Aquarium installation & maintenance
Freshwater and marine systems, designed for the room they live in and the fish you actually want to keep — then kept right on a schedule, so the tank stays something you enjoy.
Installation
A tank is a piece of furniture that happens to hold two hundred kilos of water and a living ecosystem. Both halves of that matter, so we start with the room: where the weight can safely sit, where the power and the drain are, how much light the spot already gets, and how you'll actually reach into it to work.
From there the build is specified around the livestock you want, not the other way round. Filtration is sized for the eventual stocking level rather than the empty tank. Lighting is chosen for what will grow under it. Then it gets cycled properly — four to six weeks for freshwater, longer for marine — and we handle that phase so nothing goes in before the biology can support it.
Freshwater
Planted community tanks, species biotopes and full aquascapes. Substrate layered for root feeders, hardscape dry-fitted before a drop of water goes in, and planting schemes picked for your water hardness and how much trimming you want to be doing. CO2 and fertiliser dosing set up and dialled in if the layout needs it.
Marine
Reef and fish-only systems. Live rock cured, sump and skimmer sized properly, flow patterned so there are no dead spots, and lighting matched to what you intend to keep. Most marine tanks that fail do so in the first month — the fix is patience during cycling and honest stocking advice, both of which are included.
What a maintenance visit covers
- — Full water test, with the readings logged and shared
- — Partial water change, matched for temperature and pH
- — Filter media rinsed or replaced as needed
- — Glass, hardscape and equipment cleaned
- — Algae managed at the cause, not just scraped off
- — Every fish checked over for health and behaviour
- — Plants trimmed, dosing topped up
- — A note on anything worth watching before next time
Thinking about a tank, or stuck with one?
Either is fine. Tell us what you've got and we'll come and look before quoting anything.
Looking for pond work instead? See pond maintenance & installation.