Fish stores in Vancouver
 

I am coming down to Vancouver in 2 weeks, wondering if someone can recommend a few good fish stores in Vancouver/Richmond/Burnaby?? I am planning to go visit J&L and Big Al's. Any suggestions? Thank you

try this thread for starters,

http://216.187.96.54/vbulletin/showt...ores+vancouver

Ocean Aquatics(not quite in the area your going to be in but near by)(delta) and I would make the visit to King ed pet not the best but ok(have some realy good stuff) not much for saltwater but alot of intresting stuff.(coral fish ect.)

Phone Numbers
Ocean Aquatics-604-940-1988 Unit 5 7550 76th Street,
Delta, V4G 1K6,

King ed pet-604-525-4955 7377 Kingsway, Vancouver/burnaby boarder

The three I would go to would be OA, J and L, and Hidden Reef.

Hidden Reef is a ways out, so is OA, but worth a day trip to see both IMO.

OA isent way out right after you go over the alex fraser bridge(south bound) you gon river road and go to 76st turn left and then the first left when you enter 76. To alex fraser bridge (obvesly with car) takes 5-10 depending on trafic and another 5-10 minuts so all togeth about 10-20 minut trip.

-ocean aquatics for quality items
@ good deals...

heheh how about just ordering online ? In fact i'm curious to how it works..and who i should ask for an unbiased detailing.

Coral Ocean, Burnaby on Kingsway, one block west from Boundary on South side of Kingsway
He is open only after 5 PM somtimes at 3 PM

Ocean Aquatics is my fav.....Great advice...great staff...great stock...great prices....

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-ocean aquatics in delta also has good prices on sps,lps, and softie frags,
and as for fish regular price, equipment is usually way cheaper-i don't know IMO i like it.

ya know..there used to be a few "smaller" fish stores in richmond. I'm sad to say that i can't find them...and Big Als' is the only one there. Obviously the smaller fish stores are run by the asian community and i'm not sure they have the advertising to be noticed. So if anyone has discovered any give me a heads up!

Rogers Aquatics has some stuff and i work there and can help you out a bit

i assume this is in OR near north delta ? :biggrin:

yah it is on 120th and 82nd st, across from the Superstore and beside the IHOP

Also we just got a new salt water shipment of fish should be getting more corals/invertibrates in at the end of the month. If you see a young guy working there say hello to him its me. My name tag will say Eric.

I have to say that I went to ocean aquatics on tuesday and man was it worth the drive.
I got some seriously nice lr for 6$/lb and 2 nice softies on a 5lb chunk or lr for 20$, it also had this awesome white nudibranch on it so all in all I feel like I robbed them blind.
I have been to all the major stores and I can say that imho ocean aquatics and king eds have the overall best quality service...
Hidden reef gets an honourable mention in my books as well.
just my 2 cents.
K.