Best place to buy fish in edmonton

[gottafindnemo]

Was wondering for future reference where the preffered place to buy live stock is in edmonton? Tank is cycleing but once its ready we plan on makeing the trip from grande prairie for something. A clown for sure, not sure what else. And dont have a qt tank..

[krisjoseph]

The only place I know I Edmonton that QTs livestock BEFORE sale is Aquarium Illusions... but they do seem to charge a bit of a premium for that feature (less politely: they're expensive)

There's another small outfit called Marine Experience that I haven't checked out yet -- I'm just beginning the process of stocking my tank, as well

[Proteus]

Aquarium illusions, marine experience, big als, marine aquaria

AI does qt but people still have gotten ich and velvet.
Marine experience does copper qt

[gottafindnemo]

Originally Posted by Proteus

Aquarium illusions, marine experience, big als, marine aquaria

AI does qt but people still have gotten ich and velvet.
Marine experience does copper qt

I thought copper was really hard on saltwater species??

[gottafindnemo]

Originally Posted by krisjoseph

The only place I know I Edmonton that QTs livestock BEFORE sale is Aquarium Illusions... but they do seem to charge a bit of a premium for that feature (less politely: they're expensive)

There's another small outfit called Marine Experience that I haven't checked out yet -- I'm just beginning the process of stocking my tank, as well

So by qt before sale, do you have to pick your fish and then they qt it? Or how does that work? They qt when they get the fish in?

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by gottafindnemo

I thought copper was really hard on saltwater species??

Bad for corals and other inverts.

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by gottafindnemo

So by qt before sale, do you have to pick your fish and then they qt it? Or how does that work? They qt when they get the fish in?

No, they just all go into qt for 2 weeks. A proper QT is 6-8 weeks, 2 weeks pretty much just lets you see if they are eating or not.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

Bad for corals and other inverts.

Also bad for fish. Just not bad enough to kill them right away.

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Also bad for fish. Just not bad enough to kill them right away.

Odd that an LFS would do so then

From what I've read too high a dose can kill fish, too little does nothing but using the correct mfg recommended dose is fine.

[Aquattro]

No, copper is poison. Just not immediately fatal in dosages used to kill parasites. LFS use it has it's the most common method. But it's still poison and can leave residual amounts in the fish. Different levels will affect different fish in various degrees, but it's still not the best thing to use.

I wouldn't use it on my fish.