Maidenhead Aquatics............

[CFC]

I've visited seven or eight MA stores. Crowland is my LFS and Steve, the co-manager is a top bloke, will bend over backwards to help in anyway he can. I've not had the pleasure of meeting Emma yet.

Each store tends to have its specialaties to an extent, but they all cater very well for the "bread and butter" hobbyist.

CFC - what do you think to Wharf Aquatics?

I've not yet been to Wharf Aquatics, i have browsed their online stocklists from time to time and they have some good fish but nothing i havent seen at Wildwoods before, though from what i understand there are a lot of "one off" fish in the store that arent listed online. From here it would be a 3 hour drive and since i dont drive myself finding someone willing to do the journey is difficult, my mrs has point blank refused to do 6 hours of driving to "look at poxy fish"

CFC if you are after unusual catfish can I recommend MA @ Oxford they always have some interesting bits in I was talking with the manager the other day a he said he had a brachyplatystoma platynemum and a platystominicthys notatus coming in from peru for one customer this week (hope i spelt those names correctly).

Those are some nice cats indeed. I have asked about special orders in a couple of my local MA branches in the past and was met with first of all disinterest and then given prices that would cause those with weak hearts to drop dead, hence i didnt order the fish in the end.

have to say i've been to MA hillingdon and i wouldn't buy fish from there
also doubtful is the one at iver - yes nice stock, yes nice tanks - clean etc buuuut i've fish from there which have died before i've even got home so not all good.

to make up for it though the st albans one is great


cfc have you tried wildwoods? they had a hairy puffer in there until very recently! couldn't believe my eyes.
although the guy on the phone today told me they weren't stocking dwarf puffers anymore as they'd found they were 'expensive community fish' ie they ate their other stock......
i don't think he was best pleased when i laughed

I try to get to Wildwoods at least half a dozen times a year, though my mrs has cottoned onto the fact that i usually spend at least a weeks wages when i'm there and has been doing her best to limit trips as much as possible, probably just as well really

 

[angelmouse]

i have two near me . one is exellent and the other is below average. I think it depends on the the staff and their knowledge and dedication of the fish. Abit overpriced imo.
Angel