Fanatical about fish!

Now we do know how much I like a garden centre – but this is a slight twist – Swallow Aquatics (Britain’s number one aquatic experts) where you would go to set up a tropical, marine or cold-water fish tank.  And even if you just fancy some inspiration – it’s a nice place to go to check out all the corals and animals.

I went there for a trip this weekend, I hadn’t been in years and years, in fact, since I had last bought a goldfish which would have been around 9 years ago.  However, I grew up visiting this place, not just because of fish/pet purchasing, but actually because I used to beg my Dad to take me there for the pure entertainment and I am pretty certain I saw a few dads there with their kids – it’s probably as fun as the zoo to be honest! There is a coffee shop there where you can stop and get a drink, a game to ‘find the Caiman’ and some up close encounters with some giant fish. I love the place!

Check out these photos which I took with my Blackberry – even with a small camera you can still capture the tropical, colourful, magical underwater world.

Massive Catfish anyone?

There's the Caiman!

Go TEAM GB!!

They also had some weird frogs, turtles and scorpions.  You can ‘like’ them on facebook, and check out what they have to offer – but my advice is to  check it out for yourselves in the shop and you could end up with some new fishys and a lovely tropical tank!! We ended up buying a quirky ‘cook for your dog’ recipe book for a dog lover that we know.

cutie bunnies

Two lovebirds <3

check them out of FB!

These shops are all over South East England, I love the one in Rayleigh, you can check out the website here