nashnutny
Fish Fanatic
Found a huge pet store called Pets in New Hyde Park today. I stopped in and was simply amazed. They must have had over 100 tanks of every type of tropical and salt water fish that you could imagine. All tanks were crystal clear and super clean... not a sick fish in sight. I saw fish that I have never seen before in a pet store. The best part was the Betta section. They had about 50 to select from and that included crown tails!! I would say about 75% of them were active and flaring at their neighbors. The best part was that each fish was in a small tank containing somewhere between 1/2 a gallon and 3/4 of a gallon of water. The bowls were clean and it was a pleasure to look them over.
To make matters even better, they actually had a tank of females!!! In fact the clerk there had a pair in a spawning tank and was trying to encourage them to spawn.
Of course, I came home with two crown tails!!
No, this place is on Jericho Turnpike in the New Hyde Park area. They also had some nice 2 gallon tanks by All-Glass which I think I'll get. It looks like a regular rect. glass tank except it's small.
Yes, there is a divider in the tank as well as several areas in which they can hide - or be separate from each other as well as plastic plants. The Crown is new and is still at that flaring stage. The second Crown seems to be more interested in exploring the tank and eating than anything else. The Petco pair has settled down nicely with an occasional flare up but nothing more than that. They tend to ignore each other and explore their tank. That photo was taken when they were first put in the tank. They are little pigs thou. They sure can eat and poop!! All fish seem to be healthy and very active.
