Fish (live & house-pet variety) shop?

Hi all -

I am looking for recommendations for a good (live) fish shop. We're getting a small aquarium for our young daughter's birthday and we're looking for a local shop to sell us some friendly, colourful low-maintenance fish.

Any recommendations?

Chris

There is definitely nowhere in SE1. I'd search for fish forums and find a supplier/breeder from there. I'm not a fish keeper but if there is such a thing as hereditary illness in fish then a good breeder will not supply a shop. A good breeder of any pet needs feedback about all the animals they produce.

The wonderful Tachbrook Tropicals in Victoria closed recently, so also interested in where to buy fish stuff. Or we may have to resort to eating our geriatric goldfish.

I got my goldfish from Pets at Home on the Old Kent Road - they are now 7 years old!

there is an aquatics shop down the Blue (Southwark Park Road (it is called Finking) and they stock every type of fish known to man. Quite reasonably priced too.

Finking are really helpful & seem to know their stuff (if you talk to the owner) They also have reptiles !

Fin King have got quite a reputation amongst reptile breeders. Like I pointed out, it's only possible to breed ethically if you can get feedback from the people that take on your animals. The odd healthy animal means nothing statistically.

Hi Chris

I thoroughly recommend the Aquatic Design Co (107 Gt Portland St). I personally think they are cheaper and better than Finking. They sell everything you could want. The shop is on 2 levels with downstairs being all sea water fish (which are beautiful) cold and tropical fish are all on the ground floor. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

The Aquatic Design company have some amazing tanks, especially of coral. Just be prepared to see some large turtles in small tanks. Quite disturbing.

I have 5 tanks marine and tropical, I now buy all my fish from aquatic design http://www.aquaticdesign.co.uk/catalogue.php
Before I discovered ad all my fish came from http://www.petsathome.com/ make sure you check the tank as they do have a lot of dead fish which the other fish tend to feed on, Supreme Animal Foods in Lewisham http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1291/55013.php and finking S P Rd http://www.finking.co.uk/index3.htm