Tri-State (NY-NJ-CT) LFS directory

[RWaters]

Originally Posted by Mr. Limpet

Pet Shanty is friggin' awesome, but it's pain to get to from...Brighton Beach. Luckily they can be relied upon to donate some really cool fish to Brooklyn Aquarium Society auctions. I once won a pair of Nannochromis transvestitus they donated for $12!

A pair of Nannochromis transvestitus for $12!!! SCORE! Very nice fish.

[Option]

Originally Posted by rozdaboff

South Shore Tropicals was nice - and definitely worth a visit if you are out that way. There was a nice selection of quality plants - I got a very nice bunch of Rotala wallichi and Myriophyllums simulans for $3 each, and Matt got a really nice-sized clump of Crypt balansae for $3; a nice number of very clean FW tanks, but not a ton of selection. So I would give it (2 smiles)

Oz, does this store actually label their plants correctly (i.e., correct species name)? Or are they clueless about the exact species of what they sell?

[rozdaboff]

All of the plants were nicely organized in tanks in rows with labels on the front at South Shore. The had one Myrophyllium labeled as "frill" and when I asked if they knew genus/species - the guy went and checked a list behind the counter and got back to me.

On the other hand, Tropical showcase - while they had a ton of great plants - none of the stems were labeled and when I asked for an ID - they didn't know. They just checked a big poster on the wall with some common plants and pictures on it to see if they could match it.

[rozdaboff]

I met up with a friend of mine who lives in Hoboken on Saturday, and we did a mini-NJ fish tour, hitting a few places that I hadn't been to yet, as well as a couple of others I had.

Shark Aquarium - 245 U.S. 22 Hillside, NJ 07205

I am still new to LFSs, but I have never seen so many fish tanks in one store before. It was impressive to say the least. And the tanks were clean with healthy fish for the most part. Not an incredibly uncommon selection for small fish, but still worth a visit. They did have a few tanks with plants. Newer plants looked healthy and clean, but some that had been there for a while had a good algae coating.

Ely's Aquatic Farms - 326 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ 07932

This was one was a little out of the way, but it had a decent selection of fish, including some less common nano-fish then you would find in a typical LFS (includling B. maculata and D. erythromicron as well as some RCS and CRS) - but prices were pretty steep - with some making Pacific seem reasonable

Pet shanty - 2507 US Highway 22 Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

Not a bad selection of fish, prices pretty reasonable. Worth a visit if you are in the area, not sure I would go out of the way to go there.

Ocean Gallery II - 980 U.S. 22, North Plainfeld, NJ

This place was mostly saltwater - and a nice store for that. Not too much FW.

We also hit Fishtown in Ramsey and Rt. 4. Fishtown had some cool fish - Sparkling gouramis, Yunnanilus cruciatus, a few cool Killies. Rt. 4 had a nice selection - but nothing on the small fish side that was incredibly uncommon.

[owens81jw]

LOVe THIS, i gotta try out Shark Aquarium

[acitydweller]

Contributions from ryu1, DrakeScree and rozdaboff added