Question to Calgarian
 

I'm heading to Calgary 1st week of AUG for 5 days and love to go to Concept Aquariums for myself. Any other good LFS to visit?
And also my wife and kids like to visit zoo and calaway park. Any other place to have fun?
I google it few place we are interested in but I would like to ask you what is recommend.
Your info is very helpful for my family.
Thanks

There's pieces (kids love this pet store because of all the interactions they can have with various animals).
Then there's golds aquarium, ocean creation and reef wonderland.
I would vote for telus spark centre. Heard that its a great place for kids.

Thanks. Do you mean Pisces Pet Emporium? We all love pet stores, we'll try there and of course aquarium stores.
Telus Spark is also one of my list.
Does anyone know about Bow Habitat Station and Heritage Park Historical Villege?

Yap the Emporium (sorry for the spelling; I always struggle with that one :redface: ). I am not sure about those two so someone else can chime in :)

WAIS is a great store to look at nice coral - but if the family wants to see bunnies and birds you could try big Als. If they like horses check out spruce meadows, it's a fabulous way to spend a day.

Another cool place is Devonian gardens in the downtown core shopping mall. Just got re-done too. Just reading off the website it's basically a 1 hectare indoor greenhouse with massive koi ponds and turtles. Playgrounds for kids as well

Heritage park is fun, but if your kids are younger they might get bored. There are some rides, an old fashioned candy shop, and the best bakery ever, but a lot of it is historical buildings (houses, old printing press, gasoline alley with old cars) and such.

Telus science centre :-)

If you're adventurous you can make a day trip of the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller. Dinosaurs !!

Thanks everyone for all your information. Sounds like our 4.5 days will be super busy. I have to pick few fish stores. If I spent all day just for fish stores then my wife kill me and cost me more for wife and kids.
We decide to go heritage park and telus sparks for sure. If we can do horse riding then spruce meadow sounds nice. I'm pretty sure we will spend a time in down town for shopping, so Devonian Garden is another place to visit.
If I go to LFS from airport area whats the best way to go stores. Try to minimize a time.
Thanks again

If your up by the airport... Pieces Pet emporium & Big Als are commercial... I like Big Als better - the staff are more knowledgable than the high school kids at Pieces...

If your looking for what are the Calgary Reefer stops... (Not commercial) there is:
Concept Aquariums - Stock levels depend on their last order...
Golds - Very competitive prices and stock is also order dependent.
Reef Wonderland - haven't been there in a while.
Wais - good selection of coral with moderate to high prices... Fish selection isn't bad but for some reason unless your there right after he gets the livestock order I'd skip it...
Ocean Creation - fair prices with hit and miss coral selection and an average supply of healthy fish.

Regarding fish stores - it depends on what you are wanting to see and if you are shopping or just sight seeing.

I would love to shop few corals but we will be overnighting 3 more nights on the way back to home. Still I enjoy to see different stores.

I don't think you can ride horses at spruce meadows. Been a while since I've been there. It's a horse racing track.

If you like to ride horses my I suggest Rafter 6 horse ranch.

Thanks. I've checked spruce meadow and found no riding. Rafter 6 sounds great but it's in Kananaskis, so it's little difficult for us to go there. However this is good for back up plan. Thanks again.

Speaking of Kananaskis that's what I'd recommend, an hour from Calgary and much more peaceful. Took this pic last time I was fishing there, not a sole in sight. Much less stressful than commuting around the city although the kids may get a little board but I'm pretty sure that's why Calaway park is on the way :wink:


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That's beutiful lake. Is that one on the way to Kananaskis Lodge?

That's Upper Kananaskis Lake so past the lodge a little. Barrier is probably the one you're thinking of which is nice too but not as quiet.

Can we hike at upper Kananaskis lake? And if we can, is that hard or easy?
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Thanks

Yes there is a nice trail that loops the hole lake, it's 15.7km long though so it's considered intermediate but it won't be a difficult trail, just long. There's a shorter trail at lower lake (which is next to upper) and a bunch more of course throughout Kananaskis.

Thanks. I'll hike there on my way to Calgary. We've done a lots Rockey but I never brinng them after Canmore. That's gonna be nice hike there.

Good stuff, just don't get brave and consider swimming across the lake, a few have died attempting that.

I believe that lake is glacier water, so it's too cold to swim.

I just like to say thank everyone who give me an information to make my holiday successfull in Calgary. My family had a great time. Unfortunately, I could only visit Concept and Big Als. We were super busy at all the attractions.

I also like to thank Eli from Fiji Reef Rock. I ordered pukani rocks, shelfs and branches before leave Richmond. He spent a time to make my re-aquascaping project. I sent him some images and duplicate my rock formation I wanted then sent me YouTube. When I met him to pick my rocks up at his shop and gave me all the information I need to know and email me more detail. I really appliciate all his work and I'm sure that I have very confident to deal with him.
Thank again