Sustainable Aquatics
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Independent aquarium stored based in Rotherham specialising in tropical, coldwater and koi. We have a wide range of pond plants and aquarium plants for your water gardens. We have a wide range of electricals such as filters, heaters and UVs for both indoor aquariums, tanks and outdoor ponds. Specialising in aquascaping with expertise in hardscape, decor and planted aquaria. We stock a wide variety of cold water, tropical, and outdoor fish including discus and axolotls. We are within easy reach of Sheffield, Worksop and Doncaster with plentiful parking.
Welcome to Sustainable Aquatics, a fantastic little aquarium located in the UK offering an excellent selection of tropical fish, plants, and accessories. Our store sets itself apart with:
- A diverse range of tropical fish, including some unique species at reasonable prices.
- A friendly and knowledgeable staff ready to provide expert advice tailored to all experience levels.
- A clean and well-maintained environment, ensuring that all livestock is healthy and responsibly sourced.
- A strong commitment to sustainability and eco-conscious practices, making every visit valuable for both you and the environment.
- Great prices on various aquatic equipment and supplies, with the option to order specific items you may be looking for.
We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service and a memorable shopping experience. Whether you're a seasoned aquarist or just starting, Sustainable Aquatics is your go-to destination for all aquatic needs!
🕒 Opening hours
- SUNDAY: 10H-16H
- MONDAY: 10H-16H
- TUESDAY: 10H-17H
- WEDNESDAY: 10H-17H
- THURSDAY: 10H-17H
- FRIDAY: 10H-17H
- SATURDAY: 10H-17H
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🗣️ Sustainable Aquatics: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Great little aquatics shop. Good choice of tropical fish including some unusual ones at reasonable prices
Hi David, thank you for leaving us a review :) We are so glad you liked our store. Look forward to seeing you again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Lovely little gem of a shop, and very friendly staff. Would recommend a visit
Positive experience: Friendly and helpful... update to previous review. The shop seems to have gone slightly downhill recently with my last visit showing low stocks, not the best quality fish and several dead fish. Hopefully just a blip and not a downward turn...
Fantastic experience: The place is a little remote, and the fish box scenery is worth recommending
Fantastic experience: Amazing staff, very friendly and helpful. A great selection of equipment and gear for all aquatic and aquarium needs.
Fantastic experience: Super helpful and friendly staff made my visit absolutely incredible, their expert knowledge and excellent range of aquatic equipment and tropical fish were just what I needed to get my aquarium up and running. Can't wait to visit again.
Fantastic experience: Great staff, some lovely healthy fish.
Fantastic experience: The best aquatics store in the area and so helpful. I went this morning looking for a new tropical fish tank, with pump and heater. I asked for advise and for sure, it was informative and it did help. Thank you.
Fantastic experience: Excellent choice of fish, plants and products. Great friendly and knowledgeable staff, Callum took the time to talk with me and explain the pros and cons of the different set ups I was looking at (despite me turning up 10 mins before closing) didn't feel hurried or rushed, highly recommend a visit.
Fantastic experience: went for pond plants, good selection. helpful staff and quality was fantastic. plants were fuller and healthier than ones i previously bought at my local garden centre. well worth a visit for aquatic needs.
Fantastic experience: This place is without doubt one of, if not the best aquarium shops in the area. Clean, well maintained tanks with loads of choice, great prices and very healthy animals. The staff can't help enough, are very knowledgeable and take great pride in looking after the customers and their stock too. Lots of choice on tanks, fittings and equipment. Also not something I'm into personally(yet), but they have loads of pond equipment and plants too.
Fantastic experience: Good prices health fish
Fantastic experience: Very well informed on aquatic animals when you start out for the first time made me more relaxed about buying and looking after it
Fantastic experience: Amazing shop was looking up aquatic shops around and found this little gem so glad I decided to go very friendly people no question was daft or too much very patient and knowledgeable really helped when I was unsure good quality products what more can I say visit this shop worth the trip
Fantastic experience: Sustainable Aquatics is a shining example of how a small business can set a high standard in the aquatic industry. They demonstrate an exceptional commitment to sustainability and ethical practices, ensuring all livestock and plants are healthy and responsibly sourced. The staff possess a remarkable depth of knowledge, offering expert advice tailored to every level of aquarist. The shop is impeccably maintained, reflecting their dedication to quality and care. Sustainable Aquatics proves that a small business can make a big impact in promoting responsible and eco-conscious aquatics.
Fantastic experience: Amazing staff and store ! We been going here just over 8 months now and we have constant support on our tanks . Great value for money . Also advice which fish can go together but also what size tank they need which many company don’t care about as they just want the money ! Couldn’t praise this store anymore amazing staff constant help and advice and always wanting best for you and your aquarium !
Fantastic experience: Brilliant little aquatic shop and also lovely customer service and very knowledgeable staff that work there always a pleasure going into the shop also love the new section in the shop and most of all a very wide variety of different fish
Fantastic experience: Loving the new makeover guys! I've known Carl and Lee for years now having been a customer since they first set up the shopand they have always been happy to help out with any problems I have ever had, as well as ordered my rarer fish whenever I have asked! Always happy to visit the shop, haven't been in for a while but my visit today has given me lots of inspiration for the future. The new ods-ball rack really caught my interest, the new store assistant Callum was also very enthusiastic and happy to show me and talk to me about the eels. Will be back very soon! Keep up the good work
Fantastic experience: Cannot speak highly enough of these people. We ordered a tank, but unfortunately, the supplier let us down. We were offered another tank a little more expensive but given at the same price we had paid. The service was amazing. I can't say anything else. This is now our go-to supplier for fish, etc. I would really recommend this shop. Many thanks for your help. Steve.
Fantastic experience: Great advice, service and can't recommend these enough
Fantastic experience: Average shop with generic produce. Lots of fish, reasonable prices. Happy to help and knowledgeable
Fantastic experience: Absolute legends here. Super friendly, helpful and knowledgeable guys running their own store with clear passion and integrity. No stress, or sales pitches, just good genuine advice and help.
Fantastic experience: Really good fishtank I buy all my fish from there now and lots of options of tropical and have facts about all of the fish and have nice fish tank setup in the back its so good its unreal
Fantastic experience: Really good place but you can't use the loo even if you have a medical alert card. Good advice given, reasonable prices and very informative opening times are good aswell.
Fantastic experience: If you are looking for a personalized experience with a wide variety of unique fish and aquarium pieces, look no further than Sustainable Aquatics! The owners and staff are extremely knowledgeable and outgoing to make your visit memorable
Fantastic experience: Really impressed by this shop !
Fantastic experience: Clean, friendly helpful, well worth a visit
Fantastic experience: Really friendly and helpful staff. Excellent range of products and fish. Highly recommend
Fantastic experience: The ypung man that served me was very knowledgeable and was able to advise me on what I needed to consider buying depending on the usage of my pond
Fantastic experience: My new favourite place! Great selection of healthy fish & plants, great prices and great staff! Will definitely be going back, finally found the green rasbora here that I'd been looking for for a while now, and also discovered the dwarf parrot here, so I guess I'll be back for bigger tanks as well as more fish now too
Fantastic experience: I paid a visit this morning to Sustainable Aquatics in the hope of purchasing some plants for a small wildlife pond. After spending ten minutes or so wandering aimlessly around, being distracted by the very impressive collection of fish of all descriptions, (which, by the way, all appeared to be in excellent condition and happily flitting around in clean pools and tanks), I couldn't find what I was looking for and had resigned myself to having made a wasted journey. However, a quick trip to the counter and the young man in attendance took me outside to view a more than adequate array of pond plants, (I had walked straight past them without noticing on my way in!) A few minutes later, thanks to his expert and extremely friendly advice, I had acquired exactly what I wanted. Long story short, for less than £30 I now have a pond full of wildlife friendly plants that looks amazing. For a fast, friendly (without being pushy), and expert service I really cannot recommend this firm highly enough.☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Positive experience: good place nicely stocked and very helpful
Fantastic experience: Best aquarium/aquatic shop I know. Loads of different ornaments plants,accessories and fish compared to other aquatic shops , a great modern , up to date shop.
Fantastic experience: Great shop with loads of fish cold and tropical. They also have a great selection of tank ornaments. The staff are very helpful and friendly.
Fantastic experience: Outstanding shop; their knowledgeable and polite staff gave me excellent advice in setting up my first tank, advising me on what to buy and how to keep it. Their attention to detail, and to the care of the aquatics they sell, is second to none. I would wholeheartedly recommend them.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic shop, I have been a few times now and always found the shop immaculate, livestock well cared for and the staff knowledgeable and friendly. Really competive prices too.
Fantastic experience: Absolutely brilliant can't fault. Friendly polite helpful nothing to much trouble Would recommend to anybody Very pleased with service Thank you
Negative experience: We had the most terrible experience here. Very rude staff. Definitely wouldn’t recommend it. We ended up going to viscum and spending a lot more but atleast we were treat with respect. My 18 month old took the lid of something which we put back but then was very rudely told we had to pay for it. When we pointed out all the lids were loose on all of them we were abruptly pushed out of the store laughing at us. We called the police once we were safely in the car after being intimidated by 3 men
Your review follows your abusive behaviour in our store today towards our staff which resulted in the police being called. After we asked you to leave you barraged our staff with threats of physical violence and threats to our premises. We have followed up this incident with the police, and following an investigation a Restorative Justice prohibiting you from returning to our store was issued.
Fantastic experience: This place is a treasure chest of all things fishy. Friendly staff who have everything down to a fin'e art. Definitely worth a visit if you’re into your gills and frills!
Fantastic experience: Absolutely fantastic fish shop modern clean immaculate stock all in great condition little gem of an aquatics shop all the items tanks you could possibly need great shop if I could give 10 stars I would I will be back for all my needs in the future keep up the great work
Fantastic experience: Received multiple fish from them, 10/10. Beautiful, healthy fish and helpful staff
Fantastic experience: Brilliant knowledgeable staff all the time in the world for you never any hassle we travel over 35 miles to get there. So glad we found you. Thank you
Fantastic experience: Very professional and always happy to help.
Fantastic experience: Small shop but well stocked. Just bought some cardinals to see how they get on...they are perfectly healthy. Lost a lot of fish after buying some mollies from Wentworth. I will use this shop from now on.
Fantastic experience: Really helpful and knowledgeable staff, thank you for your support
Fantastic experience: Great selection of healthy fish. Friendly helpful staff. Great shop
Fantastic experience: Would go back more than helpful.
Fantastic experience: Great little shop for all things fish. Staff very helpful and full of knowledge and advice
Fantastic experience: Fantastic place everything you need for tanks and ponds so clean, and friendly staff
Fantastic experience: Cool little fish shop. Love all the fish facts and information dotted around the tanks. Once you visit this place you will want to go back. The place is very clean, all the fish look happy and healthy, decent prices. Looks small from the outside but has lots of stock and variety inside. The two guys who work there are very friendly and super helpful! Thanks very much.
Fantastic experience: Been a few times , I found the guys working very knowledgeable and the place is very clean and tidy well worth a trip out to.
Fantastic experience: Amazing shop! Very friendly. Excellent service. Staff who really know what they are doing and will go the extra mile. Would definitely recommend!
Fantastic experience: Nice clean shop and helpful too
Fantastic experience: Fantastic array of aquatic animals and helpful knowlegable staff x
Fantastic experience: It has been my 2nd visit and its now my favourite and my only go to aquatic shop the owner is knowledgeable and very very helpful he's got everything you could possibly want and more plus there is no pushy sales and the fish quantity and quality is superb I ended up coming home with red cherry shrimp and elephant ear guppies also before that some aquatic plants and I've been ecstatic with my purchases
Fantastic experience: Used for the first time will certainly go back again !
Fantastic experience: Great place, good choice of fish and plants. Very helpful.
Fantastic experience: I highly recommend this fantastic shop! The staff are very knowledgeable and friendly.
Fantastic experience: What a lovely place! The guy who served us obviously had a wealth of knowledge, was super friendly and patient. Great selection of fish, food, aquaria and all the bits that go with it. Good selection of very healthy plants, sourced responsibly. Will definitely be back.
Fantastic experience: Shop was smaller than I expected from website photos but staff were helpful and knowledgeable. Loved the salamander walking fish.
Hi Jo, thanks so much for leaving us a review. We may be small, but really pride ourselves in giving the best experience to ensure you get all the help and advice you could need :) we’re so glad that you found this to be your experience. See you again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: A small out of the way aqutics shop on an industrial estate that is really worth a visit. Very good prices on pond plants (which looked very healthy and cared for)pond supplies competatively priced, a very well set up and cared for business. All their aquariums were not overstocked and the water crystal clear, also had some adorable tiny baby axalotls! The staff were extremely helpful and knowledgeable. We have earmarked another visit to select our plants for our to be constructed pond.
Hiya Diane, thank you so much for leaving us a review. We are so glad that our pride for our store has come across as we try really hard to keep the shop looking really cared for and tidy. We are so pleased that you will be returning and look forward to seeing you again. Thanks, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Wow what a little gem of a shop. The pond plants are in stunning condition in fact the whole shop is in fantastic condition. I didn't take any pictures inside as you need to see this place for yourself. Very good prices and very helpful staff. Some of the larger chain stores could learn a lot from this place. Thanks for your assistance guys. I will definitely be visiting again.
Hi Martin, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and take some photos to share onto Google. We are so pleased that you were really happy with the condition of our plants and shop! Thanks a lot, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Excellent service. Very knowledgeable. I would thoroughly recommend.
Hi Robert. Thank you for your lovely review. See you again in store soon! Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Good staff, nice location and amazing customer would recommend, best aquatic shop in Rotherham highly recommend
Hi Daniel. Really pleased you enjoyed your visit. The best shop in Rotherham is quite the compliment :D Thanks, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: HAD AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE! my first time going too these guys and helped me so much on what I needed for my fish tank as I am new too fish keeping Thankyou Carl And Lee
Hiya. Thank you for leaving your review and we are so happy that we made such a great first impression. Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Amazing shop would reccomend too anyone that is local or that is willing too learn or need advice about fish, customer service is also very helpful and will not go anywhere else Thankyou guys!
Hi Corbs, we are so happy with your review and cant wait to see you again in store. Thanks, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Visited today needing a new pond pump, staff extremely helpful and I was 100% satisfied with the service. I will definitely be a repeat customer
Hiya Gareth. Look forward to seeing you again soon in store. So happy that you are a satisfied, returning customer! Thanks, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: First time I have been to the store, fabulous service, great knowledge and so helpful. Well worth the visit would recommend
Hi Tracy. Glad you had a lovely time at our store. We hope to see you again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Quality fish , well stocked well looked after little spot
Fantastic experience: What a wonderful little gem of an aquatics shop - really glad we popped over today. Initially just for a look but ended up bringing back some hardscape for my tank that has been sitting in our lounge empty since January! The aesthetic is very warm and friendly - the use of wood panelling really suits the environment as do the detailed hessian sacks on the roof ... trust me on this one! It just feels right! Love the way you have detailed basic FAQ's on the tank stands - my wife found it really interesting to read and encouraged her curiosity! I feel there may be another tank on the way soon ... The plant section was well stocked - have my eye on a few species I haven't seen before. Carl and Lee helped us to make an informed decision with our selection and we are sure to pop back up soon :) Great work guys!!
Hi Karl, thank you so much for such a lovely review. We really appreciate the time taken to share your experience. Thanks, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Great store great advice fish always very healthy and happy lovely shop
Thank you for leaving a review. See you again in store soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Lee is knowledgeable friendly the tanks and fish looked clean healthy highly recommended
Hiya Kitty, thank you for leaving us such a lovely review! See you soon, Carl & Lee
Positive experience: Great little shop, price reasonable, staff professional and friendly give you good advice, worth going again
Fantastic experience: Brilliant shop, livestock well looked after and reasonably priced. The staff are very helpful and offer well informed advice.
Hi Ashley, thank you so much for your lovely review. See you in store again soon, thanks Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Great shop very friendly helpful staff who work there. Definitely the best lfs to me.
Thank you for leaving us a great review. We are so happy to know you think we are the best LFS. See you soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: So helpful to me and I would reckermand it to friends
Hi Craig, we are so pleased to hear this! Thanks, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Very clean the guys know what they are talking about would highly recommend
Hi Megan, we are so glad you like our store - we try our hardest to keep it looking sparkling clean :) Thanks, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Great little aquatics shop. I feel privileged to have seen this place grow from the proprietors' back garden, to their current premises. Dedicated to making the hobby as environmentally friendly as possible, they have a range of natural products to help keep your aquarium in top condition. A good and growing selection of fish, shrimp and axolottle are in stock, with more available to order. Happy to share their broad range of fishkeeping knowledge and experience, the keepers are always friendly and welcoming. If you're an experienced fish keeper, or just thinking of settings up your first tank, this is the first place I would recommend. Always worth a visit!
Hi Paul, thanks so much for leaving us such a lovely detailed review. We love seeing you when you come into the store, especially as you've seen us grow into what we have become. We hope to see you again in the New Year. Thanks a lot, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Great little aquarium! They have a fantastic range of aquariums and accessories as well as live stock,the tanks all looked very clean and the fish all look good and healthy. Both gents in there are very helpful and knowledgeable, and seem like they would go the extra mile to help. Thank you sustainable aquatics, my new go to place.
Hi Jamie, thank you so much for leaving us such a great detailed review. We love seeing the progress you make when you come in each time. Enjoy the tank and see you again soon! Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Always amazing service and support. Great selection of fish, plants and equipment.
Hi Andy, we are so pleased to hear this positive feedback - we are so happy with this comment. See you again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Amazing shop and really helpful staff. Only found this shop at the weekend. It has become one of my new favourites. Very knowledgeable and forthcoming with offering help and advice. I was llistened to and advised accordingly. Highly recommend. Thanks again.
Hey Ashley, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. We look forward to seeing you again soon! Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Fantastic place snd fantastic display and great service highly recommended also carry some nice quality tanks and stuff thank you
Hey Dale, we are so pleased to hear you highly rate our service. See you soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Healthy fish, knowledgeable staff, good priced
Hi Chris, thank you for your lovely review. We are so glad you found us knowledgable and our fish healthy :) See you again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Great customer service, more than happy with their quality products and customer care, I'll be sure to return for more!
Hey Connor, thank you for leaving us a review! See you soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Firstly noticed how clean the tanks are and how healthy the fish look. The staff were friendly and very knowledgeable giving advice when asked on all kinds of topics. Will be purchasing from here in the future.
Hi there Terry. We really appreciate that you have taken the time to leave us a review and are so glad you are happy with everything in store. See you again soon :) Carl & Lee
Positive experience: Nice place lots of choice of tanks and fish .. friendly staff .. very knowledgeable.
Hiya Graeme, thanks for your review! Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Really knowledgeable enthusiastic and friendly young men. Happy to give tops and share knowledge. Great choice.
Hi Nicky, thank you so much - we try our hardest and are so glad our enthusiasm comes across! Thanks a lot, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Bought a couple of catfish an ornament and some plants for my tank. The guys were very friendly and very helpful, this is the second time I've bought from, Sustainable Aquatics and I have been really happy with them.
Hey Antony, we are so glad you are happy with your fish, plants and dry goods from us. Hope they are doing well. See you in store again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Popped in today to look at nano aquariums to keep a betta and some companion fish in.Lovely shop and healthy fish.Found just the tank I was looking for at a good price.The lads in there gave us loads of great advice on setting up tank and helped with choice of gravel and tank decorations.Will be back soon for plants and later fish.Saw some gorgeous bettas !!! Well recommended as they really knew their stuff.
Thank you for leaving us such a glowing detailed review. See you soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Great place, helpful staff and good variety of stock
Fantastic experience: Great shop staff fantastic very knowledgeable sorted my pond out
Hi Mark, thank you for leaving us a review :) Hope your pond is looking lovely and we look forward to seeing you soon. Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: 100% would recommend. Very good prices, fish look happy and none have died since purchasing them just under a week ago. Would recommend for first time buyers look to start an aquarium, just wish they did salt water fish, but hey can't ask for everything. Customer service 10 out of 10. Ill be coming back in the future.
Hi Benjamin, thank you so much for leaving us such a great review. We are so glad you love our store, it means alot to see such happy customers. See you soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Lovely clean place with a huge selection of fish!
Thank you for your review! See you again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Great shop with a good selection. Really friendly staff that were a massive help!
Hi Rob, thank you for the review. Carl & Lee
Negative experience: Overrated. Wasn't worth the 20mile drive, called before hand to ask if they had the fish I wanted. Was told "yes we have loads" got there and they didn't have a single one. Shop is a lot smaller than what you would first expect. Definitely overrated (edited: was sustainable aquatics I'm referring too)
Hi Brandon, could you please contact us to discuss this matter further, either through our social media channels, by phone on 07311216535 or via email at [email protected] so we can get to the bottom of this for you? We would love to know what fish it was we were out of stock of, so we can avoid this happening again in future? Thanks a lot, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Literally the best fish shop about so intelligent and knowledgeable couldn't ask for better service/advice these guys have some amazing fish stock and gorgeous plants couldnt reccomend these guys enough, so so helpful. BRILLIANT!!!
Hi Corben, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we appreciate it! See you again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Nice little place for everything you need for your fish x
Hi Debra, thanks for your lovely review :) See you again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Good range of products and friendly helpful staff. I have bought plants and fish from here 5*
Hey Simon, thank you so much! Happy fishkeeping :) Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Hi was working and finished early so googled aquatics near me and came up with sustainable aquatics so nipped in. It's a fantastic shop a bit like alladins cave and the guy who helped me was fantastic will definitely go back as everything was fairly priced and not a rip off like most of the other places visited. WELL DONE guys see you soon and thankyou.
Hiya, thank you so much for your review. We really appreciate when people take the time out of their day to leave us such a glowing review. We are so proud of what we have achieved and are so glad we can share our passion with you :) See you again soon, Carl & Lee
Fantastic experience: Awesome aquascape shop with a lovely selection of fish. The hard scape products were such a good price and the guys who we spoke to were really nice and gave us great info on products we asked about. Thank you again and hope to be back soon for new scapes!
Hi Tasha, thank you so much for leaving us such a glowing review! Looking forward to seeing you again soon :) Carl & Lee
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