Shirley Aquatics

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As a kid this was amazing and with all their exotic and normal aquatic creatures it still fascinates me! There’s no fish store in Shirley quiet like ‘Shirley Aquatics.’ My family and I have a tropical fish tank at home and this is the ‘go to’ place to purchase new fishes, fish food and just about anything you need for aquariums. They even sell turtles and ponds and water features, pretty cool eh? You have to have a license to take one of them home because their care needs special training. They conveniently sell fish care products such as food and tank cleaning products as well as tank accessories. My tank has some plants and a mini ‘Bikini Bottom’ with all the main characters from the kids cartoon ‘Spongebob square pants’ (yes, I am big kid)
I’ve recently graduated and as cool as this place is, it’s a little too expensive for people like me so my advice is to save up enough money for fish care and a decent sized tank (or pond) so the fish have plenty of room. This takes me onto the next note.
You know how sometimes you go to a place and the staff just don’t care, or act as if they do? Well here they actually do care. This is obvious through the shops high standards of animal care and the staff like to know what type of environment you’ll be taking the fish (s) home to (if you purchase them). Interestingly they can tell you loads’ about the fishes; from where they came from to their care. For example when we got our first tropical fish they asked us to bring in a water sample from the tank to check it was the right environment for the pretty fish we wanted. At first it wasn’t and they instructed us on how to fix this. Once that was out the way they advised us about feeding the fish and as our small filter doesn’t clean our large tank the staff gave helpful cleaning advice. In my opinion this is the kind of care and customer service most pet stores need.

I was keen to conquer the quest of fish shopping with my Dad, despite little interest we visited various places, this Aquatics being one of them.
It was reasonably priced, some fish were slightly excessively priced. This aquatics is one worth visiting even if you aren’t interested in fish. They have a massive selection to look at, and I was amazed with the different tanks and species of fish.
The staff were helpful and I would come here again, my Dad didn’t purchase fish on this occasion but he still managed to stand and watch the fish swim in awe until I managed to drag him away.

This place is another good find for those who keep fish or who are interested in fish and aquatics. I visited here to browse their selection of fish, as I have two of my own tanks at home. I was looking particularly for shrimp, but they were quite pricey so I did not purchase any. However, I was impressed with their collection of fish; I really liked the Koi which followed me as I walked past their tank! They also had a variety of fresh water, marine and cold water fish. It is quite a big place and it seemed really busy when I was there. If you enjoy pampering yourself, you can also have one of those fish pedicures here, which I think is a bit different for an aquatic store! There are lots of dried goods and tanks for sale and the staff are really helpful and know what they are talking about. They also have some reptiles for sale and lots of outdoor features for your garden or pond. I really liked the range of different things that they sold; it was not just a few fish and it was quite nice to have a look around. It is a great place, but just a little too pricey for me!

These guys are great. Very helpful and knowledgeable. Great selection of fish and associated paraphernalia. Highly recommended.