Update Store list
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Topic: Update Store list
Posted By: Crazy Tarzan
Subject: Update Store list
Date Posted: November 10 2003 at 12:37pm
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You might want to consider updating your store list. The Painted Fish has closed down here in Orem, and in Provo on center street there is now only one pet store, Jay's Jungle. They do have some nice salt water stuff. Some really good live rock with a bunch of colorful coraline algae on it. Just my plugged wooden nickel's worth. Nate |
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Posted By: Kevin
Date Posted: November 10 2003 at 1:14pm
| The Painted Fish is not closed, or at least wasn't last month when I visited it. It is no longer right on State Street and 400 S. It is now around 400N. and almost a block east of state street in some warehouse looking building. Although it does not have a very good selection of corals or fish. In Orem there is Aquatica which is my favorite fish store to go browsing at. |
Posted By: Crazy Tarzan
Date Posted: November 10 2003 at 2:39pm
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I went by this last week and they were tearing down everything and taking it to one of the guys houses. Wouldn't even sell me anything.
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But they should be more or less gone by now. It was on 400 N and about 75 E here in orem.Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: November 10 2003 at 2:49pm
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bummer... It's been a month or so since I've stopped by TPF. I prefer Aquatica, but it's still nice to have a couple stores local. ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: kini
Date Posted: November 11 2003 at 9:21am
| It is a bummer - a couple of years ago the painted fish was an awesome store. It has been sad to see its decline and now closing. Brett(owner) told us that he will be working out of his basement and have a web presence and can order things for people. Kull has his cell number and can post it for us hopefully. |
Posted By: Kull
Date Posted: November 11 2003 at 9:27am
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I talked with Brett formerly of the painted fish a few weeks ago. The retail outfit wasn't working out for him. So he was closing the store. It sounded like he was going to be running stuff from his home. I'll see if I can get in touch with him. He was also talking like he was going to start up a web site, he was going to keep his maintance accounts. Anyway I do have his cell number, but I don't know if I should post it or not.
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Posted By: leviwin
Date Posted: November 11 2003 at 7:46pm
| Sounds like a good idea to update the list. I'm up here in Logan and have never seen the store that is suppose to be up here. The number doesn't work either. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 11 2003 at 9:56pm
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Good point leviwin. I originally made up that list about three years ago. It is amazing how often it needs to be updated. The guy with that store was a student and only opened half days on Fridays and Saturdays as I recall. He lasted less than a year. It's very difficult to make a living with a pet store. I strongly recommend supporting the ones we have, so they will stay around for us! I haven't yet been to the new one, Aquatic Dreams, in Ogden. Going from Centerville on the North to Orem in the South, my personal favorites are: Mountain Shadow Marine (MSM) Bird World Fish-4-U Fancy Fins (in Tooele) From the Sea Reef Savers (  Kahuna) The Aquarium Marine World Pet Planet Aquatica There may still be good stores in Vernal and in St. George, but I haven't checked for years. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: kingsspot1
Date Posted: November 11 2003 at 10:32pm
| Does From The Sea sell RO/DI water?? |
Posted By: Carl
Date Posted: November 12 2003 at 8:25am
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I have been to Aquatic Dreams a few times recently. It's a little out of the way, but it's a pretty nice setup! The guys there are pretty straight forward and forthcoming with their information and suggestions. It would be nice if they had more of a drygoods section, but there is an abundant supply of livestock available generally. Right now, I think that they have won my business for the future. They treated me right with my 125 that I wanted drilled and couldn't. They made ma a deal on a predrilled with a trade in credit which was pretty cool! Mark, you'll want to check them out. If you want, call me for directions, they're kinda hard to find. ------------- In Syracuse "I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting." - Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
Posted By: ffc3
Date Posted: November 12 2003 at 9:17am
| From the Sea does not sell RO water. He has the equipment but doesn't use it, even for his own tanks he uses tap water. |
Posted By: kingsspot1
Date Posted: November 12 2003 at 2:22pm
| Bummer, I was just on my way there!!! |