dons hobby and tropical fish??

dodgefreak8 · 02-21-2008, 05:49 AM

anyone been there yet?? any reports?? it's in greeley

waltuba · 02-21-2008, 03:21 PM

They have been open as an addition to the famous Don's Hobby (which moved west on 10th from downtown Greeley) and are working hard to be a good shop. They are both friendly and helpful carrying fw & sw. The shop seems small but they are also getting involved in the northern Co area. They hosted a meet at their shop (I believe for a reef club). They also take orders (last week flying to LA to shop). I hope they make a go of it - it seems they will!!
PS - not much in live plants

Manolito · 02-21-2008, 04:16 PM

Been there many time. Not impressed at all - especially with the FW and live plants. Not very well taken care at all.

They have some good SW set up, tanks, canopy and cabinets. But they are outrages in prices.

**discus21** · 02-24-2008, 07:21 AM

Was in Dons Hobbies/Fish the other day. What a joke. Freshwater was empty.. lights turned off on many tanks.... almost no fish that I could find. Plant section was a joke.. only a few of the real basic items and lots of hair algae.

Saltwater looked OK but not as sweet as I expected since they say they are "hand picking" fish and coral. Nothing that I have not seen a million times over at every other shop.

The guy who was working was rude. Said nothing the entire time I was in the shop. He was too busy working on the frag table. Finally I asked him a question and got a rude answer. It seems that he was too busy and my question was not important to him.

I WILL NEVER GO BACK

vibes_jedi99 · 03-04-2008, 07:04 AM

I went in last week. Most of the Stuff (liquid fertilizer, excel, fluorite) I find cheaper than PETSMART and other LFS in the area. But the fish selection are poor, same with the services if their are any

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dodgefreak8 · 03-06-2008, 05:10 AM

I went there last weekend and belive it or not they had some of the harder to find species. they had celestial pearl danios, scarlet badis, olive nerite snails, dwarf cory's, and more. I would say they have some work to do but these are rarely seen fish and the prices were right on

waltuba · 03-07-2008, 03:29 AM

Went in today and found Excel at a decent price. I can now begin some dosing. I was in a hurry so I didn't get to see much but I did notice a marked improvement in supplies for planted tanks and they had just received a shipment of new plants.

vibes_jedi99 · 03-07-2008, 04:33 AM

Yeah, They have nice price for those stuff. I'm glad that you got your excel there waltuba.

02-21-2008, 05:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
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02-21-2008, 03:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
waltuba Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Windsor,Co Posts: 12	They have been open as an addition to the famous Don's Hobby (which moved west on 10th from downtown Greeley) and are working hard to be a good shop. They are both friendly and helpful carrying fw & sw. The shop seems small but they are also getting involved in the northern Co area. They hosted a meet at their shop (I believe for a reef club). They also take orders (last week flying to LA to shop). I hope they make a go of it - it seems they will!! PS - not much in live plants Last edited by waltuba; 02-21-2008 at 03:22 PM. Reason: PS

02-24-2008, 07:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
discus21 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 53	RUDE RUDE RUDE and EMPTY Was in Dons Hobbies/Fish the other day. What a joke. Freshwater was empty.. lights turned off on many tanks.... almost no fish that I could find. Plant section was a joke.. only a few of the real basic items and lots of hair algae. Saltwater looked OK but not as sweet as I expected since they say they are "hand picking" fish and coral. Nothing that I have not seen a million times over at every other shop. The guy who was working was rude. Said nothing the entire time I was in the shop. He was too busy working on the frag table. Finally I asked him a question and got a rude answer. It seems that he was too busy and my question was not important to him. I WILL NEVER GO BACK

03-04-2008, 07:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
vibes_jedi99 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: COLORADO Posts: 151	I went in last week. Most of the Stuff (liquid fertilizer, excel, fluorite) I find cheaper than PETSMART and other LFS in the area. But the fish selection are poor, same with the services if their are any.

03-06-2008, 05:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
dodgefreak8 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (38) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brush,colorado Posts: 339	I went there last weekend and belive it or not they had some of the harder to find species. they had celestial pearl danios, scarlet badis, olive nerite snails, dwarf cory's, and more. I would say they have some work to do but these are rarely seen fish and the prices were right on __________________ 29gal

02-21-2008, 04:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Manolito Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (13) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 150	Been there many time. Not impressed at all - especially with the FW and live plants. Not very well taken care at all. They have some good SW set up, tanks, canopy and cabinets. But they are outrages in prices.

03-07-2008, 03:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
waltuba Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Windsor,Co Posts: 12	Went in today and found Excel at a decent price. I can now begin some dosing. I was in a hurry so I didn't get to see much but I did notice a marked improvement in supplies for planted tanks and they had just received a shipment of new plants.

03-07-2008, 04:33 AM	#8 (permalink)
vibes_jedi99 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: COLORADO Posts: 151	Yeah, They have nice price for those stuff. I'm glad that you got your excel there waltuba.

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