Waterlife - Science serving aquatics

HISTORY

Situated a short distance from Heathrow Airport, Waterlife Research Ind. Ltd. is probably best known to the pet trade for its impressive range of aquarium and pond products.

But "Research" is more than just a word in the company title. It is aptly descriptive of the company's philosophy and completely backed up by its history and development.

Photo - Waterlife Dreadnought
 

Graham Cox, founder and Chairman of Waterlife Research Ind.Ltd taught biology and chemistry in Zambia. Whilst on holiday in Mozambique he swam and dived in the coral reefs and was so excited and enthusiastic by what he saw in this, then, almost unknown world that when he returned to the UK he used his scientific background to form SeAquariums Ltd, later to become Waterlife Research Ind. Ltd. It was one of the first companies in the world to specialise exclusively in the importation of tropical marine life and the manufacture of the equipment required to study marine life culture.
Graham Cox has also written several publications on aquaria.
Graphic - G Cox Books

Tropical Marine Aquaria

Tropical Aquarium Fishes

The SeAquarium System

Ultramarine sea salt was one of the revolutionary new products in 1963. The salt was also used to breed the first Percula clown fish in a closed circuit system (see Coralfish). This salt is now packed in a water tight resealable container for extra freshness. It is also one of the only synthetic mixes on the aquatic market today to be totally manufactured in the UK.

Other revolutionary products developed by Waterlife were the undergravel filter as it is seen today and the reverse flow filtration process.

The company is now world famous and at least 25 percent of manufacturing output goes for export. The products are distributed world-wide through a network of wholesalers.

 
Photo - Clownfish
The complete range of medications, water treatments, test kits, algicides, air pumps, sea salts, water purifiers, and specialist foods caters for every aspect of the ornamental fish keeping hobby: coldwater, tropical, freshwater and marine ...
   

Research and development continues.......An example of which is a recent independent green water survey (2004-UK) that found Algizin G to the best overall green water treatment on test.

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All Waterlife products are also backed up with an award winning advice line ("Practical Fishkeeping" Best after Sales Service ).