Aquatics Online Reviews 

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TrustScore 2 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I havee been keeping fish for around 22 years,and have never had a fish die within a week,and I always test my water before bringing in new fish. I needed some new fish and I was working in Breile... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My son took our grandsons to visit this company recently to buy some fish. for them. After explaining how he had prepared the new tank at home and got the water to the required condition on the advice... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Algarde airline hose. As window cleaners we use Algarde as the hose that feeds the window cleaning brush, Aquatics online is the only supplier we can find. If you can supply more I will post your emai... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had to chase my order repeatedly only to be let down completely, when finally after 2 weeks from my placing the order the manager David, who had assured me the package would be sent via next day del... See more

Company details

  1. Pet Store
  2. Aquarium Shop

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Aquatics online is the leading supplier of tropical aquarium accessories, pond pumps, aquarium tank equipment, filters, heaters, liners and other aquarium products in UK. We have a live chat service on the website generally available between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday. We are genuine people offering a genuine service. If you're disgruntled about any aspect of our service please let us know. We'll go out of our way to put it right.


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TrustScore 2 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

great online retailer

good online aquatic retailer to deal with postage reasonable would cost me more to do the 40mile round trip to my nearest outlet, no guaranty they would have watt I want, doing it on line is a lot easier .

December 6, 2014
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Drop-ship company

Aquatics Online is a drop-ship company. This essentially means that all products are "ordered" through the storefront but are then fulfilled by another company on a case by case basis. This usually means that there are big delays in getting your things delivered because the supplying company may work with various other stores.

In my case, an item was listed as "In stock" but wasn't in stock at all. It had to be ordered in from "the warehouse" and wouldn't be ready to ship out for another 6 days. I was straight-up lied to and told that an email was sent regarding this, but it never was. Good job I enquired.

Also, £5 for postage? :/

November 26, 2014
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very good service.

Overall very good service and delivery without problem.
Just a few points. Would benefit from more pipe fittings being available on line and the ability to track orders and select delivery date and time.

October 19, 2014
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Complete failure to provide a very simple service.

I had to chase my order repeatedly only to be let down completely, when finally after 2 weeks from my placing the order the manager David, who had assured me the package would be sent via next day delivery sent it first class on a Thursday. This was after I had explained I was going away on the Saturday and needed the items to be in place before I left. Poor service from the start will not purchase there again.

September 28, 2014
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good fast friendly service

we were impressed that we were advised there may be a slight delay in our order, which we felt was good customer service. The goods arrived as promised in perfect condition.

September 28, 2014
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Great Purchase but postage & packing costs are too high.

Bought a 25ft python water changer, which I am very happy with. It really increases the speed of my water changes and my back greatly appreciates it. No more lugging around 25 Litre water drums.
However the item actually cost £3.50 to post by Royal Mail, but the P&P charge was £8.99. Had I added a 10ft extension piece to the order the P&P cost would have been an eye watering £18.99. Please David get these charges down so it makes economic sense to do more business with you.

August 27, 2014
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

excellent customer care

Only fault we found is that they are'n't completely geared for overseas orders. Got halfway through the order form then couldn't make the payment. Found it very frustrating and time consuming. However, we had to hang the expense and ring them from Spain. They were then very helpful, rang us back and took our order. This needs pointing out to any other overseas customers, or adapting their on-line order web page to enable ex-pats to order without the expense of a 'phone call.
Overall: good service for quality goods.

July 20, 2014
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Slow to send - quick to ask how well

I ordered the uv bulbs several/many days ago and certainly dont expect to be asked how it was before the items were even dispatched . I would have thought more attention should be given to getting the items to the customer and forget chasing praise because there is none in this case.

July 18, 2014
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Efficient service!

The company helped me with a query I had to identify the part I needed and it was really easy to order the item and pay for it.

July 14, 2014
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