PRACTICAL Fiahkeeping REDER'S POLL 2023
Vote for your favourite store in our Readers’ Poll – and you could win a great prize from Fluval!
HERE WE are again! It’s your annual opportunity to vote for your favourite stores from anywhere across the United Kingdom. Each year, PFK runs its highly anticipated Readers’ Poll as a way to give you, the aquarium-shopping public, a clear voice on who you think has gone above and beyond, or simply deserves long-due recognition.
For retailers, coming top place in one (or more) of the multiple categories is a badge of honour, and it’s more than possible that you’ve visited a previous winner before. But more than that, it’s also a huge ‘thank you’ to hard working teams working what is often a thankless job. Your votes really do make a difference.
Not only do store workers strive to offer the best advice possible, but they work tirelessly over long hours to keep their livestock in perfect shape—they’ll even share your grief if you have a fishy disaster at home. The Readers’ Poll matters to the sales assistants and weekend algae wipers as much as it matters to the managers and store owners, and for some, there’s no higher praise.
The Poll, as it always has been, is entirely democratic—one person, one vote. And it relies on you to make it happen! It matters not whether you’re voting for a new store or old; a large, nationwide chain or a small independent; a mainstream shop or a hyper-specialist one. Furthermore, you aren’t expected to vote for the same store across all categories (unless it really is that good). Instead, take your time and think back to the best experiences you’ve had in each of the 11 voting areas. We want the names of the crème de la crème of UK retailers and nothing less!
To keep things tidy (and to reduce the carbon footprint of postal votes), we’re repeating our ‘online only’ voting format—sincere apologies to fans of sending letters!
How to vote
Simply go to the PFK website at practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/readerspoll. From there it’s as simple as writing a name down alongside each of the categories in the Poll.
Eagle-eyed former voters may notice that the categories have changed over the years, as we evolve to reflect the industry. As a quick walkthrough for those new to the Readers’ Poll (and a reminder for those who aren’t), here’s a breakdown of the categories we’re asking you to fill...
RETAILER OF THE YEAR
Big or small, chain or standalone, all we want is for you to tell us the single best store you know of.
ONLINE RETAILER OF THE YEAR
This doesn’t have to be ‘only’ an online store, but any
