Birley Moor Aquatics Centre

20/07/2024

Open as normal this weekend 😊

To say we're running on less space, we've got some stunners in stock currently 😍

We've also had a big restock on community fish, so plenty of Tetra, Platy, Guppy, etc.

For full availability, please see the stock list pinned to the top of our page!

17/07/2024

Long Post Alert! 😅

At the minute we're getting a lot of questions regarding the recent developments in the aquatics department, and so far we've been pretty vague on exactly whats happening 😏

Obviously until we knew the final dimensions after works, its been tricky to give specifics as the plans have changed a few times in regards to number of racks and tanks etc.

However (after a few headaches!) we're now in a position to release a few proper details, and we're a tad excited to say the least 😁
We hope you are too!

Expanding the fish house has been the number one long-term goal for a few years.
The existing room has always been on the small side, and while we always strive to stock as wide a range of fish as possible, its fair to say the limited tank space has held the business back to some extent.
And thanks to you lovely lot 😘 business has grown to a point where its no longer a want, but a NEED to expand to keep up with the wide demands of our customers 😊

Aside from tank space, another issue we've always had is that the systems we have currently were bought second hand, to a spec that given the choice we would never have chosen. Buying all new, gives us full flexibility in tank combinations, as well as filtration options. Plus it'll look a lot better too 🤣

So enough waffle...here's whats occurring 😅
🔹 Total refit of entire existing fish house, with all new racks.
🔹Expansion of existing fish house, to roughly double current size.
🔹21 new racks!
🔹2 racks repurposed for fancy goldfish. Total 23 racks.
🔹A new Betta Barracks (fingers crossed for space!)
🔹At least 230 Tropical aquaria, plus an additional 24 Betta tanks (again 🤞)
🔹At least 11 tanks exclusively for Fancy Goldfish.
🔹 All new tanks individually filtered, no more recirculating centralised systems (Praise Be 🙌).

And thats it...exciting times ahead!
We're hoping to have everything completed for September, though of course we'll keep you posted!

For a very rough, very much not-to-scale idea of the layout, see the picture!
Don't worry if you don't see your fave group of fish listed, lots will fall under Oddball, whereas Cory's, L-Numbers etc, will get scattered around various tanks.

17/07/2024

Fish House Closed Today 😕

Been a very early, and very busy start this morning!

Good News... New floor in the new room is in! The bad news is we can't walk on it so no access for the next couple of days.

Dry goods and pond areas open as usual

Hoping the fish house will be open as normal from Friday 🙂

12/07/2024

Amazing the things you find when digging out a new floor 🤣

12/07/2024

Fish house open today and right through the weekend 😅 slowly but surely making progress on the new section!

We do have steps leading in to it currently. These are temporary, however wheelchair and pushchair access isn't possible right now unfortunately 😕 we can offer a trade counter service for anyone thats struggling to access the fish room, sorry for the inconvenience!

10/07/2024

Unfortunately fish house is temporarily closed while some essential works are unfertaken. We can get your fish on a trade counter basis or alternatively we'll be open as usual from Saturday!

Dry goods and pond section open as usual 😅

Thanks for your patience 🙂

03/07/2024

Fish House back open as usual tomorrow, and will be open right through until next week. From there on things may be a touch sketchy, but we'll keep you informed!

Please bear with us for the next few weeks, stock levels may be a bit up and down and there may be closures here and there, but the wait will be worth it I promise 😅

02/07/2024

Unfortunately with the building works that have commenced we have took the decision to close the fish house down. We're still open for the dry goods sales

01/07/2024

Things are happening!!

We're open as usual today, however access to the Trop Room and Coldwater Tanks might be a little tricky at times!

As a side note, you'll find all our substrates, ornaments, rocks and wood just outside the aquatics main doors. Please still take these to the aquatics till rather than the main counter 🙂

We'll be releasing full plans for the development in the very near future 😬

29/06/2024

Fancy a coffee (or even a milkshake for the kids!) while checking out the fish's?
Equilatte are on site this weekend, and everyday through July 😋

As promised, we can confirm opening times and dates for the Equilatte van for the upcoming months🙌🏻

26/06/2024

Loads of stunning Fancy Goldfish in currently!

🐠 Assorted Oranda 5-6cm
🐠 Assorted Oranda 10-12cm
🐠 Assorted Yuan Bao Oranda 10-12cm
🐠 Assorted Ryukin, High Grade 10-12cm
🐠 Assorted Ryukin, Butterfly HG 10-12cm
🐠 Assorted Ranchu 8-9cm
🐠 Assorted Ranchu 10-12cm
🐠 Black Moor 6-7cm
🐠 Dragon Pearlscale 6-7cm

25/06/2024

Congratulations to our newest member of staff Kaitlyn. She took these two stunning Discus a couple of months ago and already they've paired off and laid what look like a fantastic batch of eggs 😍

Fingers crossed for some future home-bred stunners 👌

Well done Kaitlyn!

22/06/2024

Great selection of Sturgeon in currently!!

Diamond Sturgeon 10-12"
Siberian Sturgeon 10-12"
White Tip Sterlet 8-10"
Albino Sterlet 6-8"

21/06/2024

Latest batch of Waterlily just in! Loads of growth on these with plenty coming in to flower 🪷🪷

Also had loads of Contours plus Water Lettuce!

19/06/2024

Whats going on here then? 🤔🫣

You may a notice a few changes in store this week, and things may not be in the usual place...but fear not, its all part of the bigger plan 😁

In the meantime we're quite enjoying the open plan workspace 😅

18/06/2024

Sneak peak at some of tonights arrivals 😍😍

16/06/2024

Father's Day Special Offer 🥳

No proof of offspring required! Mothers are also eligible 😅

15/06/2024

Lots of new arrivals in the pond department ready for sale this week! A fantastic range of Goldfish, as well as a full restock of Sturgeon 🐠🐠

🐠 Goldfish 4-5"
🐠 Goldfish 5-6"
🐠 Goldfish 6-8"
🐠 Goldfish 8-10"
🐠 Yellow Goldfish 4-5"
🐠 Yellow Goldfish 5-6"
🐠 Yellow Goldfish 6-8"
🐠 Yellow Goldfish 8-10"
🐠 Shubunkin 4-5"
🐠 Shubunkin 5-6"
🐠 Shubunkin 6-8"
🐠 Shubunkin 8-10"
🐠 Bristol Shubunkin 4-5"
🐠 Wakin Goldfish 4-5"
🐠 Wakin Goldfish 4-5", High Grade
🐠 Wakin Goldfish 5-6"

🐠 Diamond Sturgeon 10-12"
🐠 Siberian Sturgeon 10-12"
🐠 White Tip Sterlet 8-10"
🐠 Albino Sterlet 8-10"

Finally, a special Fathers Day Offer on Koi tomorrow NOT TO BE MISSED 🥳🥳 We'll release details in the morning!

14/06/2024

A few from around the trop house this evening 😍

• Discus are all now on sale!
• We've had a fancy goldfish shipment which bar a couple of tanks, are all available for this weekend
• We've also had loads of pond fish finish their quarantine this week, and will be ready for the weekend, including some stunning XL Goldfish and Wakin!

Next week sees some very special fish arriving if your into Parrot Cichlids and Betta (not in the same tank 😅).

For full stocklist please see the Availability List pinned post 🙂

12/06/2024

Lots of Ciano Emotion Pro aquariums now on display in store. Full kits including Aquarium, Filter, Heater, and LED light.

Quick turn around for delivery, usually within 7 days of ordering 🐠🐠

07/06/2024

Assorted Discus 10-12cm have cleared QT and ready for sale 🥳🥳

Lots have been reserved, but we still have available:
🐠 Red Marlboro
🐠 Yellow Marlboro
🐠 Red White's

Loads of 6-8cm will be available from next weekend all being well 😊

05/06/2024

Definitely a coldwater theme going on this week with deliveries! We've had a very nice shipment of Fancy Goldfish including Ranchu, Ryukin, & Yuan Bao Oranda.
Then on Friday we're due a big top up on outdoor Goldfish varieties, plus Sturgeon and other bits 😁

These will all be in quarantine for at least a week, so likely on sale from Saturday 15/6, with photo's nearer the time 👌

For our tropical customers we've currently plenty in stock, with photo's on their way 😁 and plenty of new arrivals planned over the next few weeks!

Here's whats arriving this week:-
🐠 Assorted Oranda 5-6cm
🐠 Assorted Oranda, XL Wen 10-12cm
🐠 Assorted Yuan Bao Oranda 10-12cm.
🐠 Assorted Short-Tail Yuan Bao, A Grade 10-12cm

🐠 Calico Ranchu 8-9cm
🐠 Assorted Ranchu 10-12cm

🐠 Assorted Ryukin, A Grade 8-9cm
🐠 Assorted Butterfly Ryukin, A Grade 10-12cm

🐠 Black Moor 6-7cm
🐠 Telescope Pearlscale, A Grade 6-7cm

🐠 Assorted Goldfish 5-6"
🐠 Assorted Goldfish 6-7"
🐠 Assorted Goldfish 7-8"
🐠 Goldfish 4-5"
🐠 Yellow Goldfish 4-5"
🐠 Shubunkin 4-5"
🐠 Shubunkin 5-6"
🐠 Wakin 4-5" (very excited to see these 🤩)
🐠 Wakin 5-6"

🐠 Koi, Select Grade 3-4"
🐠 Koi, Select Grade 4-5"

🐠 Grass Carp 3-4"
🐠 Grass Carp 4-5"

🐠 Diamond Sturgeon 10-12"
🐠 Siberian Longnose Sturgeon 10-12"
🐠 White Tip Sterlet 8-10"

03/06/2024

Now stocking a full range of Axolotl feeds, medications and water treatments from NT Labs. And fingers crossed we'll be back on with stocking Axolotl again in the very near future 🤞😊

01/06/2024

We're on TikTok (just about 🥴)!!

Feel free to give us a follow ... This is just a test vid to see if we've got the technical skills...turns out we haven't but we'll give it a crack anyway 😅😂

We'll be posting different things to what we put on Facebook and we'll try not to crossover too much! So different platforms, different content 😁

Check out mikec88’s video.

27/05/2024

25/05/2024

Loads of ornaments in stock currently, everything from caves and hides, up to full on feature pieces for the larger tanks out there!

24/05/2024

Big restock on pond plants this week 🪷🪷

• Plenty of 1L marginals
• Oxygenating contour baskets
• Waterlily's (nicely grown in now, with some flowering!)
• Bunched oxygenators
• Frogbit
• Water Lettuce
• Water Soldier

22/05/2024

Just a quick sneak peek at the quality of the latest Discus to grace our tanks at Birley Moor Garden Centre Aquatics Department 😍😍

Only just arrived and no date for releasing for sale as of yet (we're not jinxing it after the last extended QT 😅). But some stunners should be available in the not so distant future!

17/05/2024

Finally got a few pics sorted 😬😅 sorry for the lateness!

These are just a few of the latest tropical arrivals into the fish house over the last week or two.

Big shipment due next week as well!

16/05/2024

Big Delivery Next Week!!

Loads coming in! High Grade Discus, Fancy Guppy's, XL Electric Blue Rams, Livebearers plus lots of other interesting bits 🐠🐠

Subject to out of stocks, but here's what we're expecting:-

🐠 High Grade Discus 6-8cm
🐠 High Grade Discus 10-12cm

🐠 Albino Tiger Oscar
🐠 Red Tiger Oscar

🐠 Panda Cory
🐠 Peppered Cory

🐠 Assorted Guppy (Male)
🐠 Assorted Guppy (Female)
🐠 Platinum Koi Kohaku Guppy
🐠 Black Koi Gupppy
🐠 Full Gold Ribbon Guppy
🐠 Blue Metal Dragon Guppy
🐠 Red Metal Dragon Guppy

🐠 Assorted Molly

🐠 Marlboro Micky Mouse Platy
🐠 Berlin Platy
🐠 Tricolour Apple Platy
🐠 Red Wag Platy

🐠 Berlin Swordtail
🐠 Marigold Red Back Swordtail
🐠 Calico Swordtail

🐠 Neon Tetra
🐠 Cardinal Tetra
🐠 Cardinal Tetra XL

🐠 Reticulated Hillstream Loach
🐠 Spotted Hillstream Loach
🐠 Siamese Flying Fox

🐠 Vietnamese Cardinal Minnow

🐠 Various High Grade Medaka

🐠 Tire Track Eel