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Gamma Frozen Food Blister Pack 100g

£2.15

The only food used by Tropical Marine Centre at its three UK fish holding facilities. Highest quality ingredients. Rapidly packed, sealed & frozen.

Gamma food is gamma irradiated, therefore eliminating any risk of introducing harmful parasites or bacteria into your aquarium. This also means that the food is completely safe to store in your freezer.

Blister packs are designed to dispense one measured cube of food at a time, leaving the rest of the product sealed within their separate blisters. A quick and convenient way of feeding fish.

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Premium Cured Indonesian Live Rock

This photo was taken at Calico, and is a typical example of pieces of rock weighing approximately 8 kilos.

Indonesian rock is very similar to the rock imported from Fiji and Tonga, but it tends to be more porous, making it great value for money.

We only ship our most colourful pieces and always supply a variety of shapes and sizes, allowing you to create the perfect aquascape.

We are offering our rock at £8.50 per kilo for 5 and 8 kilos and £8.00 per kilo for 10 kilos or more.

Free delivery on 20 kilos!

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Hobby Jumbo Drifter Magnet

£16.33

Removes algae from aquarium glass easily. Enclosed razor blade made of high quality stainless steel, guaranteed not to cut silicon joints or scratch glass. Recommended by Calico Aquatics.

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Gamma Improvit

£2.10

Gamma Improvit is a revolutionary frozen diet for aquarium fish, combining the convenience of a dry, formulated food with all the benefits of natural ingredients your fish prefer in a frozen food.

The patented process involves the impregnation of a high quality dry food with the same wide variety of natural products used in your favourite Gamma Frozen Foods.

Fast-freezing ensures no subsequent loss of nutrients, vitamins or minerals.
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Cyclop-Eeze Frozen Bar 70g

£11.99

This stuff is amazing! Cyclop-Eeze are a selectively bred, biologically engineered microorganism which are cultured in a pristine arctic lake. They are a decapod (10 legged) microscopic crustacean, instantly characterised by their intense blood orange colouration. Pretty much everything in your reef tank will benefit from this food. A pinch goes a long way!

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Cured Indonesian Live Rock Rubble Per Kilo

£8.18

Rubble is great for all filters and sumps and is priced at £8.00 per kilo.

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It's What We Do

Looking for a great shop to buy marine or freshwater fish, corals, inverts, plants and accessories?

We sell just about everything you can think of relating to the marine and tropical freshwater fishkeeping hobby. You'll find brand names such as Deltec, D-D Aquarium Solutions, Aqua Medic, Sera, Red Sea, New Era, Gamma, Tropic Marin, Eheim, Arcadia, Aqua One and more for sale both in our shop and online.

The shop itself has been running in Plumpton near Penrith for over 10 years and in that time we have gained a wealth of experience that we are only to happy to share!

We have over 120 tanks and all our livestock comes with a 48 hour money back guarantee, provided proper introduction has taken place and staff advice followed. We may request a water sample for testing, which you will have to bring back to the shop. We only sell livestock that is healthy and feeding.

We usually display at least 10 different tanks and cabinets in our showroom, ranging from £100 to over £3000. We also hold a certain amount of standard size stock tanks on our premises.

Bespoke cabinets can be made to your exact specifications and come in a variety of wood finishes as well as silver and black. Choose from a pelmet or hood design in either wood veneer or melamine, safe in the knowledge that both are designed specifically for the aquatics industry and are guaranteed to be safe in wet, salty environments.

If you decide to order a tank or cabinet, we ask for a 10% deposit and aim to have it ready for collection within 3 weeks, sometimes a lot less.

Tanks come with cover glass and your choice of clear or black silicon.

You can also arrange for us to deliver your tank or cabinet, but we usually charge a fee for this service.

Need a sump tank? Calico Aquatics can design and build one that is totally right for your system for as little as £60 for a 36 x 15 x 15. Choose from miracle mud, live rock rubble or deep sand bed.

We are also experts in closed loop and weir systems and can build these into any bespoke tank and cabinet set up. It is also possible for us to convert Aqua One systems to accomodate your chosen sump tank design.