Nick
Aug 20 2004, 06:43 PM
1181 north colony road
wallingford, CT 06492
phone-203-265-1899
MAPwide variety of community fish with lots of africans descent s/a and c/a cichlids . definately a place to go for arro's rays and rare knives. lots of koi . huge ammount of dry goods for fish birds reptiles dogs and cats. not a place to buy tanks or filters as prices r high but definately alot of good priced fish. wide vvariety of predatory fish from wolfish and datnoids to mbu puffers. there moving to a larger store in 2 weeks so most tanks r down and sold while they almost double there ammount of tanks in there new store. same plaza and phone number. they also carry giant gourami quite often which is something i dotn see quite often. owner is a discuss breeder and very knowledgable man. his son (around 30) works as the dept manager and is a very nice guy often gives me free feeders and calls when ever something cool comes in (like last week a large dat came in that was 16inches he knew i couldnt agfford it but still wanted me to come down and have a look at taht badass eat a low grade koi...)
i took abvantage of the moving sale and bought 3 30 galons with lids lights filters and heaters (inc gravel) for 50 dollars
all large show tanks r sold leaving a couple 55's for sale still
avg store with service from high nebiie who will sell u rare lungfish as a kuhli loach to experts who can be asked a number of complicated questions and spit out answers without hesitation. fri-sun r days i reccomend for ppl to go since most larger fish r shipped there fri morning(10am)
allways has sales opn something wether it b buy one get on free melafix or a brazilian rainbow boa for 175dollars....
Rich
Aug 20 2004, 06:53 PM
Been there, pretty decent store. Haven't seen it since the remodel though. Where exactly did they move too? Is the store bigger now?
Nick
Aug 20 2004, 07:18 PM
u kno where curleys was in the staples plaza where it used to b..... right there...lol much bigger
id say the stoor is almost 2 times larger but the tanks rnt filled yet the owners son broguth me in and showed me there setup its lookin sweet there still tossing aroudnt he idea of a large pool in the middle with large fish for show that have been donated (like my rtc once they move since no1 wants her)
Nick
Oct 31 2004, 08:10 PM
update they r just finishing settin up s/w and i must say so far asall polyps anemones shrooms and what not r excellent looking
lots of f/w now too mostly guppys and molly but yesterday they got in some 10-15in pike cichlids selling at 30 buxs eahc (all have bad ich)
also have a 15in clown knife
lots of baby arros
rays from john rare (thx to me)
the pond they built is for koi and natives abiout 15 feet long 5 wide 1 high nice show grade koi 15in or so lots of 5-10inchers and lots of red ear sliders
absolutely gorgeous reptile selection from anacondas to frilled dragons but there beardies r crap skinny and overpriced
p.s. they will no longer buy fish wether they r fry or adults even offered a 13in front and sed only if it was a donation
Juntau
Dec 6 2004, 09:45 PM
Went there recently, looks like they had more predatory fish at old location. The concentration seems to be african cichlids and community fish. As for the Dat, was it the silver or tiger? I had inquired about ordering one earlier in the year but met w/neg results. Furthermore, I was told that Datnoids were only brackish......................
Dracofish
Dec 8 2004, 06:57 AM
They have Rays now? Jeeze at the condition their fish were in at the old location I'd hate to see what happened to them. If they did live, I'd hate to see what they're charging for them in a retail location where they're hard to come by.
Juntau
Dec 10 2004, 08:29 PM
Rays are $99, they seem pretty healthy.
Nick
Jan 4 2005, 05:45 PM
they have retics for 49.99 but small (3-5in disc) and small tails
motorros for 99-150 depending on size
tanks r gettin better maintenance now .... there usually in the estes black sand tank
lots of 7-15 in preds in the 250 f/w (u just need to ask for the ladder to get high enough to see)
Juntau
Jan 4 2005, 11:52 PM
See any Fw Datnoids?
Nick
Jan 21 2005, 10:01 AM
i inguired about dats and he told me to check back tonite (goin there topnite ya wanna meet up?)
he sed 2-3in thinbars should b 15 bux (not bad at all)
last time i bought them from there i bought 8 3 died from no food and i sold 4 and kept one till 5in when he died mysteriously
this store is awesome when a fish dies no questions asked (unless u need soemthing to help with water quality(
im pming u now jauntau
Juntau
Mar 27 2005, 07:47 PM
Two months past and no signs of Dats.
Dracofish
May 18 2005, 12:54 AM
We visited the new location this past weekend and the store is now no better than Petco. The thing that angered me the most was the extremely poor reptile husbandry. The fish section is all Petco. I noticed that one of the guys in the fish department used to work at another local store in Wethersfield for a very long time.
They had a young "Abyssinian" there for sale. The thing had snot dripping out of it's nose and looked miserable. The puppies were all from the Midwest (hmmmm, puppy mills anyone?) and not from any local breeders.
The store was a mid-quality pet store at it's old location. Now, it's just a Petco with a different name.
Juntau
May 27 2005, 06:42 PM
Yeah, the only difference is that have oddballs once in a while. Other than that, not too familar with unusual selections just the bread and butter
Nick
Sep 29 2005, 12:20 PM
its gone down the toilet lately
they layed off all the signor staff in the fish department besides chris
thats what the manager told me but i wouldnt question half of the good guys there quiting
there mostly saltwater orientated now oddball wise
ive been going to emmons lately and enjoy it alot more
il be trying out puppy center possibly this weekend.... still on the lookout for hystrix rays
anyone know where i could purchase one and how much?
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