Shopping in Huntsville, Al

As Michelle commented before we got a used 55 gallon tank. The tank was pretty dirty and we are cleaning the parts now, while we are thinking how to make it and what to put in there. We have some ideas but we are not wanting to spoil the surprise, so until it is ready we can just say that we got some new fish and plants that are waiting in the “quarantine” tank for now.

Today we went to Huntsville, Al, to visit some independent stores. The idea was to make a review on many stores we visited, but the thing is that we only found one open. Others where closed early or out of business.

Aquarium Shop was the only we found open. It was a huge store with a very large stock. The prices in supplies were some expensive, but it is possible to find more things than in the big pet shops. We got two bio-filters cartridges for $5.40 each, for the 30-60 Tetra Whisper and a bottle of Tetra Flora Pride, a plant supplement.

 

The best thing about this store is the variety of fish they provide. Three large walls with some fish we never saw before. The tanks weren’t very clean but they offer a warranty, so a quarantine tank would be a must if getting fish from this store.

Aquarium Shop
2013 Cox Ave NW, Huntsville, AL 35816
(256) 536-4367

We finished our tour at PetSmart, one of the big pet shops that has the biggest variety and the cleanest aquariums. We got 6 Otocinclus, 4 Orange Platy and 3 more Ghost shrimp . We also got a beautiful Micro Sword plant.

We are having problems with the two angelfish in the 20 gal aquarium. They won’t stop chasing the blue platies. Although we got several opinions we believe that maybe adding more platies in the aquarium would calm the Angelfish of being such bullies.