Tom Gunner Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Could anybody list the best Fish & Plant stores in the Wellington area (including Upper and Lower Hutt)? For my marine tank I've mainly been using Auckland suppliers, but it would be good to check out the best local freshwater stores. I've checked out Animates, but their plant selection is quite limited. I'd apprieciate any store/contact details from anyone in the know. Cheers, Chris. p.s. Feel free to PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazza404 Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 The Pet house is paraparaumu is the only marine retailer at the moment as far as i know; has marine gear e.g. live rock some fish and corals etc aswell as equipment. Animates Kaiwharawhara and Lower hutt have basically the same selection, the hutt one probably has more fish in my opinion, plants are mostly the same some are hydroponically grown aswell which can cause issues with changing to being submerged. Hutt pet centre is my favourite theyre changing their set ups soon having a bunch of new and larger tanks installed aswell as getting some marine set ups, they also have some tropical and freshwater plants but i have never really looked into buying any from there, nice selection of fish etc aswell; Also you get a 10% discount if your with a fnzas club etc. AnimalZ is Petone is getting into fish, last time i checked (start of april) they were just waiting on the builders to finish in a new building across the road from their current location which was guna have a bunch of newly built tanks in, lots of different kinds including marine which will be good for everyone Theres a few other stores around the place not so much on porirua side, theres Wainui Pet & Farm Supplies and one in Upper hutt if i recall correctly which i havnt visited yet (they should be in yellow pages), thats about what i know hope it helps :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimNZ Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 A few of the local breeder do advertise in trademe from time to time. I only have two dealing with one of them, Paul_b (Billaney in fnzas) with happy results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazza404 Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 +1 Pauls got a really nice selection of fish and is able to breed anything very interesting to see his setup, BlueandKim is almost always selling plants on trademe, ive bought a few from him and was happy with purchase etc hes very knowledgeable in them aswell as selling some fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Gunner Posted May 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 That's great guys, thankyou - I'll check all of this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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