Inside our Hatchery

Every fish we sell starts life right here — in our purpose-built indoor facility in rural Kent. Controlled, clean, and cared for from day one.

100%

UK bred & raised

Bio-secure

Closed water system

On-site

Health checks

Fast & sage

live fish delivery

Healthy, Hardy Fish

Our indoor hatchery houses individual green fibreglass rearing tanks, each plumbed into a shared sophisticated filter system delivering controlled, oxygenated water. Feeding is strictly controlled for maximum growth in the few days the fry are in the hatchery.Nothing leaves the hatchery without passing our health protocol.

Inside the building

Our facility was designed from the ground up for coarse fish rearing — temperature control, bio-security, and welfare at every turn.
Parasite and pathogen screening — no fish moves without clearance
Brush substrate in spawning tanks — eggs attach and hatch in controlled flow.
Weekly microscopy of water and fish samples in our on-site laboratory
The building maintains stable conditions.

How our fish
grow up.

Five carefully managed stages — each dictated by the fish, not a schedule. Nothing is rushed, and nothing is skipped.

01

Broodstock

Healthy parent fish from our own ponds spawn naturally on site.We select for health and condition. We never buy broodstock in.

02

Egg collection

Eggs attach to brush substrate in our spawning tanks or are incubated in hatching jars.

03

Fry rearing

Hatchlings move into individual tanks in the main building — each fed by our shared water system, managed separately by species and size.

04

Health grading

Weekly microscopy and physical grading catches issues early.

05

Dispatch

Packed into oxygenated insulated boxes and collected for next-day live delivery — arriving in the same condition they left us.

Autumn stock update

Our Ide are around 1lb in weight.

We will have 1,000lbs available for sale come Autumn/Winter.

We will take orders for these fish for delivery when we re-open in Autumn.

Healthy fish,delivered live and healthy.

We are currently closed for deliveries, but will open early autumn for orders.
Riverfield Farm,
Staplehurst Road
Marden
Kent
TN12 9BU
07715 660670
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