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Quality aquarium stores
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>Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:24:15 -0800 (PST)
>From: Roxanne Bittman <rbittman at nhdgis_dfg.ca.gov>
>To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
>Subject: Quality aquarium stores
>
>Karl S. asked about quality fish/aquarium stores in the S.F. Bay Area (and
>Denver). I used to live in the East Bay, and Albany Aquarium (on San
Pablo and
>approximately Washington Street) in Albany was the best I was aware of down
>there.
>
>They carry Siamese Alage Eaters (the real thing) for one thing. They also
get
>weekly shipments of plants that are much higher quality than any other
aquarium
>store I have seen in northern California. Their fish are also very high
>quality, though not particular unusual (but then, I like tetras a lot!).
They
>carry a moderate line of equipment (no CO2 stuff that I know of and the
Fluval
>line of filters, for example). For that kind of thing, I would still
recommend
>mail order.
>
>For that matter, I generally recommend mail order for plants too, but then
I am
>pretty picky about which species I want and am usually not content with the
>default selections at Albany or anywhere else. I have ordered from the
Aquatic
>Greenhouse with great success. I am trying out the new place, Pets
Warehouse
>(not Pet Warehouse), which has a HUGE selection of plants, and can tell
more on
>that later.
>
>Roxanne Bittman
>
>