Dartford Aquatics was launched in July 2000 with plans to turn this 50/50 pets and fish shop into one of the countries leading fish shops.

To do this we had to refurbish the entire shop. This took 3 years to do and as a result Practical Fishkeeping Magazine readers in 2003 voted us the best aquatic shop in the East of England. This made us very proud to think that our customers thought that of us.

Since 2003, we have built a planted area that consists of over 20 ft of plant tank, housing more than 300 plants covering 50 different species.

All of these plants are brought over from Tropica who in my opinion sell the best plants in the world. One look at their plants and you wouldn’t want any other brand. Dennerle are the worlds leading company in as far as a natural aquarium can be achieved. With outstanding products such as the Boden-Fluter and the Comfort-Line CO2 range, you really cannot go wrong.

We are currently building a new soft-water system that will house Discus, huge shoals of tetra’s, many species of Corydoras and many rare ‘L’ numbers.

In November 2005, we bought our 2nd shop and named it Sidcup Aquatics. Since November, we have transformed the front half of the shop into a new dry goods area and we are currently changing the tropical systems into three 900-litre systems and five 450-litre systems. We have built a 32 square foot coral system and we are currently building a 4,000 litre fish only system.

We have also opened up our pond section. At the moment the system currently holds 2000 gallons but we have plans to increase this up to 10,000 gallons for the summer of 2006. We are also planning to open up two tank and cabinet show rooms with brands such as Seabray, Eheim, and Jewel amongst others to be on display.

In both shops, our aim is to provide the highest quality service to all of our customers.

We always encourage all fish keepers to test their aquarium water and adjust the water parameters according to the fish that they keep. The testing of the aquarium water not only helps fish live more comfortably through their lives, but you also enjoy keeping fish more.

Please browse our website and contact us if you have any questions.