RE: [GSAS-Member] Fish store recommendations?

["Alex Wetmore" <alex@phred.org>]

From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-
> My own experience at The Fish Store is when I first started up a tank,

> they were really keen on selling me a lot of fish.
> It was AFTER they all died that I learned about the nitrogen cycle. 
> That is my fault, but their customer service could have
> made a difference.

That is strange.  I live a few blocks from The Fish Store and so I've
spent more time there than anywhere else.  I also bought my first
aquarium from them.  I've always heard them explain the nitrogen cycle
to new aquarium buyers and have suggested that they bought a couple of
inexpensive fish until the aquarium cycles.  They even offer to do the
water tests for people to let them know when it has cycled.

I like that some of the staff will talk to me about products that they
don't even sell and would help with things like high wattage compact
fluorescent lighting and CO2 injection before they sold the equipment
for that stuff.

The only other stores that I've been to in this area are Denny's Pet
World (I bought my current aquarium from them), Fish Gallery? in Renton,
and Little Amazon.  Little Amazon seems to have good fish but is really
really jumbled and hard to find things in.  I haven't bought fish from
anyone else.

Finally, the Triple Door (club downtown with the huge aquarium) is
having a private event on Saturday so they won't be open for lunch.  I
couldn't tell from this thread if that was part of someone's plans or
not.  Their aquarium is really impressive though, well worth visiting.
It is a great place to see bands too.

alex

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