LFS's in CHicago, IL - Page 2

**Ryzilla** · 01-13-2006, 03:56 PM

[quote=GraFFix]asked him about cherry shrimp and he said he would order some for me. So the next week i went on delivery day to pick up some shrimp...well I was a little dissapointed when they were all sold already...untill i saw the price on the tank they were in. $12.99 each OUCH!QUOTE]

Old orchard aquarium has cherries for $8 and I thought that was rediculous. Old orchard aquarium is generally very expensive. They do have an awsome deal on PC 36w 6500k straight pin's. They are $15, I was so suprised to see the most expensive store carry an amazing price on these lights

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Blackeyes · 07-06-2006, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by GraFFix

Wow..this thread was brought back from the dead lol. Ill add a few more to the list

Scott's Pet Shop
3054 S. Wolf Road
Westchester, IL

Their within walking distance of my house

. ive been wanting to get some plants from there all week, i havnt had any time because of work.

I have a spot you guys can try out its called Deep Reef Aquatics, Downers Grove 20009 W.63rd St. (630) 963-0373. They have alot of fish. All their fished are practically new borns. There prices are pretty reasonable. Fish quality is pretty good. They have a seperate section for saltwalter fish. They have one huge tank in front filled with plants and thats it. There mostly about freshwater fish and saltwater fish. Pretty decent prices on fish tanks. Hope this helped anybody. Oh and also check out their website www.deepreefaquatics.com

RobChuck · 07-06-2006, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackeyes

Their within walking distance of my house

. ive been wanting to get some plants from there all week, i havnt had any time because of work.

I have a spot you guys can try out its called Deep Reef Aquatics, Downers Grove 20009 W.63rd St. (630) 963-0373. They have alot of fish. All their fished are practically new borns. There prices are pretty reasonable. Fish quality is pretty good. They have a seperate section for saltwalter fish. They have one huge tank in front filled with plants and thats it. There mostly about freshwater fish and saltwater fish. Pretty decent prices on fish tanks. Hope this helped anybody. Oh and also check out their website www.deepreefaquatics.com

Deep Reef is a great shop! I've been buying SW livestock from them since their Pet Paradise days and being new to the planted side of the hobby, I'm quite impressed with their FW and plant selection after my last visit a few weeks ago. Plus, they have some pretty cool frogs there.

crazie.eddie · 07-06-2006, 08:05 AM

Going to have to check out Deep Reef. Aquarium Adventure's a bit far for me to go for plants, living close to Lemont. Scott's Petshop is my secondary, but they never really have new plants and they NEVER answer their phones. They do respond very quickly to faxes, so I often fax my questions to them.

crazie.eddie · 07-07-2006, 02:12 AM

Went to Deep Reef. I wasn't impressed. Planted tank in front was dirty and had green water. Not a big selection in plants either.

As far as the south and west suburbs, I still think Scott's Pets and Aquarium Adventure have clean, dedicated planted tanks.

Gerald the Mouse · 07-07-2006, 03:05 AM

Petpourri Pet Center
18681 Dixie Hwy
Homewood, IL 60430
(708) 957-5522

I went there today, good fish selection, and clean tanks.

Aquaspot World · 07-07-2006, 08:24 AM

Aquaspot World is currently the largest aquatic plants seller online, dealing with over 300 aquatic plant species every week. We are looking to expand and bring you even more aquatic plants to all the good stores near you!

If you are tired of seeing the same old plants in your aquatic stores, refer them to us and earn $25 in store credits! Contact us for the full details.

blang · 07-07-2006, 01:19 PM

Aquarium Adventure, Hoffman Estates has a large selection of plants. I bought one several weeks ago and it was very healthy. They seems to have a nice selection also.

crazie.eddie · 07-08-2006, 07:04 AM

Actually, I think Aquarium Adventure and Scott's have about the same amount of variety of plants, it's just AA, stocks more of each specific plants.

One thing to note about Deep Reef, which I forgot to mention. When I was there looking at there fish, they just received shipment of some new fish, so they were floating the bags in several tanks. I happened to be looking around and noticed several fish in one tank had ich and one had some kind of fungus. The sad thing was, they still released the new fish that happened to be floating in that tank.

I mentioned about the ich to the employees and they said they were currently treating the tank and they were aware of it. Hmmm. I saw no discoloration from the water due to meds nor was the temp higher than normal on other tanks. YET, they still released new fish into that tank. sad.

Blackeyes · 07-10-2006, 12:41 AM

the prices on plants at scotts pet shop are pretty darn good. 3-4 plants for $10.

JimmyB · 07-19-2006, 10:29 PM

RobChuck - so don't quote it and copy it over, dude! How do we get that Bonsai guy erased from this thread, if not the board?

Deep Reef- good for saltwater fish, but freshwater tanks were full of ich when I went there. And they throw similar species of female fish in the same tanks, so it is impossible to be sure you are getting a clean pair of the same fish species. For example, Peacock cichlids, the females all look the same, but that doesn't mean you should put them in the same tank and sell them as part of pairs if you dont' know for sure which breed of peacock it is!

King Coral used to be good, I agree it is dirty and a mess. And now it is closing.

I did not see Glen Ellyn Pet shop listed yet, they have a larger-than-usual selection of African cichlids, but pretty slim on the plants. I good selection of equipment, though. Same is true of TropiQuatics in Lombard, they have a good selection of saltwater, and Africans, and community fish like tetras and such, the plants are a hit-and-miss depending on when you go.

Scott's is probably the best around for plants, but I swear those guys give me bogus information on fish many times. Sometimes I test them with questions I know to see if they are trying to sell me anything or actually give me good advice. So can I trust them on plants?

RobChuck · 07-20-2006, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyB

RobChuck - so don't quote it and copy it over, dude! How do we get that Bonsai guy erased from this thread, if not the board?

Sorry...I knew what I wrote was overflowing with irony. It just bothered me that I linked here through the subscription email only to find the spam.

But I did get a chance to visit Aquarium Adventure yesterday, and agree with Crazy Eddie's comparison of AA with Scott's: about the same variety of plants, but AA just had tons more quantity crammed in their tanks. I was very impressed with the vastness of AA's FW fish selection however. Their show tanks all looked great, but their SW selection was terrible IMO.

Gunter95 · 07-20-2006, 05:14 PM

Old orchard aquarium
• generally very expensive but has decent prices on lights
• lot of plants
• Rude Staff and Owner
• http://www.oldorchardaquarium.com/
Scott’s Pet Shop
• 3054 S. Wolf Road
Westchester, IL
• Recommend for plants although they may not carry new varieties of plants
• Bad with phones but respond to faxes.
• decent prices
• May not be best informed on fish
• Nice assortment of freshwater fish but not much with Saltwater
Deep Reef Aquatics
• 20009 W.63rd St.
Downers Grove
(630) 963-0373.
• Good selection of young fish
• Reasonable Prices
• Decent prices on fish tanks and equipment
• www.deepreefaquatics.com
Aquarium Adventure
• Recommend for plants
• Similar to Scott’s Pet Shop
• Bad Saltwater selection
Deep Reef
• Avoid for Freshwater fish
• Small Plant Selection
• Not bad for saltwater fish
Petpourri Pet Center
• 18681 Dixie Hwy
Homewood, IL 60430
(708) 957-5522
• good fish selection, and clean tanks.
King Coral
• CLOSING
• 5541 W Montrose
Chicago, IL
(773) 283-5618
• Used to be a good store but no longer.
Glen Ellyn Pet shop
• Good selection of African cichlids and equipment
• few plants
TropiQuatics
• Good Selection of Fish and equipment
• plants hit-and-miss
Old Town Aquarium
• The best in Chicago land but has the highest prices
• http://www.oldtownaquarium.com
Living Sea Aquarium
• Recommended for fish
• High Prices
• Small Plant selection
• http://www.livingseaaquarium.com/
• Good place to find rare specimens
• shark feedings
Ocean Design Aquarium
• Irving and Narragansett (also called Nagle)
• will special order items
• friendly staff
• Decent prices on fish and plants but high equipment prices
Animal Kingdom
• avoid
Chicago Aquarium & Pond
• 5028 N Clark St., 60640
• fair amount of plants at a fair price
• friendly staff
Coral Reef Pet Center
• 7723 W Lawrence Ave
Norridge IL 60706-3303
708-456-0768
• Small Plant Selection
• good selection of fish and good prices.
• Good place to find rare specimens

Blackeyes · 07-22-2006, 02:31 PM

I Need some quick directions to TropiQuatics in Lombard, ive been there before awhile back in Febuary and unfortunatly i forgot their address. So could someone help a brother out please

. Thanks!

RobChuck · 07-22-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackeyes

I Need some quick directions to TropiQuatics in Lombard, ive been there before awhile back in Febuary and unfortunatly i forgot their address. So could someone help a brother out please

. Thanks!

I'm not quite sure of their new address, but the store is on the east side of Main Street, just south of the Dairy Queen, in an old hardware store building.

01-13-2006, 03:56 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ryzilla Advanced Algae Farmer (View User Tanks) PTrader: (47) Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,674	[quote=GraFFix]asked him about cherry shrimp and he said he would order some for me. So the next week i went on delivery day to pick up some shrimp...well I was a little dissapointed when they were all sold already...untill i saw the price on the tank they were in. $12.99 each OUCH!QUOTE] Old orchard aquarium has cherries for $8 and I thought that was rediculous. Old orchard aquarium is generally very expensive. They do have an awsome deal on PC 36w 6500k straight pin's. They are $15, I was so suprised to see the most expensive store carry an amazing price on these lights __________________ Peace, Ry I raise my sword in the air in the battle against clado. I have been beaten in this battle but the war is not over. As my wounds heal I amass another army, an army with many legs, an army of Amano's...... I thrust my tridant into the mass of medusa like staghorn. I am wounded but I refuse to take a knee.

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crazie.eddie Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,635	Going to have to check out Deep Reef. Aquarium Adventure's a bit far for me to go for plants, living close to Lemont. Scott's Petshop is my secondary, but they never really have new plants and they NEVER answer their phones. They do respond very quickly to faxes, so I often fax my questions to them. __________________ 125 gal (473 liter): Low Tech (1.5wpg PC for 10 hours, no CO2/ferts, gravel substrate), Equipment (72" Coralife PC, Eheim Pro II 2128 w/built in heater, FilStar XP3 w/Hydor ETH201 inline heater), Fish (6Discus, 2Angel, 5Clown loaches, 4L-018 Gold Nugget pleco, 1L-260 Queen Arabesque pleco, 7Cories, Farlowella cat)

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crazie.eddie Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,635	Went to Deep Reef. I wasn't impressed. Planted tank in front was dirty and had green water. Not a big selection in plants either. As far as the south and west suburbs, I still think Scott's Pets and Aquarium Adventure have clean, dedicated planted tanks. __________________ 125 gal (473 liter): Low Tech (1.5wpg PC for 10 hours, no CO2/ferts, gravel substrate), Equipment (72" Coralife PC, Eheim Pro II 2128 w/built in heater, FilStar XP3 w/Hydor ETH201 inline heater), Fish (6Discus, 2Angel, 5Clown loaches, 4L-018 Gold Nugget pleco, 1L-260 Queen Arabesque pleco, 7Cories, Farlowella cat)

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Aquaspot World Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 122	Looking for dealers Aquaspot World is currently the largest aquatic plants seller online, dealing with over 300 aquatic plant species every week. We are looking to expand and bring you even more aquatic plants to all the good stores near you! If you are tired of seeing the same old plants in your aquatic stores, refer them to us and earn $25 in store credits! Contact us for the full details. __________________ Aquaspot World LLP - Your Aquatic Partner

07-08-2006, 07:04 AM	#24 (permalink)
crazie.eddie Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,635	Actually, I think Aquarium Adventure and Scott's have about the same amount of variety of plants, it's just AA, stocks more of each specific plants. One thing to note about Deep Reef, which I forgot to mention. When I was there looking at there fish, they just received shipment of some new fish, so they were floating the bags in several tanks. I happened to be looking around and noticed several fish in one tank had ich and one had some kind of fungus. The sad thing was, they still released the new fish that happened to be floating in that tank. I mentioned about the ich to the employees and they said they were currently treating the tank and they were aware of it. Hmmm. I saw no discoloration from the water due to meds nor was the temp higher than normal on other tanks. YET, they still released new fish into that tank. sad. __________________ 125 gal (473 liter): Low Tech (1.5wpg PC for 10 hours, no CO2/ferts, gravel substrate), Equipment (72" Coralife PC, Eheim Pro II 2128 w/built in heater, FilStar XP3 w/Hydor ETH201 inline heater), Fish (6Discus, 2Angel, 5Clown loaches, 4L-018 Gold Nugget pleco, 1L-260 Queen Arabesque pleco, 7Cories, Farlowella cat)

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Gerald the Mouse Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Homewood, Illinois Posts: 209	Petpourri Pet Center 18681 Dixie Hwy Homewood, IL 60430 (708) 957-5522 I went there today, good fish selection, and clean tanks.

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blang Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 12	Aquarium Adventure, Hoffman Estates has a large selection of plants. I bought one several weeks ago and it was very healthy. They seems to have a nice selection also.

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Blackeyes Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: WSTCHSTR,IL Posts: 118	the prices on plants at scotts pet shop are pretty darn good. 3-4 plants for $10.

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JimmyB Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2	RobChuck - so don't quote it and copy it over, dude! How do we get that Bonsai guy erased from this thread, if not the board? Deep Reef- good for saltwater fish, but freshwater tanks were full of ich when I went there. And they throw similar species of female fish in the same tanks, so it is impossible to be sure you are getting a clean pair of the same fish species. For example, Peacock cichlids, the females all look the same, but that doesn't mean you should put them in the same tank and sell them as part of pairs if you dont' know for sure which breed of peacock it is! King Coral used to be good, I agree it is dirty and a mess. And now it is closing. I did not see Glen Ellyn Pet shop listed yet, they have a larger-than-usual selection of African cichlids, but pretty slim on the plants. I good selection of equipment, though. Same is true of TropiQuatics in Lombard, they have a good selection of saltwater, and Africans, and community fish like tetras and such, the plants are a hit-and-miss depending on when you go. Scott's is probably the best around for plants, but I swear those guys give me bogus information on fish many times. Sometimes I test them with questions I know to see if they are trying to sell me anything or actually give me good advice. So can I trust them on plants?

07-20-2006, 05:14 PM	#28 (permalink)
Gunter95 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago, Il Posts: 28	Old orchard aquarium • generally very expensive but has decent prices on lights • lot of plants • Rude Staff and Owner • http://www.oldorchardaquarium.com/ Scott’s Pet Shop • 3054 S. Wolf Road Westchester, IL • Recommend for plants although they may not carry new varieties of plants • Bad with phones but respond to faxes. • decent prices • May not be best informed on fish • Nice assortment of freshwater fish but not much with Saltwater Deep Reef Aquatics • 20009 W.63rd St. Downers Grove (630) 963-0373. • Good selection of young fish • Reasonable Prices • Decent prices on fish tanks and equipment • www.deepreefaquatics.com Aquarium Adventure • Recommend for plants • Similar to Scott’s Pet Shop • Bad Saltwater selection Deep Reef • Avoid for Freshwater fish • Small Plant Selection • Not bad for saltwater fish Petpourri Pet Center • 18681 Dixie Hwy Homewood, IL 60430 (708) 957-5522 • good fish selection, and clean tanks. King Coral • CLOSING • 5541 W Montrose Chicago, IL (773) 283-5618 • Used to be a good store but no longer. Glen Ellyn Pet shop • Good selection of African cichlids and equipment • few plants TropiQuatics • Good Selection of Fish and equipment • plants hit-and-miss Old Town Aquarium • The best in Chicago land but has the highest prices • http://www.oldtownaquarium.com Living Sea Aquarium • Recommended for fish • High Prices • Small Plant selection • http://www.livingseaaquarium.com/ • Good place to find rare specimens • shark feedings Ocean Design Aquarium • Irving and Narragansett (also called Nagle) • will special order items • friendly staff • Decent prices on fish and plants but high equipment prices Animal Kingdom • avoid Chicago Aquarium & Pond • 5028 N Clark St., 60640 • fair amount of plants at a fair price • friendly staff Coral Reef Pet Center • 7723 W Lawrence Ave Norridge IL 60706-3303 708-456-0768 • Small Plant Selection • good selection of fish and good prices. • Good place to find rare specimens

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Blackeyes Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: WSTCHSTR,IL Posts: 118	I Need some quick directions to TropiQuatics in Lombard, ive been there before awhile back in Febuary and unfortunatly i forgot their address. So could someone help a brother out please . Thanks!