Aquatic Specialist

22/01/2025

This aquarium is starting to grow a little too well and needs a major cut back. It is a nice problem to have. This system is run on a modified Triton method using supplements and ICP testing. I love working on this aquarium.

17/01/2025

If you need help with your reef aquarium and you live in Bournemouth or the surrounding area why not give us a call. We have many years of experience within the aquatics industry as well as being qualified.

16/01/2025

Action shot of Dave working on this cichlid aquarium. This aquarium gets monthly visits from us. We clean the filter, glass and rocks. Also we replace the carbon and filter wool plus undertake a water change. This keeps the aquarium looking nice for the guests at this luxury holiday let.

11/01/2025

🌟 Exciting news! 🌟 We’re thrilled to welcome our new business partner, David! He will be leading our partner venture, Aquatic Specialist Wimborne, and comes with a wealth of experience and expertise. David holds a National Diploma in Aquatics from Sparsholt College and has dedicated over 20 years to Maidenhead Aquatics Wimborne, serving many of those years as store manager. With David on our team, we’re poised to take on more clients and offer greater flexibility in our services. Welcome aboard, David! 💧✨

04/01/2025

Parrot fish are striking in appearance and engaging in their behaviour however they are often frowned upon by many in the industry. Ethical concerns over these 'test tube' hybrids mean that many professionals don't like them. Personally I find it hard not to like them and find it strange why some want to draw the line here. I believe that they are sterile fish and will not breed successfully and therefore can't muddle genetics of other cichlid species. Surely these are of less of a risk than muddled rainbow fish or Malawi Cichlid genetics which can effectively wipe out a species in the wild by muddling the gene pool? Then what about fancy goldfish and even fancy guppies. Surely the inbreeding/selective breeding for deformities isn't in the best interest of the species? It's a funny old industry.

28/12/2024

It may be the holiday season but aquariums still need looking after. Only had 3 appointments yesterday.

25/12/2024

Happy Christmas from Aquatic Specialist

21/12/2024

We maintain all sorts of aquariums. One minute we can be working on a large coral reef tank then the next a small goldfish aquarium. This particular aquarium has a bit of a mix, made up of Clown Loach, Parrot Fish and Rainbow fish. We look after each as if it were our own.

19/12/2024

A maintenance visit to one of my favourite aquariums. This aquarium runs on a modified Triton method. The client carefully adds reef zelements supplements and I do a couple of small water changes a month. During these water changes I siphon the sump, clean and top up the reactors and algae wipe. Some of the corals in this picture are partly shut down as I've just run the algae magnet around. Time I think to do some heavy pruning as many are getting out of control!

17/12/2024

We maintain a wide variety of aquariums in both commercial and residential locations along the South Coast of England. This particular aquarium is in a retirement home. It is set up as a low tech planted aquarium with mainly rainbow fish. It is a real hit with the residents.

09/12/2024

Just had to add another picture of this aquarium with its new fish and corals.

08/12/2024

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08/12/2024

The guys from Charterhouse sent down a couple of boxes of fish and frags on Friday. They are going into the beautiful reef tank installation that they did for a client in Poole and we are the lucky team that is going to be looking after the set up. I'm going to keep you all in suspense until tomorrow before I reveal the aquarium with the fish in.

04/12/2024

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03/12/2024

We have been looking after this Malawi Cichlid aquarium for a few years. The penthouse apartment once featured on TV's Grand Designs programme. The fish tank did feature but back then it was a marine aquarium. The fish are able to look out to see from the fish tank onto the beautiful Bournemouth beach.

01/12/2024

10 weeks in and this one is looking pretty good. Still yet to figure out how best to hide the pipe and heater. 🤔

28/11/2024

25/11/2024

I was back working on this 3.2m reef aquarium today. I had to introduce the first fish, fire-up the skimmer and set up the auto dosing system. I also had to make a few adjustments to the lighting as there was a little bit of algae. This lovely installation was done by a few weeks ago and we have taken it on as a weekly maintenance job. It will be run on a modified method with auto dosing of their Core (7) elements plus fine tuning. Love working on this aquarium.