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I've seen the place several times from the freeway, and finally made a point of going there. Â
It's a larger place than I expected, and held a fair variety. Â Things looked clean - maybe not brand-new sparkly clean, but average clean. I didn't see any tanks full of ich, fin/tail rot or dead fish. Â
Most fish looked fairly content, with the exception of those like the peacock and tire track eels, who didn't have enough hiding spots in a bare tank with a small layer of gravel. Â (Guys in those tanks seemed a bit nervous.) Â Most tanks were set up that way though - some had hiding tubes and such for some of the shyer fish, but most were bare of decoration and plants.
A bit more variety than your typical Petco/Petsmart with some Arowanas, mud skippers (those were cute!), Fire-Belly newts, Gold Nugget Plecos, Albino Plecos, and regular Plecos (the plain brown ones, sorry I don't know the name for those), Â Snowflake Eels, Red Cherry Shrimp, Amano Shrimp (at 1.99 each). Â Pricing didn't seem outrageous, some were fair, a few seemed high (Gold Nugget Plecos 1.5" -2" long at 30$). Â They had feeders including guppies, ghost shrimp and rosy reds. Â Disappointing were the Painted glass and a few other tattooed fish - I hate that. Â I just tried not to look in those tanks Â
. Â They also have some non-fish so they sell crickets and other non-fish stuff. Â I went hoping for Bristlenose, Farlowella cats and/or Kuhlii Loaches. Â There were some Kuhlii's (Coolie) in the display tank but everything in there was NFS. Â
The guy who helped me was courteous, answering my questions and didn't have one of those "I know it all" or "you know nothing" attitudes. Â He was friendly, and a few times I'd ask about particular type of fish and he wasn't too proud to admit he'd never heard of them (Galaxy Rasbora's for example). Â He wrote down my "wish list" and said he'd see if any of there turned up on the list when they place their next order (should be a week from today on 3/8 ). Â Guess I'll find out then if they're good at keeping up with potential sales opportunities or trying to promote long-term customers. Â
To sum it up, I felt pretty
when I left.
It's a larger place than I expected, and held a fair variety. Â Things looked clean - maybe not brand-new sparkly clean, but average clean. I didn't see any tanks full of ich, fin/tail rot or dead fish. Â
Most fish looked fairly content, with the exception of those like the peacock and tire track eels, who didn't have enough hiding spots in a bare tank with a small layer of gravel. Â (Guys in those tanks seemed a bit nervous.) Â Most tanks were set up that way though - some had hiding tubes and such for some of the shyer fish, but most were bare of decoration and plants.
A bit more variety than your typical Petco/Petsmart with some Arowanas, mud skippers (those were cute!), Fire-Belly newts, Gold Nugget Plecos, Albino Plecos, and regular Plecos (the plain brown ones, sorry I don't know the name for those), Â Snowflake Eels, Red Cherry Shrimp, Amano Shrimp (at 1.99 each). Â Pricing didn't seem outrageous, some were fair, a few seemed high (Gold Nugget Plecos 1.5" -2" long at 30$). Â They had feeders including guppies, ghost shrimp and rosy reds. Â Disappointing were the Painted glass and a few other tattooed fish - I hate that. Â I just tried not to look in those tanks Â
. Â They also have some non-fish so they sell crickets and other non-fish stuff. Â I went hoping for Bristlenose, Farlowella cats and/or Kuhlii Loaches. Â There were some Kuhlii's (Coolie) in the display tank but everything in there was NFS. Â The guy who helped me was courteous, answering my questions and didn't have one of those "I know it all" or "you know nothing" attitudes. Â He was friendly, and a few times I'd ask about particular type of fish and he wasn't too proud to admit he'd never heard of them (Galaxy Rasbora's for example). Â He wrote down my "wish list" and said he'd see if any of there turned up on the list when they place their next order (should be a week from today on 3/8 ). Â Guess I'll find out then if they're good at keeping up with potential sales opportunities or trying to promote long-term customers. Â
To sum it up, I felt pretty
when I left.
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