Aquarium (Fish) products

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  issh on 16/07/2011 - 11:57

  This is a good site(online)
  GuppyOnline: Good site to buy equipment
  LiveFish: Good site to buy fish

  Visit these forums
  AquariumLife

  The forum(i'm also apart of this), is good, has heaps of info, you can buy and sell, etc

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  tufis on 16/07/2011 - 12:09

  Thanks mate. I just signed up to AquariumLife and put you down (issh) as a referrer.

  Have you used RENA SmartHeaters before? thinking of getting one cos I just broke my glass heater

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    issh on 16/07/2011 - 12:12

    haha thanks

    Have you used RENA SmartHeaters before?

    Nope, I am currently using a 200W AquaOne heater for my 4ft Tank

    But people say that Eheim/Jager is the best

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  nowlan on 16/07/2011 - 17:09

  Guppy is cheap, but shipping is by courier from qld.
  thereefshop.com.au ships from melbourne, and has some good prices too.
  www.aquariumsupermarket.com.au has some cheap FW products - ebay store.

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  MrDixit on 17/07/2011 - 21:42

  Different places for different stuff - p&h costs make a big difference.

  Guppys is good, as is livefish.com.au.

  I also use www.aquariumproducts.com.au

  Haven't used www.aquariumsupermaket.com.au, but they've got the 300 watt jager heater on sale (http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/). Apparently the jager heaters are more efficient, so you can use a lower watt heater.

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  dexxl on 18/07/2011 - 08:16

  try pets1.com.au or google age of aquarium

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  h4lcyon on 18/07/2011 - 09:37

  +1

  Read up on how to properly cycle your tank.. that is the most critical thing when starting a new tank, otherwise you'll just have tons of dead fish :)

  Normally you would buy a test kit and monitor ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels each day, and do small water changes to keep the levels of ammonia and nitrite getting to high = dead fish.

  The best advice I can give you is to buy some hardy fish for the cycling process, white cloud minnows, guppies and molies are pretty cheap. Only buy a few, and perhaps use a product like Stability - which will keep the ammonia and nitrite levels down during cycling.

  It's best to buy a test kit anyway, it's the only scientific method of testing for ammonia, no ammonia = cycle complete & then you can start to add fish (1 or 2 at a time).

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  tufis on 18/07/2011 - 21:52

  Thanks guys.

  You guys sure know your stuff

  The sites quoted are great. Been trying to find the RENA SmartHeater 50W or 100W, but seems to be unavailable, which is a bummer.

  Anyway, I'll keep looking and I might get some other stuff from those sites.

  thanks again

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  moooooooo on 19/07/2011 - 01:51

  I don't know anything about the pricing relative to other stores but I know the Coburg Aquarium on Bell St, Coburg (http://www.coburgaquarium.com.au/) has a LOT of people in there every weekend. Perhaps the crowd just means they're families buying little Timmy a goldfish, or perhaps it means they're well-priced.

  I don't think I've seen a larger fish room in other stores around Melbourne but it's admittedly been over a decade since I owned fish and the market may have changed. I mention this store primarily because you were asking for stores near Brunswick.

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  h4lcyon on 19/07/2011 - 17:54

  I forgot to mention, these guys usually have pretty good pricing, and delivery is a flat $7.50 for any size order.

  http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/