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catfish1102 · 05-23-2003, 05:27 PM

My LFS is excellent. Its Kesgrave Tropicals in Suffolk. Friendly knowledgable staff, loads of fish and foods and plants. They'll advise you over the phone and email too. They took back my barbs when they started beating up my angels and let me swap them for phantom tetras. Couldn't ask for more really.

Somethingfishy · 05-23-2003, 06:30 PM

Hey cat,

Firstly welcome and not being from the Uk you have to excuse the ignorance, but Suffolk is the East of England is it not? Sort of close to the continent?

If so have you ever been to Dartford and Dartford Aquatics? Very cool and a good selection of fish, they have beautiful Angels if that is what you like?

catfish1102 · 05-24-2003, 09:01 AM

Hiya,
Yes Suffolk is in east England, but not near Dartford, I reckon from where I live Dartford must be about 100 miles. Have you heard of Ipswich? - I'm near there.

I have got a couple of koi angels. Very pretty, mainly white with black, yellow and pink markings. They've got silvery patches on their bodies as well, which the LFS told me is a sign of maturity. They are a pair, and have produced a few batches of eggs, but between the angels and my other fish the eggs get eaten up pretty quick.

Somethingfishy · 05-24-2003, 11:15 AM

Cool I had Angels when I first started and mine also had a couple of batches of eggs, but they never looked after them so I lost them all.

Vicshaw · 07-27-2003, 05:27 PM

Somefish sorry about the late reply. I only just realised you answered my post, but Boston is in Lncolnshire in the east midlands. People often get it mistaken with Boston in America!

KittyKat · 09-20-2005, 12:32 PM

Oxford area:

- Tesco garden centre (i'm not joking!), Abingdon: cheap, relatively clean, but would not buy fish there. Staff don't know much about fish.

- Millets Farm garden centre: OK, haven't been there in a while... will post an update

- Notcuts garden centre: clean, cheap angels. not a large choice. last time i was there staff were a bit *****y, usually OK though

- The Goldfish Bowl: DON'T BUY THERE! good choice, but for the last few months i've been seeing DEAD FISH in their tanks! bettas DO NOT receive regular water changes and many of the tanks are overstocked. Also very expensive, i have seen mark ups of over 600% there. short staffed.

- Maidenhead Aquatics: A* v. clean, new (opened in 2005), not too expensive although can find cheaper. helpful staff who know what they are doing. will order in most fish if they do not have them at the time. good range of stock, but don't do marine.

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05-23-2003, 05:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
catfish1102 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 89 Images: 2	My LFS is excellent. Its Kesgrave Tropicals in Suffolk. Friendly knowledgable staff, loads of fish and foods and plants. They'll advise you over the phone and email too. They took back my barbs when they started beating up my angels and let me swap them for phantom tetras. Couldn't ask for more really.

05-23-2003, 06:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
Somethingfishy Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 329	Hey cat, Firstly welcome and not being from the Uk you have to excuse the ignorance, but Suffolk is the East of England is it not? Sort of close to the continent? If so have you ever been to Dartford and Dartford Aquatics? Very cool and a good selection of fish, they have beautiful Angels if that is what you like?

05-24-2003, 09:01 AM	#13 (permalink)
catfish1102 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 89 Images: 2	Hiya, Yes Suffolk is in east England, but not near Dartford, I reckon from where I live Dartford must be about 100 miles. Have you heard of Ipswich? - I'm near there. I have got a couple of koi angels. Very pretty, mainly white with black, yellow and pink markings. They've got silvery patches on their bodies as well, which the LFS told me is a sign of maturity. They are a pair, and have produced a few batches of eggs, but between the angels and my other fish the eggs get eaten up pretty quick.

05-24-2003, 11:15 AM	#14 (permalink)
Somethingfishy Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 329	Cool I had Angels when I first started and mine also had a couple of batches of eggs, but they never looked after them so I lost them all.

07-27-2003, 05:27 PM	#15 (permalink)
Vicshaw Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Boston,UK Posts: 154	Somefish sorry about the late reply. I only just realised you answered my post, but Boston is in Lncolnshire in the east midlands. People often get it mistaken with Boston in America!

09-20-2005, 12:32 PM	#16 (permalink)
KittyKat Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 40	Oxford area: - Tesco garden centre (i'm not joking!), Abingdon: cheap, relatively clean, but would not buy fish there. Staff don't know much about fish. - Millets Farm garden centre: OK, haven't been there in a while... will post an update - Notcuts garden centre: clean, cheap angels. not a large choice. last time i was there staff were a bit ****y, usually OK though - The Goldfish Bowl: DON'T BUY THERE! good choice, but for the last few months i've been seeing DEAD FISH in their tanks! bettas DO NOT receive regular water changes and many of the tanks are overstocked. Also very expensive, i have seen mark ups of over 600% there. short staffed. - Maidenhead Aquatics: A v. clean, new (opened in 2005), not too expensive although can find cheaper. helpful staff who know what they are doing. will order in most fish if they do not have them at the time. good range of stock, but don't do marine.