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PFK Readers Poll 2003
The September issue of Practical fishkeeping Magazine also includes details of the first stage of voting in their 2003 readers poll. The Aquatic Habitat has been short listed as one of the UK's top 75 stores. A final round of voting will decide the eventual winners. So if you've already voted for us thanks, if not you've got until 8th September to cast your final vote.See page 67 for your voting form
- 10-8-2003

Congratulations!
Many congratulations are due to former employee & our erstwhile Oase rep Andy Bond. Andy and to his bride Victoria were married at Deddington this weekend. We wish them both a wonderful honeymoon & every happiness in their future life together.
- 9-8-2003

Display Ponds looking good
This is the time of year when our display ponds start to come into their own. The lilies in particular are looking great at the moment (16-4-03). Also we have now opened our new "nature pond" to the public. So if you're interested in water gardening, now's the time to plan a visit. Just to whet your appetite, the photos below were all taken on Friday 13th June.

Tropical Fish magazine visit The Aquatic Habitat
The April 2003 issue of Tropical Fish Magazine carries a feature article on us. You'll need to turn to page 53 of the magazine to see all the nice things they said about us, but highlights include
"A treat in every tank"
"The rare & unusual are common here"
"Information displayed on the tanks is comprehensive"
"a good range of high quality plants"
"Staff are friendly, knowledgeable and helpful"
"This is a shop we intend to visit again. The corals alone make the four hour round trip well worth the effort"
"We'll certainly be going back"

Aquatic Habitat Voted the Best in the UK
Last year, readers of Practical Fishkeeping Magazine voted the Aquatic Habitat as the Best Tropical Freshwater outlet in the UK. Since 1993 we have won a number of awards in PFK's regular readers polls for more details see awards. If you were one of the many people who voted for us - thank you.
PFK are once again running a readers poll, so please, make sure you use your vote.

T5 bulbs & light units now in stock
T5 bulbs give approximately twice the output of traditional (T8) bulbs. Although particularly well suited to marine use T5 plant bulbs are also available. We stock Arcadia double T5 ballasts, and also Arcadia & D&D multiple light units.

Marine Stocks Back to normal
Our marine system had been running successfully for about 20 years. Over the winter period we upgraded the filtration system & renewed the tanks and much of the woodwork. The work took much longer than we had anticipated. Now at last things are pretty much back to normal, and stocks of fish & inverts are now back to usual levels. There is still a bit of work behind the scenes which remains to be completed, but this shouldn't spoil your enjoyment of the section.