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Old 11-16-2012, 07:22 PM   #1
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Tri-State (NY-NJ-CT) LFS directory


I hope this post serves both new hobbyists and those looking to venture into new areas of the city. Kindly PM me with any additional entries and I will amend. The list was compiled from feedback of our community.

New York
Eastern, Queens
  • Fishtown USA, Inc
    196-33 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY (718) 539-5396
    Regularly imports exotics species.
  • Kissena Aquarium Inc
    4630 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY (718) 358-0761
    Generally carries common fish. occassionally imports exotic species of fish and shrimp
  • Northern Aquarium Inc
    13502 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY (718) 321-9722
  • Rainbow Aquarium
    14314 45th Avenue, Flushing, NY (718) 886-4200
  • Animal Pantry
    13720 Crossbay Blvd # 1 Jamaica, NY 11417 (718) 845-8400
  • House of Fish & Pets
    16905 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY (718) 739-3090
Western, Queens
  • Blue Gold Aquarium Inc
    8612 Whitney Avenue, Elmhurst, NY (718) 565-8583
  • Golden Aquatic Aquarium
    7620 Woodside Avenue, Flushing, NY (718) 606-2428 goldenaquatictrading.com
  • Coral Aquariums Inc
    75-3 Roosevelt Avenue, New York, NY (718) 429-3934
  • Paradise Aquarium
    66-16 Fresh Pond Road Ridgewood, NY 11385 (718) 366-6921
Manhattan
  • Pacific Aquarium & Plant Inc
    46 Delancey Street #1, New York, NY (212) 995-5895 ‎ · pacificnyc.com
  • 38 Aquarium Inc
    371 Broome Street, New York, NY (212) 966-0397
    Specializes in flowerhorns and parrot cichlids.
  • Win Tropical Aquariums
    169 Mott Street, New York, NY (212) 343-2875
    Imports nano and exotic fish and plants.
  • Aqua Star Pet Shop
    176 Mulberry Street, New York, NY (212) 431-4311
    Carries popular tropical fish, goldfish, discus, angels, bettas, birds, inverts, etc...
  • PET INN USA - http://www.petinnusa.com/
    112 madison st new york ny10002
    Mainly Goldfish
  • Petco [14 st Union Sq flagship store]
    860 Broadway New York, NY 10003 (212) 358-0692
    Imports exotic species
  • Petland Discounts
    132 Nassau Street, New York, NY
  • Petland Discounts
    632 Broadway New York‎ New York‎ 10012
  • Fauna - www.faunanyc.com
    265 W 87th St # 1 New York, NY 10024
    A fair number of tanks (FW/SW - all fish stuff in basement) - but I don't remember them having much/any plants
Westchester county
  • Exotic Pet Warehouse
    597 Central Park Avenue Yonkers, NY 10704
    (914) 963-6557
    http://www.exoticpetwarehouse.com/home.htm
    Large selection of FW (not a lot of nanofish) and SW - but the place is dirty, tanks not incredibly clean
Bronx
  • Zoo-Rama Aquarium
    2574 East Tremont Ave.
    Bronx, NY 10461

Brooklyn
  • King Fish Aquarium & Pet Supply
    4818 8th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220 (718) 438-3189
  • Reef Aquarium
    5415 8th Ave (between 54th St & 55th St) Brooklyn, NY 11220 (718) 633-7850
  • World Class Aquarium
    2015 Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11234 (718) 258-0653
  • Brooklyn Zoo and Aquarium
    2377 Ralph Ave. New York, NY 11234 (718)251-7389
    10% discount if you're a member of BAS, some plants and sometimes nice fish. Out of the 2 I like WCA better.
  • New Island Aquarium
    1963 Utica Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11234 (718) 241-6688
  • Royal Aqua World
    815 65th Street Brooklyn, NY 11220 (718) 238-0718.
    Nice plants and fish, upstairs tank setups. Hard area to park most times.
  • King's Aquarium
    7106 18th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11204 (718) 621-8130
  • Tamco Aquarium and Supply Inc
    6310 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn 718-232-2885

Long Island
  • Pets Warehouse
    177 Glen Cove Road, Carle Place, NY
    (516) 307-1522 ‎ · petswarehouse.com
    Extensive FW collection with exotic stock + reasonable plant section
  • Aquarium Village Inc.
    473 Old Country Road, Westbury, NY
    (516) 333-0682 ‎ · nyaquariumvillage.com
    More salt than fw. no plants but has plenty of dry goods and equipment. nano rimless tanks
  • Tropical Showcase
    372 West Old Country Road, Hicksville, NY
    (516) 433-0988 ‎ · tropicalshowcase.com
    Large FW selection, exotic livestock and plants, tends to be pricey and the owners are known to be a tad rude.
  • Country Critters
    152 Medford Avenue Patchogue, NY 11772 (631) 758-6777
  • Magic Isle Aquarium
    205 Centereach Mall Centereach, NY 11720 (631) 585-2939
  • South Shore Tropicals
    127 Merrick Road Amityville, NY 11701 (631) 608-8100
  • Aqua Hut Inc
    264 Middle Country Road, Coram, NY 11727 (631) 732-3620
  • BTJ's Jungle
    150 Sunrise Hwy, West Islip, NY 11795 (631) 587-8191
  • Caribbean Blue Aquatics
    1756 Sunrise Highway Bay Shore, NY 11706‎ (631) 969-2583
Albany
  • Davy Jones Locker
    368 Delaware Avenue, Albany NY, 12209 (518) 436-4810
    Helpful and knowledgeable staff; diverse selection on livestock, inverts and a decent selection on plants.
New Jersey
  • Pet goods
    651 Route 17, Paramus, NJ 07652
    open before noon; bulldog pleco
  • Fishtown USA
    735 New Jersey 17, Ramsey, NJ 07446
  • Ridgewood Aquarium Imports
    10 S Broad St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
    Ada and do aqua! Planted Specialty "pro" shop, Must see for ADA tanks!
  • Rt4 aquarium
    143 Broadway, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
    Large livestock and equipment, exotic sw, exotic shrimps and CPOs in stock.
  • Absolutely Fish
    1080 U.S. 46 Clifton, NJ 07013
    Large selection of everything. A must see in the area.
  • Fish Hut
    114 U.S. 46, Saddle Brook, NJ
    daphania cultures, awesome killis, ricefish, great prices review thread
  • Kazmir Pet shop
    82 Anderson Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
    Proverbial hole in the wall shop with Gems to be found. awesome fish selection. Great steals on dry goods,
    lots of cool plants
  • Shark Aquarium - www.sharkaquarium.com
    245 U.S. 22 Hillside, NJ 07205
  • Aquarium Paradise/AquaScapeOnline
    234 Washington Ave Belleville NJ 07109 - 908-634-0820 / 908-634-0825
  • Ely's Aquatic Farms
    326 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ 07932 - (973) 377-0570
  • Pet Shanty
    2507 US Highway 22 Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 - (908) 889-8262
  • Ocean Gallery II
    980 U.S. 22, North Plainfeld, NJ
    Mostly saltwater - and a nice store for that.
  • Shark Aquarium - www.sharkaquarium.com
    245 U.S. 22 Hillside, NJ 07205

Connecticut
  • House of Fins
    99 Bruce Park Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830 (203) 661-8131
  • Greenwich Aquaria
    1064 East Putnam Avenue Riverside, CT 06878 (203) 344-1572

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Old 11-16-2012, 07:26 PM   #2
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Thx, helpfully
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Old 11-16-2012, 07:34 PM   #3
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Here's another for Queens:


Animal Pantry
13720 Crossbay Blvd # 1 Jamaica, NY 11417 (718) 845-8400

I'm assuming you're leaving out Petcos and Petsmarts?
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Old 11-16-2012, 07:36 PM   #4
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Thanks! This is very helpful
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Old 11-16-2012, 07:44 PM   #5
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Edited it again. Didn't see the listing earlier.
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Old 11-16-2012, 07:49 PM   #6
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In manhattan there are a few petcos & petsmarts that are occasionally worth checking out. And of course the numerous petland discounts that are either hit/miss on their fish & plants.
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Old 11-20-2012, 06:49 PM   #7
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Old 11-20-2012, 07:12 PM   #8
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I think Petland by Pace is a worthwhile store to add.

Some decent deals and I usually end up buying something there.

132 Nassau Street, New York, NY

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Old 11-20-2012, 07:22 PM   #9
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Might be a little far out for a thread called NYC LFS, but two L.I. stores well above average fish-wise would have to be:

Country Critters
152 Medford Avenue Patchogue, NY 11772
(631) 758-6777

Magic Isle Aquarium
205 Centereach Mall Centereach, NY 11720
(631) 585-2939
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Old 11-20-2012, 08:52 PM   #10
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Aside from the smiley faces....I think we should also include some sort of symbol to signify whether we are able to haggle or bargin over the prices --> since many of these LFS are asian runned.

I'll start by contributing my experience:

-- Pacific: price-negotiating potential if you buy from them in large quantity.

-- Royal Aqua World: definitely possible, if you haggle over the right items...and if that asian lady is in a good mood that day LOL.
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We can probably create a thread for each one of these... and update on the specifics?
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Doesn't Pacific give discounts for TPT members? Somehow I never wind up paying the full price I'm quoted for my rocks.

... I just realized that technically, I took the train into Manhattan to buy three pounds of rocks.
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Doesn't Pacific give discounts for TPT members? Somehow I never wind up paying the full price I'm quoted for my rocks.

... I just realized that technically, I took the train into Manhattan to buy three pounds of rocks.
10% off normally, 15% when we have tours, but it also depends on who is writing your receipt, since not all of them that work there are aware. I'm getting the impression they recognize many of the forum regulars.
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Nice list. Though House of Fish & Pets and Animal Pantry are nowhere near Elmhurst

Also, add Aqua Hut to the list.

Aqua Hut Inc
264 Middle Country Road, Coram, NY 11727
(631) 732-3620
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Been to animal pantry there a few blocks away from my house. I bought my beta from there. There fish look good.
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