probe dms
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Hey can someone post up some stores in manhattan where i can purchase salt water fish. Shipping on items online is crazy, thanks
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edwing206
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Not sure where in NY it is but, nyaquatic.com always has cool stuff when I look on their site.
probe dms
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hey thats not bad. selection is thin but the shipping is right!! thanks alot.. any stores that i can walk into though?
edwing206
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I'm pretty sure you can pick up if you call the guy, he sounds nice enough.
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new rochelle is a bit far from me. I'm in manhattan. I'm sure there's a spot in the city somewhere besides petland...
edwing206
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I'm sure there is, I just don't know about it. You could try the yellow pages.
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look what i found!
Win Tropical Aquariums
169 Mott St
Manhattan
(212-343-2875) Pretty nice old couple that runs the store and are pretty helpful. You even get to pick out the fish yourself so you know you're getting good ones.
Aqua Star Pet Shop
172 Mulberry St
(212) 431-4311 Around the block on the other side of Wins, very small store. The owner looks sort of like Mr. Miyagi from "Karate Kid". Good fancy goldfish variety with the usual fish.
38 Aquarium Inc
371 Broome St, New York, NY
(212) 966-0397 On the corner near Wins, sometimes an old guy is there and the other times, this guy with slicked hair who chain smokes all day. I prefer not to go in there but they have very good discus for cheap prices, sometimes $20 when they're on sale. The chain smoker seems grumpy and doesn't seem to like kids or teenagers. Other than that, the store has predominantly flowerhorn fish but also has koi, 2 huge display tanks at the windows filled with probably over 400+ small fancy goldfish. Very good discus again, probably the only reason why I go into that store.
88 Aquarium Inc
123 Elizabeth St, New York, NY
(212) 431-0777 Small store, not much variety. Just flowerhorns, red parrots, some discus and plecos.
Pacific Aquarium & Pet Inc
46 Delancey St, New York, NY
(212) 995-5895 Has fresh and salt water fish. Very helpful staff and an amazing planted tank that has rare plants. Good variety of fish and supplies and cheapest for flourite (I haggled them to $16 a bag), that and I'm not too sure other places carry it. They also have eco-complete and most fish are buy 2 get 1 free. The only asian place that carries a decent variety of plants.
Midtown
New World Aquarium Inc
204 E 38th St, New York, NY
(646) 865-9604 Extremely high priced. Good variety of fresh water stuff but excellent for salt water tanks. For some reason, I get this feeling everytime I walk in that I'm not well liked in the store or something. I'm a college student with a low budget and I just like look around the store, but they always seem to ask if I need help in a way as if they're expecting you to buy something. Again, extremely expensive but very good variety of fish and a pretty decent variety of plants, they can order if you need.
Uptown
Petqua
2604 Broadway
(On the East side of Broadway, 98th-99th)
212-865-7500 Haven't been.
Brooklyn
Aquatic Creations
99 N 10th St, Brooklyn, NY
(71 302-9080 Salt and fresh water tanks. Nothing good or bad to say about this place, just went there to help a friend carry a tank home. Fresh water doesn't have much variety, its mainly a salt water place.
Queens
Fish Town USA
19633 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY
(71 539-5396 Haven't been either, but I hope to some day.
Win Tropical Aquariums
169 Mott St
Manhattan
(212-343-2875) Pretty nice old couple that runs the store and are pretty helpful. You even get to pick out the fish yourself so you know you're getting good ones.
Aqua Star Pet Shop
172 Mulberry St
(212) 431-4311 Around the block on the other side of Wins, very small store. The owner looks sort of like Mr. Miyagi from "Karate Kid". Good fancy goldfish variety with the usual fish.
38 Aquarium Inc
371 Broome St, New York, NY
(212) 966-0397 On the corner near Wins, sometimes an old guy is there and the other times, this guy with slicked hair who chain smokes all day. I prefer not to go in there but they have very good discus for cheap prices, sometimes $20 when they're on sale. The chain smoker seems grumpy and doesn't seem to like kids or teenagers. Other than that, the store has predominantly flowerhorn fish but also has koi, 2 huge display tanks at the windows filled with probably over 400+ small fancy goldfish. Very good discus again, probably the only reason why I go into that store.
88 Aquarium Inc
123 Elizabeth St, New York, NY
(212) 431-0777 Small store, not much variety. Just flowerhorns, red parrots, some discus and plecos.
Pacific Aquarium & Pet Inc
46 Delancey St, New York, NY
(212) 995-5895 Has fresh and salt water fish. Very helpful staff and an amazing planted tank that has rare plants. Good variety of fish and supplies and cheapest for flourite (I haggled them to $16 a bag), that and I'm not too sure other places carry it. They also have eco-complete and most fish are buy 2 get 1 free. The only asian place that carries a decent variety of plants.
Midtown
New World Aquarium Inc
204 E 38th St, New York, NY
(646) 865-9604 Extremely high priced. Good variety of fresh water stuff but excellent for salt water tanks. For some reason, I get this feeling everytime I walk in that I'm not well liked in the store or something. I'm a college student with a low budget and I just like look around the store, but they always seem to ask if I need help in a way as if they're expecting you to buy something. Again, extremely expensive but very good variety of fish and a pretty decent variety of plants, they can order if you need.
Uptown
Petqua
2604 Broadway
(On the East side of Broadway, 98th-99th)
212-865-7500 Haven't been.
Brooklyn
Aquatic Creations
99 N 10th St, Brooklyn, NY
(71 302-9080 Salt and fresh water tanks. Nothing good or bad to say about this place, just went there to help a friend carry a tank home. Fresh water doesn't have much variety, its mainly a salt water place.
Queens
Fish Town USA
19633 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY
(71 539-5396 Haven't been either, but I hope to some day.
probe dms
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just came from petqua.. seems way better than the petland in the bronx. i just bought a sally light foot, a hermit crab and a snail. yippee!
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