Britains Aquatic Superstore

I always to to daves bolton the there selling is not a good quallity they dont last long .i look aft hamsters i do my best looking after them but the not in right state like bas bolton is poor and its curl to do this they keep a good few mounths and mounths i like they have been there about 4 mounths i will not buy the fish they are stupid price they price the fish on the size if it and charge wot they like that is wrong thats coldwater cascde water gardens in bury w can 3 or 4 £10,00 at bas bolton thay even £4.00 for a small fish thay fish tanks they sell mucky never clean very very ££££££££££££££ i brought a 2 gerbils they said he was 8 weeks he was that gerbil was 2yrs old had him for 4 mounths the other is still with me they need shutting down or something or to stop selling fish and small pets i took this to rspca and the local and trading standers there are now looking in to it on be half I WANT SHUT DOWN I DO NOT WHAT ANYBODY SAYS WILL SHUT IT DOWN MY SELF iam thinking of the small pets to my hart its sick i feel sorry for the small pets if could buy then just to get out of there i would if people now what

Called in there today and they have made big changes in a good way. But when I went to buy a product that had a bit missing and I asked if I would get anything knocked off they said no they had already dropped the price by £5 but my argument was I could get the same item with everything for the same price and I got the feeling they didn’t care about the customer they just wanted money

i used to go to bas many years ago when i didnt know much about fish, went back there few years later when i had more knowledge of marine fish only to discover it had gone downhill. was thinking about calling in to see if it had improved any but after reading all the reviews dont think i will bother now, maybe i will to see for myself and tell them what i think.

Bought 11 fishes 8 days ago. 7 of them have died already. Went there to get my water checked, they said everything is OK and that they have no idea what is wrong. However they have recommended me to buy the white spot treatment (???) Why when I said the fishes do not have any symptoms and they said the water is fine? Spoke to my friend today — she had the same experience, bought few fishes from BAS and 13 out of her 16 fishes died in two weeks. DO NOT BUY FROM BAS!!!

I visited Britain’s Aquatic Superstore a few days ago, and I found it a thoroughly depressing experience — the only positive motivation came from the irrepressible urge to report ‘Dave’s Aquarium’ to the RSPA, Animal Welfare, and Bolton Council. Until it gets shut down.
Alarm bells immediately ring when you have to rummage around for the aquarium light youre looking for amongst a pile of dusty boxes on the floor.
On browsing around the fish tanks for sale, I noted a Fluval display tank, which had been disconnected from the filter; abandoned for what must be several weeks; and now stands proudly with ransid moudly water. …Not just a little murky — its actually brown.
The biggest concern however, lies with the fish. Largely kept in empty tanks, with no substrate or plants; theyre dirty, dimly lit, and sometimes overcrowded. There is a newt tank containing around 40 juveniles … oh, and nice heater to hide under! These are COLD water animals. Any Google search will tell you that, it only takes 2 minutes.
The pet room stinks. Its reasonable that animals and tanks/​cages DO get dirty, and DO smell a little from time to time, its nature. But this place will take your breath away. ‘Welfare’ is obviously a dirty word at Dave’s.
Stay away.

I went to britians aquatic superstore today in bolton and it was a very disturbing sight to see the place was a disgrace and the tanks where mouldy and dirty and looked like everything was going to fall apart i saw a tank full of puffer fish that i especially like that where eating themselves alive also another fish that had had its face eaten off by another fish just left in the tanks suffering i felt sick and so sad about what i had seen i refused to bye anything from there i will never step foot in there ever again and if there is someone that reads this and knows anything about animal rights to check it out and close it down awful place and if you like animals like i do dont go there especially if you have eaten first !!!

Britain’s Aquatic Superstore did used to be better when it was known by a different name. It is pretty good still for selling a huge range of fish livestock plus aquariums and fish equipment and even fishing equipment. The main problem I now have with this place is the pet side of things. Although mainly selling fish they do also sell a small range of other animals such as hamsters, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, reptiles and birds occasionally. They seem to of had a lack of animals lately and those they had in didn’t look too happy. I think this is where the place is let down as I think the animal side of things appears to be an afterthought and where in the past I would of bought my pets from here I would not now. I also recently got a pet budgie from another store and came here to get some cage bits and pieces and was shocked to find the merchandise products covered in dust and all in a jumble. It is obvious they don’t tidy up or get new stock in very often. I am disappointed with this store as it used to be much better a few years ago but has gone downhill since.