[Nick]

1181 north colony road
wallingford, CT 06492
phone-203-265-1899

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wide 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....

This post has been edited by rmm: 21 August 2004 - 05:51 AM

[Rich]

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]

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)

This post has been edited by con man: 20 August 2004 - 07:20 PM

[Nick]

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]

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]

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]

Rays are $99, they seem pretty healthy.

[Nick]

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]

See any Fw Datnoids?

[Nick]

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