Calgary Pet Stores

[DOO-E]

Hi eberybody
I will probally be soming into calagry at the end of august and i was wondering what stores had marine fish and had a good reputation?. Could you get me a name, even better would be and address and phone nuber but if not i can get it myself.

[DOO-E]

Oaky guys and gals i have a better idea. I might be comin in on the sunday or monday do you know of any store that has Banggai (Highfin) Cardnals for sale? They have to be open the sunday or the monday dont amtter which day.

[Willito]

I was at Wai's on Monday and they had over a dozen of these fish there....looked pretty healthy. Wai's is on Trans Canada and between Edmonton trail and Center st.

[DOO-E]

I may be comin in on the weekend so i will stop by and see.

[Bob I]

Ocean on Centre Street has them too, and probably less in cost. :mrgreen:

[DOO-E]

Can you give me the address of both the pet stores i am in taber and cannot find them in the phone book. Thank you

[Willito]

try this.

http://www.waisaquarium.com/

[Quinn]

He also has some lovely puffers with no tails! I knew there was something about the teeth on those triggers...

[DOO-E]

Okay apperently there is a huge pet store by mcnight you turn right at the first lights its strait up 10 min drive north) from riverfront) does anybody know the name.

[DOO-E]

Sorry forgot to add can i have the names of all the petstores that sell amrine fish, corals, inverts, ect.

[Bob I]

Ocean is on Centre St. and about 25th Ave, NW.

[Stretch]

Okay apperently there is a huge pet store by mcnight you turn right at the first lights its strait up 10 min drive north) from riverfront) does anybody know the name.

Sounds like pieces pets, Last time I was there ( apr 26) it looked like they were shutting down the marine section. Not worth your time

Big Als
Oceans
Wai
Golds

Are your only choices really, nothing outstanding IMO

[DOO-E]

Is that what it is called
Oceans

[DOO-E]

What about river front aquatics

[DOO-E]

Cant find a location for oceans

[DOO-E]

cant find location for golds

[AJ_77]

Ocean Aquarium - Center St and about 25th Ave, as Bob said.
Gold Aquariums - BAY J, 4710 17 AVENUE SE 273-5567
Wai's Aquarium - 16th Ave across from Peter's Drive-In
Riverfront - tough to find, not worth the trouble
Pisces - under construction, I believe

there ya go!

[Buccaneer]

What about river front aquatics

Never had a saltwater fish survive from those guys :confused:

try the others that Alan suggested

[DOO-E]

Buk_A_Neer i just want to look. Unless i find something i really want i might buy it. Can i get some buisness # like you have on the front of the house? Also what is the reputation of Wai's and the others

[Quinn]

Here's a previous discussion on the topic. We covered a lot of ground in this thread. :lol: http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6755

[DOO-E]

Okay guys and gal i have time for about 2 or 3 petstores. I want to pic up some fish,inverts and corals. Either a little of each or whatever what 3 stores should i go to. I would definatly like to go to wais so that is 1 down.

[EmilyB]

try this.

http://www.waisaquarium.com/

You know Will, some one should really tell him how bad that site is........ :confused:

[AJ_77]

He could always go see if Nate is working too...

[DOO-E]

So then if pisces is outta marine that leaves wia's. I would like to visit maybe one or two more. I have to pick up a Coral Beauty while i am in that is why i can only go to so few. Plus the roas sytem blows in calgary.

[Delphinus]

Plus the roas sytem blows in calgary.

I don't understand what you're trying to say.

[Bob I]

Plus the roas sytem blows in calgary.

I don't understand what you're trying to say.

Perhaps it is time for people to look at what keys they are hitting, so that their posts become more understandable to the rest of us. :rolleyes:

[Quinn]

"The road system blows in Calgary". Calgary has one of the better road systems I've seen. Edmonton, now that's a bad road system.

I would focus your attention on Big Al's if you are coming from the south.

[Delphinus]

It took me a while but I finally guessed "roads". I wasn't trying to be mean or anything, but I genuinely had trouble guessing what that statement meant. .. :redface: Doo-e, not to harp on a point here, but have you considered www.iespell.com ? It's an add-on for internet explorer that gives you an option to spell-check your posts. You just right-click on your post, and it gives you an option to "check spelling." It's free, I use it and I think it's pretty good. Give it a try, maybe.

As for the fish stores. If you're coming in from the south, you're options are, I think, Big Al's and perhaps Golds. The others mentioned, are quite a bit further north and will involve a much longer road trip. If you go to Wai's, you might as well also go to Oceans (just a few blocks north of Wais).

I hate to say it but I live in the far south of the city and I rarely find the time to make the 45-minute-drive-each-way to the north stores any more. Basically Big Al's and MO for me. Although the stores in the north are fine enough for an occasional visit. I'll pay them a visit if I'm in the area anyways, but the drive is too long to go pay them a visit on a regular basis.

[DOO-E]

Okay the i will just go to Wai's and Big als. Is there a better Store that has more of an invert and corals selection than the others.