I know there are a few of us on here, speak up and let us know where you are and where you like to buy your fish.
Im in a small town west of Portland called Banks, I usually have to go 30 miles to Portland to get anything worth looking at.

I'm in SE portland, Oregon. I mainly shop at Family Pets, and Nana. As for browsing, Wet Spot, A2Z, CBs, Kayes and Broadway (Over price Pet Stores!).

ohh oops I just created a topic just like this one.... Will you know I am here. Duh!

Sup fellas....portland here. I dont go to many pet stores....I order almost everything online.

I go to some, but I am the same way as you GG.

we got to meet some day GG, maybe you and Arnold and me can go out and have beer sometime, I didnt know you were in Portland till Arnold said something to me a while back.

Will

Sounds good man. I just moved back about 10 months ago and didnt know you were an Oregonian as well......until that bastard Arnold said something to me as well.
How far from Portland are you?

im 30 miles west of Portland, but I work there quite often, at the end of the month I will be working on Powell Blvd for over a month, maybe we could hook up for a beer before work,(working nights)

Im moving in a few weeks to 72nd off Holgate....Just a few blocks south of Powell. Im sure a beer will be well in order!

I'm acutally a washingtonian, but living in Vancouver is about the same as saying Portland, isn't it?

Anyway, I'm a regular junkie at the wet spot.

Beaverton/Eugene (UO). I mainly go AquariumsLive, wetspot, Thriving Discus, and Petsmart. I haven't really bought fish from stores in a long time other than feeder goldfish. I've ordered Ps from pedro and got some from board members.

6 counting steelhead...

make that seven!!! im in salem but i go all over the place looking for a good seller... salems only got 1 or two (other than petsmart and petco) petsmart has a senegal bichir labeled as a dinosaur eel... i dunno what to make of that but i kinda worry about buying from place that cant even get the name right... if any of you guys sell or know good place then give me a PM

well, i'm in keizer and i went to Samurai Guppy in Salem until it closed. Now there are only 2 Fish Shops i know about in Salem: Advanced Aquatics, which has limited selection, but generally good prices, and Saltwater Fantasy, which has nice selection.

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wheres saltwater fantasy? ive heard but never been

Saltwater Fantasy is out south on Libery road i think, it's by a Bowser's Pet Grooming. I go by there whenever i see my cousins down there.

i found it last week... cool place but i hafta say that cichlid exchange (wet spot) in portland beats the heck out of anything we have down here and their prices rock so yeah the only problem is its a bitch to get there but they take good care of their fishes and have some awesome specimens

Im in portland, I like 2 go to the wet spot and wet pets.

I was at the wet spot today and got a black aro & a couple clown knifes.
where is wet pets at? I dont think Ive ever been to that one before


by the way, welcome to the board

how exciting! how big does a black aro get?
wet pets is on beaverton hillsdale hwy. by jesuit. Its basically the same thing as wet spot cause the owner used to work at wet spot.

Not sure what the max size is on the black aro, prolly between 20" & 30", I have one already that is about 18" now.
I will have to go check out wet pets, if its even close to the wet spot its worth going and seeing what they got

Will is it time to get rid of your 17" YET!?!?!!
I want him!!! c'mon also throw in that FRT you gots

Nope, not in this lifetime I just got a 15"er to keep him company. the FRT is "Not" going anywhere either

Finally got to go to wet pets today, very nice store with a great choice of puffers & many fish that you just dont see much of around here, they had a large black aro that was prolly over 25" long. they had african aros, wolffish,rays,,,,,the list goes on & on.while I didnt buy anything it was only because I dont have room for more fish at this time. I will be back for sure

went to wetpets yesterday... the wolffish kicked the bucket in the morning before i came... the lady said they were getting more in today so ill head over tomorrow and pic one or 2 up

damn, that sux, hope they get what your looking for next time

What’s up everybody?
I live in Hillsboro so you can add one more to the count.
These are my favorite places:
Wet Pets is an awesome store for the Westside of Portland.
Wet Spot has a humongous selection and is an excellent store. (Can be a little overpriced but their fish are always top shape)
Aquariums Live has some good deals.
And a new one on Powell called Rose City Aquariums I believe, good selection. They had f/w cudas when none of the above mentioned did. Lots of other cool stuff.

Hillsboro huh, your just down the road. I live in Banks, good to have ya on board. what kind of fish do ya keep

Thanks.
Peacock Bass.
What about you?

Well I have a ray/black aro tank and a african lungfish, then some bichirs in a planted 75g, then I have a 30g with a puffer in it. I need to sell some fish I guess

Cool. What does the puffer eat?

It is a Tetraodon turgidus about 4.5" long and he eats market shrimp and nightcrawlers mostly, sometimes snails or clams.

WE NEED SOME ACTIVITY!!!!

Hope this means something sentimental to you! lol well I am reinstating the Oregon chapter to be active.

P.S. Sentimental because I am using my dang 2000th post on this post!

I am From Sherwood, My names Kyle. Hey Pythonwill, would you happen to work for five star construction? I have done concrete work for five star.

I keep a silver(13") and a black(20") arrowana. A 18 plus inch lungfish, miscelaneous plecos, overwheight sun cat, hi finned banded sharks, clown loaches, and a trumpet knife. All fish bought fro TFD except arrowanas.

Welcome to WW, and great sounding collection!

Welcome to WW Kyle, nice collection of fish you have.
I dont work for 5 star, I work for Lakeside Industries out of Portland. been there for 14yrs, but I do asphalt, not concrete work. That crap will kill your back

Your not kidding. My dad has already had back and neck surgeries. The neck wasn't concrete related, his brother(big guy 6-3 or 4 and about 250) piledrove(like on fake wrestling)him in our livingroom because he was pissed over there previous business. Anyways, I know what I have coming if I stay in the field(already 5 yrs), but I made the decision to become a partner with my dad in our new business All About Concrete. So i'm going to stick it out untill I make the decision to go to school to become a journalist I hope.
Does anyone here know anyone who would like to own my 17-18 inch black aro? Looking to free some room in my tanks so I can obtain some smaller fish.
Last week I picked up 2 leopard ctenepomas and a girraffe cat from the wet spot, great fish, the leopard are eating and growing like crazy. Also got another group of small clown loaches and yo-yo loaches, and a tiger loach(I am a loach freak).

How much for the aro? I have one about that size now but its far from a perfect specimen and I would like to replace him with a better one

Will, if you get this aro for free, I call your aro See it all works out

Mine is not a perfect aro either. It came with the tank I bought, and had nearly no fins at all. Everything has grown back, but not evenly. and his lip fin things are starting to grow back as well, not perfect. I have him on craigslist for 80, to help pay for the rays I am going to order from John at eczs.

The "fins" on the jaw of aros are called Barbells, not sure if that is correct spelling, but gives you an idea.

Thanks for the info, I should have known that, but sometimes my brain doesn't give me the info I want.

Well maybe I will just hold on to mine then, its not perfect but its seems to be a sturdy guy, it got its ass kicked by my larger one and I didnt think it had a chance of recovery. But somehow it pulled through and the other one died.
Set up a deal with Cole, hes been after mine for a while now

Cole if you are interested in this fish I can send you pics via e-mail.

I'm not being serious about getting the Aro, its all Wills...
Besides, I don't have any money in my fish fund.

Here are pics of the aro for hollywood. The best I can do is links, don't know how to make them viewable from this site.

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