Kelowna Fish stores question

[argan]

Can anyone from that area list the all the SW fish stores in kelowna?

I know of a petland, total pet, the purple seahorse, and reefkeepers, also AJ's in vernon.
Do all of these sell saltwater? or just AJ's and reefkeepers? or just AJ's and reefkeepers?

[mseepman]

Hey there Argan, Welcome to Canreef.

As for your question...AJ's and Complete Pet sell salt in Vernon. Complete tends to have different stuff...I guess you could say they take some risks versus AJ plays it safe.

In Kelowna, Reefkeepers and Petcity carry salt...as does Total pet the odd time (usually sickly)

How about in Kamloops?? Any Saltwater stores?

[cav~firez22]

There is Rumor of a new store opening up in the near future.

Keep posted on this one!

[mseepman]

I've often thought that it would be a good venture to just open a saltwater only store. I would think that there is some demand considering how fast the stuff sells in the our local stores.

[argan]

Petland in Kamloops on Notre Dame has really good stuff most of the time and knowledgeable staff. Also corals are there oftentimes.
total pet has some stuff, and petcetera has a few fish but unhealthy.

[Myka]

Someone just asked me the same thing in PM, here's what I replied:

The Purple Seahorse has pails of Instant Ocean salt for $50 (sometimes on sale for as low as $40), so that's a good price and where I buy my salt.

I buy my corals from either Pet City or Reef Keepers. Reef Keepers tends to have the fairest prices and best selection. Reef Keepers prices their corals individually and are generally rather quite well priced. They are the most knowledgable people to talk to. Reef Keepers is the only place you can find SPS, but they don't have SPS often. They sometimes have Turbo and Astraea snails, and the occasional anemone. Reef Keepers has odd hours, and sometimes they are closed on Saturday without warning, so I always call before I drive over there since technically I live in Westbank, and that's a long drive just to see the "Open" sign off...rrr that's annoying.

Pet City prices almost all their corals at $60, and they can't always identify them for you. I know my corals, so this doesn't bother me. So I guess you have to kind of know your corals, and what they are worth, but you can get some good deals on really nice corals. They get some nice anemones as well. I have bought the majority of my corals at Pet City. They have some clams in right now.

I don't buy anything from Total Pet or Petcetera the latter of which just quit running their salt tanks (for the better!). Total Pet always has ich...like ALWAYS. The only corals you'll find there are leathers and mushrooms usually, and they look like crap. Oh wait, I do buy snails from Total Pet as they seem to be the only ones in town that carry Nassarius and Cerith snails.

I haven't found anywhere locally to buy Hermits.

[cav~firez22]

in about a week i will have 200 hermits, and 200 snails for sale. if thats what you needs...

will also have some other stuff, will wait and see if its all in good health

[robzilla]

Originally Posted by Myka

Pet City or Reef Keepers .

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where is pet city and reef keepers located. i come to kelowna once in awhile, and i'd like to stop in and see these shops,

thanks
rob

[bloat]

If your looking for salt stuff in the Kamloops.....the ONLY place you'll find any decent livestock/corals is Totel Pet.
Call ahead and find out when their shipments come in.
The Total Pet in Kamloops is WAY better than Vernon or Kelowna for salt stuff.

As for the Okanagan.....your right...reefkeepers.ca or A.J.'s Pets vernon.

Theirs' nothing wrong with getting J&L to throw some stuff on the bus for you too!!!!!

I'm down thier about once a month....(in Van)...so if someone in the loops is looking for something in particular let me know.

PS>it ich season so watch out!!!! Quaranteene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Matt]

Originally Posted by bloat

If your looking for salt stuff in the Kamloops.....the ONLY place you'll find any decent livestock/corals is Totel Pet.
Call ahead and find out when their shipments come in.
The Total Pet in Kamloops is WAY better than Vernon or Kelowna for salt stuff.

As for the Okanagan.....your right...reefkeepers.ca or A.J.'s Pets vernon.

Theirs' nothing wrong with getting J&L to throw some stuff on the bus for you too!!!!!

I'm down thier about once a month....(in Van)...so if someone in the loops is looking for something in particular let me know.

PS>it ich season so watch out!!!! Quaranteene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hijack]There's an ich season? Do I need a permit?[/hijack]