Good LFS in Vancouver??

[Bryan]

Another place to have a look at is Perkys Pets in New West. He has a lot of xenia, frags, hard and soft corals. Prices are quite reasonable.

[titus]

Hello,

Actually I suspect buddy from Coral Ocean is running the store b/c he's immigrated to Canada under the terms that he'll be investing in a business here. I find many Chinese to be doing business not because there are money but because that's a requirement for them.

Anyway, personally I find the store owner to be quite nice. If you have nothing to do, no girl/boy friends, no job, no life, etc lol, then go by and see if the store is open. If the store is open and he is actually available, chat with him. He doen't mind company.

[BCReefer]

BC Grl did you get to King Ed’s on the weekend? I did for the 1st time. All I can say is holly cripes hope they don’t ever get a fire in there. I’m surprised they are still open.

Now they had some nice corals there and I picked up a Yellow Devil’s Finger and a Blue sponge all for $35.00.

Picked up a new light but 6500 K – what a difference on the tank. Now I know what the difference new bulbs are.

Well I hope everyone had a great weekend. Go Caines Go.

Cheers,
Patrick

[Islander]

can someone tell the address and telephone number for this King Ed's place

Thanks,

Ken

[Jeff]

I believe you are wrong about Coral Ocean. I used to frequent it when it was on West Broadway back went I went to UBC (about 10 years ago). It was owned by another fellow at that time and Colin (the guy that runs it now) worked for him. The other guy got out of the business and sold the store to Colin.

This is based on my observations and talking to Colin over the past few years. I used to buy most of my stuff from there since it was near UBC and I had no car at the time.

[Scales]

My $.02, having been a frequent visitor of the LFS in this region for over a decade (remember Aquaworld? Cambie Aquarium with its original owner?)....J&L is currently the best source IMO (service, quality, most prices), but their product range is not as extensive as King Ed or Big Al's....King Ed is a good inexpensive source for some hardware not available at J&L and will negotiate on most items including livestock, even going so far as to show you the wholesale cost sheets (or what they allege are the wholesale costs sheets)....but be careful of livestock from King Ed, especially if they are willing to reduce the price too much too easily....a good deal on livestock that has little chance of long term survival is obviously not a good deal....and while Big Al's has a large product line, I find them expensive and (not to be offensive) but I would never buy livestock from them....Coral Ocean? I thought this was simply a front for some other illigal activities....the tank inhabitants never seem to change....I have not visted Perky Pets or Animal House....

[Troy F]

Welcome TRFOW, I'd disagree with you on the selection of dry goods. J&Ls carry way more reef/saltwater related product than the rest of the stores put together. I can't think of one worth while item that King Ed's or Big Al's have that J&L's don't have.

[Samw]

Originally posted by TRFOW:
My $.02, having been a frequent visitor of the LFS in this region for over a decade (remember Aquaworld? Cambie Aquarium with its original owner?)....

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">How about the Salt Water Fish Shop on Willingdon and E. Hastings? That was my favorite about 15 years ago. Talking about decades ago, my first job was at Newton's Pet World, then I worked at Kramer's Pet World, and then I worked at Pet Habitat in Scottsdale Mall.

[ 21 May 2002, 19:24: Message edited by: Sam W ]

[SuperFudge]

Titus,I know its a little off topic,but im having trouble with your avatar.
I would definatly consider that subliminal advertising ;) .

J/K with ya,Marc.

[ 21 May 2002, 20:01: Message edited by: Superfudge ]

[Samw]

Originally posted by Troy F:
Welcome TRFOW, I'd disagree with you on the selection of dry goods. J&Ls carry way more reef/saltwater related product than the rest of the stores put together. I can't think of one worth while item that King Ed's or Big Al's have that J&L's don't have.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I wouldn't go so far to say that J&L has more reef products than Big Al's and King Ed's though.

When I was looking for Hagen Powerheads during Christmas, they didn't have it. They do now. They don't carry Hagen Fish tanks nor Hagen Canopies nor Eclipse Tanks nor All-Glass Compact Fluorescent canopies nor Coralife bulbs, nor Hagen Testkits nor Tetra products (foods, additives, testkits, etc), nor other heaters besides Ebo Jager, etc. These are just some examples off the top of my head.

I agree that they probably carry most of the quality stuff that reefers want or can special order them, and they are getting new products every day as the business grows, which is excellent.

I like King Ed's because they give me a second source for livestock and drygoods. If there's something that J&L doesn't stock, there's a good chance that I can get it at King Ed's. They also haven't pushed anything at all towards me which I know is contrary to some people's experience (except for 1 time when I was buying Chemipure and they told me that if I buy 2, the second one is half price. Hey, that was actually to my advantage so I did buy 2.)

There are some really specialty stuff such DT Phytoplankton that these other stores don't have. But the big drawback about King Ed's for me, is that they DON'T guarantee ANY of their salt water animals. Whereas J&L fortunately does.

[ 21 May 2002, 20:01: Message edited by: Sam W ]