Has anyone been to Puyallup fish emporium?
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They moved because of the deplorable conditions of the last shop( the actual structure of there store) I heard their new ahop was in better condition with more room for tanks.... Haven't been there and probably won't as downtown puyallup is a pain in the &$$ to drive through
Nick_87 said:
He posts all over craigslist with fish for sale, and says he will trade fish and what not but every time i ask, he says maybe bring them in and well see, well i live in bothell so without some slight idea of a trade or sale is not an option for my gas tank, or the fish. So i would love to know if its worth drivng alll the way or not. He has a webpage but no fish list or anything, and his craigslist posts say check his facebook page but its not updated :/
Was an interesting look idk if the relocation was before or after I visited, they were near the petsmart on 152nd when I went. Looked like a fish store that would be run by a hobbiest who cobbled together all their tanks. A LOT of tiny fry of giant fish. But they also had a massive tank with full grown Oscars, large Pacu and Arowana that was a sight to see. Personally wouldn't buy there because I'm a small fish keeper and their tanks for small fish were sad to see, large but mixing some bad species and not the healthiest, as well as having only maybe 3 of any given type. Now that someone points it out, VERY like a swap meet with sharpied prices and used tanks sitting outside with ambigious masking tape possible prices.
Cadster
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I haven't been to the new location but was at the old right before they moved. At that time: the young owner was very friendly. I agree they have lots of fish that they have bred there including small fry, and rather than a broad range of types like a conventional store they seem to have quantities of particular non-standard species which were often unusual and often either large cichlid or African cichlids. But then they'll have a bunch of some popular tetra all of a sudden. If you know how to raise live foods, the day I went there were good deals on daphnia and fruit flie starters (compared to other LFS in south end) Take advice with a grain of salt I'd say. . .I bought 2 live food cultures and owner's advice on how to raise them resulted in death of both cultures within 2 days of bringing them home. It was indeed a very idiosyncratic place. The odd assembly of used tanks was of interest - prices about like a swap meet or craigslist, not cleaned or anything, but I find that to be kind of fun to rummage through. I would go back out of curiousity to see what they have now that they've moved but only if I'm in that area for other reason, I wouldn't make a special trip
Someone from the store posted their grand opening of the original location last year. Grand opening fish store in Puyallup...