £9.00 each, BUY 5+ for £8.00 each
Sterba’s cory (Hoplisoma sterbai) – £8.50 each, buy 5+ for £8.00 each
Salt and pepper cory(Hoplisoma harbrosum) – £3.35 each, 3 for £9.00, 5 for £15.00
Three line cory(Hoplisoma trillineatum)– £5.00 each, 5 for £22.50
Bronze Cory (Osteogaster aeneus) – £3.35 each, 3 for £9.00, 5 for £15.00
Peppered cory(Hoplisoma palateum) – £3.35 each, 3 for £9.00, 5 for £15.00
Albino bronze cory(Osteogaster aeneus ‘albino’) – 2.5-3cm – £3.35 each, 3 for £9.00, 5 for £15.00
Masked Cory (Hoplisoma metae) – £8.00 each, buy 5+ for £7.00
Pygmy Cory (Gastrodermus pygmaeus) – £3.35 each, BUY 5+ for £3.00 each
Panda Cory (Hoplisoma panda) – £6.00 each, buy 4+ for £5.50 each
Adolophs cory (Hoplisoma adolphoi)- £12.00 each, buy 3 + for £11.00 each

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We’ve had thousands of new fish in this week.

Here’s the full list of new arrivals;

Ember tetra (Hyphessobrycon amandae)
Black molly (Poecillia sphenops)
Silver molly (Poecillia sphenops)
Orange molly (Poecillia sphenops)
Red wag platy (Xipophorus maculatus)
Sunset wag platy (Xipophorus maculatus)
Blue spotted platy (Xipophorus maculatus)
Red head eartheater (Geophagus pyrocephalus)
Tri-colour oranda
Gold diamond molly (Poecillia sphenops)
Red honey gourami (Trichogaster chuna)
Phoenix rasbora (Boraras merah)
Clown barbs (Barbodes everetti)
Java loach (Pangio oblonga)
Krib (Pelvicahromis pulcher)
Neon red rasbora (Sundadanio rubellus)
Black winged hatchetfish (Carnegiella marthae)
Celestial pearl danios (Danio margaritatus)
Red tailed penguin tetra (Thayeria sp. Teles pires)
Six banded barbs (Desmopuntius hexazona)
Red neon blue-eye (Pseudomugil luminatus)
Pygmy Swordtail (Xipophorus pygmaeus)
Male guppy – Blue Moscow, elephant ear, royal red
Female guppy – mix x50
Male Betta – “alien” (Plakat)
Blue dwarf gourami (Trichogaster fasiciata)
Peacock Gudgeon (Tateurndina ocellicauda)
Red tailed garra (Garra pantivongi)
Half banded khuli loach (Pangio semicincta
Red lizard loach (Homaloptera ogilvei)
Inca dwarf cichlid (Apistogramma baenschi)
Red Devil angel cichlids (Pteryophyllum scalare var.)
Black angel cichlids (Pteryophyllum scalare var.)
Pink lady nerite snail (Clithon sowerbyanum)
Neon tetra (Paracheirodon inessi)
Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
Rummynose tetra (Petitella bleheri)
Glowlight tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)
“Diamond” flame tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus var. diamond)
“Super blue”emperor tetra (Inpaichthys kerri var. super blue)
Leporinus granti “strawberry”
“Tricolour” golden barb (Barbodes semifasciolatus)
Glowlight rasbora (Trignostigma hengeli)
Lake Kuromoi rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parva “Kuromoi”)
Clown killifish (Epiplatys annulatus)
Golden honey gourami (Trichogaster chuna)
Asian glass catfish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis)
Reticulated flying fox (Crossocheilus reticulatus)
“Golden” weather loach (Misgurnus anguilicaudatus)
Venezuelan orange cory (Osteogaster venezuelensis)
Peppered Cory (Hoplisoma palateum)
L255 Blue spotted Medusa (Ancistrus sp)
Tomacichla tuba
Gold severum (Heros efasciatus type)
“Zebra” angel cichlids (Pteryophyllum scalare var. zebra)
“Koi” angel cichlids (Pteryophyllum scalare var. koi)
Tiger Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus)
Albino tiger oscar (Astronotus ocellatus var. albino)
Melanochromis auratus albino
Pygmy pufferfish (Carinotetradon travancoricus)
Blood Red cherry shrimp (Neocardinia davidii)
“Wide” gold back cherry shrimp (Neocardinia davidii)
Snowball cherry shrimp (Neocardinia davidii)
Amano shrimp (Cardinia multidentata)
Pinochio shrimp (Cardinia gracilirostris)
Blue bolt shrimp (Cardinia cantonensis var.)
Black and white crystal shrimp (Cardinia cantonensis var.)
Zebra nerite snail (Vitta zebra)
Onion nerite snail (Vittina semiconica)
Orange rabbit snail (Tylomelania gemmifera)
Yellow antennae rabbit snail (Tylomelania sp.)
Goldfish – 2-3”
Shubunkins – 2-3”
Shubunkins – 3-4”
Sarasa comets – 3-4”
Sarasa comets – 4-5”
Lemon gold fish – 4-5”