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Premier aquatics - About us!
Premier aquatics was born in 2019 when owner Steven Chester took a leap of faith to leave his job as lead keeper at Chester Zoo aquarium and put his knowledge and passion for freshwater tropical fish into use and started Premier Aquatics ltd.
The 1st location is based in Runcorn, Cheshire and is situated in the Heath business and technical park where our customers enjoy the benefits of free parking, onsite cafe and gym and many other perks of this large site, our spacious and clean aquarium shop in Runcorn can offer you a large selection of aquariums and dry goods, plus over 300 clean and tidy aquariums in our 2200sq/ft showroom.
We specialise in all kinds of freshwater tropical fish, from the 'Bread and butter' community species to the weird and wonderful rare species!
Shop 2 opened in Warrington in September 2025 and is located in a central position only ten minutes walk from Warrington town center, the hospital and both major train stations making us easy to find and located in a prominant position.
This shop is slightly smaller than our 1st at 1200sq/ft but we have still packed a lot into a smaller space! with over 150 immaculately maintained fishtanks and a superb selection of both common and harder to find species, this shop also supplies fishtanks and if you are looking to get started in the aquarium hobby will be a fantastic place to start!
As with all our shops, there is ample free parking right upto our door and free wifi available instore.
We do not offer our fish online (Yet!) but we are worth a journey to visit. Check out some of our stock pictures by following this link. Fish stock
We believe that as a business we should focus on what we are best at and all our staff are experts in freshwater fish keeping from aquascaping and hardscaping to fish breeding and we can offer enthusiastic advise, assistance and encouragement so that you can get the best from your hobby.
Meet our team here.
You will not find marine or pond fish at Premier aquatics but if you keep a tropical fishtank at home, work or office, we are the place to visit for a warm welcome, enthusiastic customer service and the very best standards in aquarium husbandry.
With a large selection of aquascaping rock, wood and aquarium plants we also cater for this section of the hobby. You can find our plants available instore or online and we pride ourselves on the high quality and amazing selection.
We are very active on social media with our Facebook, Instagram and TikTok accounts having large online communities, great feedback and interaction. We give weekly posts, videos and updates as to what is new at Premier Aquatics and you can also join us weekly for live fishroom walkaround videos, fish and plant unboxing lives on both Facebook and Tiktok!
We have been in the hobby for a long time and although we love and respect the 'Old school' tropical fish world (Owner Steven has been a part of the fish club scene for many years) we are ready to embrace the digital world in which we now live, and are creating a stunning aquarium business that will be relevant for many more years in this current digital world.
