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Where are you?
By miskairal from the miskairal department, Section Diaries Posted on Fri Jan 14, 2005 at 02:50:10 PM PST

With so many new faces here it is hard to remember where everyone lives and where you live makes a difference to how a question is answered in some cases.

So I thought I'd start a diary that can be added to the QuickLinks so we can find out quickly where you are. For instance, in Australia we don't have access to antibiotics made/packaged for fish.

As well as this, some guppyloggers know the best places to purchase fish or equipment and it might be near you if we know where you are.

Anyone reading this even in years to come could add their location in.

Cheers
miskairal

Oh, I'm in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia :)

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Where are you? | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 hidden)

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#17)
by TEarlywine on Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 09:18:08 AM PST

Belmont, California (1/2 way between SF and SJ)

A few neat LFS in nearby towns, and a local Petsmart that's ok. I refuse to shop at the local Petco due to some very bad advice we got when we first started fishkeeping.

~ Tom ~
Goldfish really are the brown Labradors of the fish world.

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#16)
by ballerina on Tue Jun 27, 2006 at 01:31:33 PM PST

I live in Salt Lake City, Utah in USA (duh):o) I'm about 5 min (drive) to 3 pet stores
"Here fishie, fishie, fishie."-Man fishing for guppies "What do you honsetly think I'm as stupid as you?"-Guppy

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#15)
by lomelindi on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 03:23:20 AM PST

Months and months after the fact..

I live in Richmond, Virginia... 5-20 minutes away from two Petsmarts and four local pet stores.

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#14)
by angelhologram on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 09:11:11 AM PST

I'm in northeastern Jacksonville, Florida. I have one pet shop about 15-20 min drive away that is open 7 days a week but it sells sick fish, and I don't always have the car. I have another that is a 20 min walk, it's wonderful but it's only a stand that they have on this side of town at the flea market so it's only open weekends.
*BEFORE you buy fish make sure you understand what "Cycling" a tank means <- quoted from miskaral* ~Trying to make a difference one fish at a time~

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#13)
by nancylb999 on Wed Mar 16, 2005 at 12:35:57 PM PST

I live in a small community just south of Barrie, Ontario.

There are two major chain stores in Barrie's south end... the one is a large pet box store which has some of the scariest tanks I have ever seen... I think they got them from Wal-Mart :)

The other is the one I frequent... Aquarium Services. They take the time to talk to their customers, they test water for free and encourage their customers to bring it in. I have learned quite a bit from them in the past month or so...

but I also don't go in there on the weekend, anymore, either. Only Monday to Wednesday evenings when they are nice and slow.

-Nancy.

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#12)
by unclescott on Tue Jan 18, 2005 at 02:51:59 PM PST

About two years ago I encountered a Vlad somebody-or-other on the then fairly active

http://lists.aquaria.net/fish/livebearers

Vlad, a.k.a. Scott Lockwood, was looking for Endler's livebearers and I was able to get him a few. I figured he would be a zillion miles away and I think we were both surprised to find that he lived about 35 minutes away from our home which happens to be in the far Southern Suburbs of Chicagoland.

I remain active in the AKA, ALA, the Chicago Killifish Association and cordual with a number of aquarium clubs in the Great Lakes region. We miss out on "Lake Water" which is so useful in aquariums. The liquid rock from our municipal wells serves the livebearers well enough. We have an R.O. unit so water for some other fish can be fiddled with.

By the way, the more active livebearer mailing list in the U.S. now seems to be

AmericanLivebearer@yahoogroups.com

It is still fairly quiet. That first list took a real hit from an attack on their server, lost the archives and has never really recovered. :(

But it's nice to be able to palaver with livebearer enthusiasts on Guppylog. Glad Scott and Reza put out the welcome mat.

Also took DJ's suggestion and dropped by late to the www.aquachat.com chat room yesterday. The pace reminded me quite a bit of the About.com freshwateraquariums chat room during it's hayday a 3-4 years ago.

All the best!
u.s.

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#11)
by momof2 on Sun Jan 16, 2005 at 03:22:47 PM PST

I am in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. About 45 min north of OKC, or any pet stores

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#10)
by Scott Lockwood on Sun Jan 16, 2005 at 07:57:50 AM PST

Sorry to come so late to the party, but I though people might be curious where the site founder lives anyway. ;-)

I'm in a far southwestern suburb of Chicago called Joliet. Chicagoland has LOTS of LFS's, but I tend to stay away from the major chains. I breed a lot of my own fish (esp. Endlers) or buy them on Aquabid, etc.

Maybe we should have a "Who are you people?" type article on the front page?

"I love to visit PetSmart's Tropical Fish Dept. to see what new diseases are around today." -- inkmaker

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#9)
by miskairal on Sun Jan 16, 2005 at 12:32:50 AM PST

This is amazing. I just assumed the majority would live within a 5 minute walk or drive from a pet shop.
Can you get fish antibiotics in Canada?
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Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#8)
by Traci on Sat Jan 15, 2005 at 06:25:45 PM PST

I live in Washington State, about an hour from the nearest pet stores, which are all in the Tri-Cities. Luckily the town where I go to college (an hour from the Tri-Cities in the opposite direction) has a pet store only a 20 minute walk away! Unfortunately they're one of the most expensive I've ever seen.

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#7)
by stephane on Sat Jan 15, 2005 at 05:15:04 PM PST

I live in the same city as josh.
Were friends too!!!

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#5)
by josh on Sat Jan 15, 2005 at 11:03:43 AM PST

I'm from british comlumbia- canada. And no i dont live in an igloo. We have four fish shops all about 15 minutes from where i live.

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#4)
by Ralph on Sat Jan 15, 2005 at 10:34:01 AM PST

I am from South Central Kentucky and I live about 45 minutes from a pet/fish store. There are two one north and one south. However, the selection, quality and health of the fish is not very good at either one. That does not stop me from going every chance I get.

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#3)
by maggie1270 on Fri Jan 14, 2005 at 05:33:03 PM PST

I'm in Northeastern NJ in a town called Parsippany. I'm less than an hour from NYC. Today the temp has gone from 60 to 30 degrees in 12 hours! Winter is finally coming whether we like it or not.

There are 2 pet stores within a 2 mile radius. The LFS that takes my extra gups is about 25 miles away, but it's my favorite.
Maggie

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#1)
by DJIsaac on Fri Jan 14, 2005 at 03:01:05 PM PST

Well im from Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, Canada.. Closest LFS is 2.5 hrs away.... ;p

Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#2)
by miskairal on Fri Jan 14, 2005 at 05:03:21 PM PST

Oh my, are you a little cold right now?
My nearest pet shop is an hour's drive but there is a plant nursery in town with a few fish and paraphernalia. I guess you order everything online DJ?
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Re: Where are you? (none / 0) (#6)
by DJIsaac on Sat Jan 15, 2005 at 11:49:47 AM PST

Yeah, for the most part anyways.. all supplies come in from online ordering, but for fish atm im only driving over there... may order some online this week, but havent ordered live in like 5 yrs...

Yeah, its crazy cold up here right now... yesterday at 10:30 in the morning it was -46 degrees celceus...

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