Peter Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Bristlenosejohn, Goonibird and myself had the great pleasure of visiting Pet City today for a leisurely Sunday afternoon get together. We were confronted with cars and customers everywhere which is a sign of just how popular this place is. Unfortunately we were unable to catch up with Donny (deadfishfloating) and Kelly but certainly will in the near future no doubt. (Johno was very impressed with all the plants he bought too!) Regards Peter Edited January 29, 2012 by Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 It is a rare sight that Donny is not in the shop on Sunday but Pet City is always a popular pet shop in the soundside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slr5000 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 i went their friday with my missis and i loved the marine setups and ive been annoying my missis about getting a ray and soon as she saw the blue spot ray and how u can pat it and stuff she said yes :) i was in their for a good hour just looking at the marine fish and coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Been in twice this week, love the place with the amount of pets we have I might start taking in some lunch... In each section that I need 2 visit there is always great service and advice even had the bulldog with me walkin around the shop 2day she loves it just as much.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPee Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 It was mayhem today wasn't it. Went in to get some fishy food but they didn't have what i was after. It was like ants on a bone in the fish section thats for sure. Checked out the reptiles for the young fella. Now he wants a desert scorpion or bird eating spider or snake or lizard. So he tells me. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickadee Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 SLR 5000 you sure you wernt touching the rubber one there got there!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 wouldnt have been much use to anyone today lol dam fine weekend catch ya's next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigo Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 whats the deal with the seriously reduced african tanks donn master?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slr5000 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 SLR 5000 you sure you wernt touching the rubber one there got there!!!!! haha funny no they had a beautiful female blue spot ray in their and the guy i was taking to was playing with it while i was asking a few things about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthom211 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 It was mayhem today wasn't it.Went in to get some fishy food but they didn't have what i was after. It was like ants on a bone in the fish section thats for sure. Checked out the reptiles for the young fella. Now he wants a desert scorpion or bird eating spider or snake or lizard. So he tells me. =) Scorpions are great for children, cheap and low maitinance. The best species for a child is the black rock, Urodacus manicatus, as they are placid and rather active. The dessert scorpion, U. yaschenkoi, is aggressive and needs a particular set up and they hide most of the time in their burrow. I say get him a scorpion! I haven't been in a few years, absolutely love the place though! When I have my mantis cube cycled I will be popping down for some corals and a bit of a sticky beak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaBeck1990 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I have never been in there before and not seen Donny! Great shop, incredible marine setups - always seems to have an abundance of dogs (with their owners) when I go down for a wonder.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 whats the deal with the seriously reduced african tanks donn master?? Its just the market mate. We make more from goldfish than we do from Africans, so the Africans lost their big system. The problem is unfortunately the backyard breeders. And yes, I am a backyard breeder. Anyway its dam hard to compete with them, and most shops that try to...... go out of biznis. We had some epic sales to reduce stock levels before the move, so yes tanks are still recovering. But we will always have the bread and butter stuff AND the fancy pants rare stuff. But ya if a fish type doesnt pay its way it gets slimmed down. Ya know I will always be promoting the africans love them but......... we gotta follow market trends That said for those that dont know we deal with basically every supplier in Australia what we dont have on hand we can get. Come in put down a deposit and we can make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristlenosejohn Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Just would like to add to this one For those who dont recognise me YES I do use a walker (like a old man ..But I make it look cool).. It was great to finaly go in and check out what they had in stock and I was impressed. I ended up leaving with a huge buch of Anubias, 2 lots of Hair grass matting and I was lucky to aquire a snippet of Christmas moss. I would like to thank the great staff that I interacted with and it was a shame not to have more time to discuss fish..(dam rude customers keeping them busy..LOL). Thanks again Cheers Johno Ps I was very close to buying up the torpeedo's ... very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristlenosejohn Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Also I was disapointed to not catch up with you DFF it would have been great. But there is always a next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyfish Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Scorpions are great for children, cheap and low maitinance. The best species for a child is the black rock, Urodacus manicatus, as they are placid and rather active. The dessert scorpion, U. yaschenkoi, is aggressive and needs a particular set up and they hide most of the time in their burrow. I say get him a scorpion! I haven't been in a few years, absolutely love the place though! When I have my mantis cube cycled I will be popping down for some corals and a bit of a sticky beak Think mum would prefer a scorpion too....imagine the havoc if mr spider was to get out......actually probably something with less than 8 legs, a fish would be best lols Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthom211 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Mum doesn't like my scorps but she tolerates them. She wouldn't tolerate a tarantula (the stores call them bird eating spiders but they don't... Eat cane toads though) I don't like spiders anyway though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPee Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 I say get him a scorpion! He already has a black rock scorpion. He gets it out and holds it. So now he wants something along the lines of a spider or lizard. Was still dissappointed about the food. =( =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet_City Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Just would like to add to this one For those who dont recognise me YES I do use a walker (like a old man ..But I make it look cool).. It was great to finaly go in and check out what they had in stock and I was impressed. I ended up leaving with a huge buch of Anubias, 2 lots of Hair grass matting and I was lucky to aquire a snippet of Christmas moss. I would like to thank the great staff that I interacted with and it was a shame not to have more time to discuss fish..(dam rude customers keeping them busy..LOL). Thanks again Cheers Johno Ps I was very close to buying up the torpeedo's ... very nice. Thank you for the kind words! I'm not usually in on the weekend unless I was store managing and it was one of the first weekends I had a day off since the kiddies went back to school and the customer swells have ceased a bit. For the first time in ages DFF had some annual leave! The staff told me "Omg! The president of QLDAF was in on the weekend!" - but by all reports - you were the one that was kind and lovely And yes, those Torps are stunning. By far some of the best that you will find anywhere. Hope to see you up again soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2littlerevheads Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 came in today to find out some prices for some wild betta's the young man who helped me was real lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet_City Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 came in today to find out some prices for some wild betta's the young man who helped me was real lovely. You know people can say a lot about Pet City - good or bad, we all are entitled to our own opinions. However I truly believe across the board that I have some great staff. They are truly earnest and really love fish - and really want to help our customers love their tanks. Your words are truly appreciated and I will tell the staff! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbeer Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 The staff told me "Omg! The president of QLDAF was in on the weekend!" - but by all reports - you were the one that was kind and lovely As for the other two........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet_City Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 As for the other two........ I am sure that "the other two" were quite kind and lovely also All that got back to me was "El Presidente!" He (Andy) was pretty stoked that he was the one that got to serve him. "Absolute power..." and all that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 As for the other two........ We were merely there as a body guard presence - similar to the guys who recently looked after our Prime Minister. Any sign of trouble and bristlenosejohn would have been whisked away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 I'd like to say I would have given back any dropped shoe....... but....... Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goonibird Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) yes was a good day out and you have a lot of very good fish that can be hard to find will have to start saving for some of your L's that you have at the moment the body gard gooni Edited January 30, 2012 by goonibird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
