paulace2372
Aquarium Advice Freak
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The staff at Maidenhead are all very clued up, worth going there over any other Lfs I know of to be honest!
Fishman94 said:I don't even rate Maidenhead
paulace2372 said:I actually think it comes down to the staff in each store. The difference between PaH and Maidenhead is that PaH tend to employ a lot of part time staff on minimum wage that don't really know a lot about fish (there are a few exceptions but rarely) whereas maidenhead have a lot more long term staff and many of there managers are actually shareholders of the company with vested interest in the success of their company. It sounds like you guys who have seen the dead fish in Maidenhead have been unlucky and gone to some shite stores. I cannot defend all of the stores as I have been to some myself that could do with improvement but I know i would prefer to buy my livestock from Maidenhead than most others.
I buy most of my fish from maidenhead aquatics.Im lucky to have windsor,Reading and winersh near me they are all very good and the staff are clued up.Saturday I am going to the Woking branch.I like the stock list so I hope the shop is a good one
My advice if your around this area would be to go to the Windsor branch or the reading branch.
keenfish said:binfield is very good for fw but the best one around here is swallowfield (henry street garden centre) that one is massive with 2 big displays one being a indoor kio pond (15,500lt)
The swallowfield branch is the one I meant.It comes under reading in their store locater.
keenfish said:oh right, i dont recommend the one by showcase cinema (winnersh) they got good stock but advice not the best
DJNut said:My local PAH Stafford, has well kept tanks, staff ask questions when you are purchasing fish, never seen a dead fish, has poor labels as per, my local Maidenhead Aquatics, good selection of fish, often dead fish, staff don't ask questions. My independent LFS's owner is quite Rude and flippant, dead fish plenty, poor selection of fish. And doesn't get used by me anymore.