Where do you buy your fish?

[BCOrchidGuy]

gee and I thought having a salt tank in 1980 made me an old timer....

Doug

[reeffisher]

Originally Posted by Bob_I

I wonder if your history is complete. I lived in Vancouver in the late seventies. I bought my fish from a guy in what I think was Burnaby. I remember it was on a main road with a bus line on it. If I had a Vancouver map I might remember better. My memory is a bit hazy. I lived on Harwood , and used to go across a bridge, and head East I think down Main for a ways then turn left. That's all I can remember.

Well did I not say we sold wholesale? so the store you bought from most likly bought from us

[reeffisher]

Originally Posted by Samw

Anyone remember the one on Hastings and Willington around mid 1980's? No live corals or liverock back then. My fish-only tank was decorated with only a decorative bleached white fire coral skeleton. I still still have that skeleton; now used as decor for my dining room shelf. Marine aquariums have come a LONG way in a short period of time.

your talking about Paul's old location, he was the man then

[reeffisher]

most of the stores you talk about from the old days were all our (Pacific Tropical / Spruce Capital Supplies) customers
like I said we started saltwater or most of it here in BC

any more questions?

[Samw]

Originally Posted by reeffisher

your talking about Paul's old location, he was the man then

I remember Paul's location on Kingsway. The store that I was trying to remember the name of is on E. Hastings between Willingdon and SFU.

[Samw]

Originally Posted by reeffisher

most of the stores you talk about from the old days were all our (Pacific Tropical / Spruce Capital Supplies) customers
like I said we started saltwater or most of it here in BC

any more questions?

OK, I misunderstood. When you said 3 people started selling Marines, I wrongly assumed you meant 3 different businesses. It sounded from your message that Paul's was 1 of them, the wholesaler Pacific Tropicals was 2nd one, and you were 3rd one. This was probably what Bob thought as well. We didn't realize that you worked for the wholesaler. We thought you had your own retail business.

Here comes the history lesson.there were three guys that started selling saltwater in bc more than 25yrs ago. one was Paul's Aquarium other was my Boss (Pacific Tropicals) who was a wholesaler and me.

[Quinn]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

bacteria and bugs don't need light to live at all some of the ost populated rock I have came from a dark refuge that was set up for critter life instead of algae. in face the rock that was in 24 hour darkness had more pods and such onit than the rock that was in the main tank.

the definitation of live rock is slowly getting misscrewed towards rock that has algae and other "corals" on it instead of the true form which is rock that has been hosted by bugs and backteria and is capable of removing nitrates from the water due to the bacteria hosting in it.

sure the other stuff is pretty but all rock will go like that if you introduce one little chunk of plant/algae covered rock into your system.

Steve

Damn Steve, lots of insightful posts this evening. And your spelling is doing great! Except for "definitation" (sounds like something a sociologist would think up) and "misscrewed" (may involve large quantities of alcohol and...).

[saltcreep]

Hey Sam...is the store you were of Sees Aquarium. There was also Billy's which has morphed a few times into what is now Rainforest Pet Spectrum. Hope this helps.

[Samw]

Yeah, See's doesn't sound familiar but Billy's sounds familiar. Are they still in business as Rainforest Pet? Do they sell marines? I remember they converted half the store to selling bikes so yeah, I see what you mean when you say it morphed a few times. Thanks.

[Gazza]

Sam,

I think youi were talking about Joe's Aquarium (sold it to Billy's)
around 1987. on Hastings. Further down Hastings was a great little shop called The Tropical Hut. One block off of Willingdon @ Hastings.(early 70's)
Gazza