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Aquatics

The Superzoo pilot store
in the Czech capital Prague
has an aquatics department
featuring several highlights.
Aquariums

booming again

It isn’t only the dog and cat segments that have fared well
during the coronavirus. Freshwater and marine aquariums
worldwide have also recorded a positive trend.

With normal daily office com- Pet stores around the globe not friends and have found it cool to
mutes, holidays, visits to cultural only report a boom in freshwater acquire their own tank. Plenty of
and sporting events and meet- aquariums, but also emphasise professionals, too, who simply
ings with friends and acquaint- that interest in marine aquariums got bored in the home office or
ances all cancelled, many peo- has increased greatly throughout while on shorter hours, decided
ple spent the pandemic alone or the pandemic. to get involved in aquarium keep-
with their closest family mem- ing.
bers. Hobbies pursued at home, Plenty of new customers Far from all of those to be en-
such as handicrafts and garden- Who are the “new” aquarists? It countered frequently in the or-
ing, rocketed in popularity. Pets is hard to classify them accord- namental fish departments of
were in greater demand than ing to age or even social status. pet stores during the pandemic
ever; not only dogs and cats, but At any rate, they include many are new to the hobby. Many are
even aquariums, which were young people, who may have returning enthusiasts, who pur-
considered dead and buried come across fish keeping on the sued the interest some years
years ago, celebrated a renais- Internet, in magazines and books ago and have decided to start
sance during the coronavirus. or through conversations with up again with it. Others have

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