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Here we go ... some shots I took at Maidenhead Aquatics after my second visit earlier today (27/07/2006). Sadly, I lost a brace of shots (and still don't know how) including a lovely one of the Zebrasoma desjardinii Surgeonfish, the newly arrived Corydoras arcuatus and the Ember Tetras, not to mention a lovely shot of a Comma butterfly I took on the way home, but the following images survived the trip. Here they are:

Huge shoal of Denison's Barbs!

Tankful of Anomalochromis thomasi for sale - YAY!

Assorted Apistogramma Dwarf Cichlids - have fun identifying them!

13 inch male Jaguar Cichlid

Tanganyikan tank, Tropheus duboisi in numbers

Discus for sale

TINY Parosphromenus deissneri for sale!

Royal Gramma and Strawberry Dottyback

Flame Angel and two Clownfishes

Different Flame Angel Plus Ocellaris Clown

Pomacanthus annularis, Bluering Angelfish (£100 - yeep)

Big Lionfish, Bluering Angel And Puffer Feeding

Big Lionfish Showing Off!

The Three Amigos Again - Big Lionfish, Bluering Angel and big Puffer

Enjoy!


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Great pictures Cali! I'm glad you gave us a little taste of this store.

I really would like some Denison's Barbs...too bad they aren't very common around here. And really expensive to order!

*Kristin*

Couldn't get them all in even on wide angle GirlieGirl ... I counted them afterwards and there were 28 of them.

Sharing their tank was a pair of really huge Distichodus sexfasciatus Characoids from Africa, and a foot long Plec that was fairly dull coloured, but wasn't a Common Plec, because it had some really chunky looking spines on its pectorals and at the tail. Couldn't persuade it to come from behind its bogwood haunt to get a pic though. I suspect Cup_of_Lifenoodles would be able to identify it on the spot if he saw it.

Oh, there was a separate display aquarium with Frontosas in, along with another that was a complete jungle of plants occupied by 20+ Rummy Nosed Tetras.

The display marine aquarium is huge - didn't have a tape measure with me, but my estimate is that its 8ft long by 3ft deep by 3ft wide. The FP calculator says that its capacity is 448 gallons UK (538 US gallons or 2,038 litres) which probably accounts for why they have five Tangs/Surgeonfishes in there that aren't beating each other up.

The Denison's aquarium is similarly dimensioned, while the Tanganyikan aquarium with the Tropheus duboisi in is a 3ft cube of 168 UK gallons capacity (202 US gallons).

They're currently selling Denison's Barbs at £28 a pair.

Sadly, the really lovely iridescent Lavender Discus had all been sold, despite the whopping price tag. They'd also sold the Pink Spotted Flymo Blenny this time round, and that lovely Butterfly Fish. In its place they had a gorgeous juvenile Zebrasoma desjardinii Sailfin Tang, but it just would NOT stay still!


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002