That Pet Place

[User]

Hey everyone!

So I was out in Downingtown PA and figured "hey im already out in Pennsylvania so I might as well go see this place" Turns out its an hour away lol.

Anyway I arrive and its a nice store! It reminds me of a BJs for aquariums and other pet supplies! There are a lot of fish there as well! most are healthy, though I did see one or two dead/dying, but that can be expected with so many fish. They had some large discus there, some massive catfish, some massive regular fish, and lots of medium to small fish. It reminded me of a buyable aquarium.

What was also interesting was how they reserved fish for people who bought online. Two royal plecos were reserved for someone who bought online.

I arrived very late (near 9pm closing) so I barely saw most of the saltwater stuff but they had a few amazing display tanks, both sw and fresh.

Now a 2 hr drive from Jersey is more expensive than shipping, so if I buy from there I will get it shipped but it was nice to see all the fish. Some they dont advertise online, such as the Motoro Stingray.

Thats all of my long essay!

(sorry about all the pleco pictures, they are my favorite so I took a lot, never seen them before)

Adonis pleco 1st, Armored catfish top right, L014 Sunshine pleco bottom left, L047 mango pleco (I didnt know it was green!)

[User]

And some more pictures! Sorry I didnt get any sw shots or cichlids! Or many others for that matter lol

That catifsh bottom right was massive. they also had an arowanna and a massive bass as well. Lots of brackish fish and frogs and crabs too. Saw some CRS and RCS with the planted tanks fs

tl motoro stingray, tr some sort of pike, bl unknown catfish, br unknown large catfish

EDIT: sorry the pictures were for me (aka why nothing but catfish) but I decided to share them with everyone

[User]

if you live within two hours and have never seen most of the fish on their website, you should definately look. Many people treated it as an aquarium and just go and see them. The salt water stuff was so cool (never had a sw tank lol)

Its nice putting a store and fish to all the pictures on their website. i may go back out just to see it again.

NOTE: I did not buy anything, just visited.

EDIT: oh I also saw thier dragon hi fin pleco ($200) lol I think some of the others look colorer but the fin was quite high

[George9]

Originally Posted by User

if you live within two hours and have never seen most of the fish on their website, you should definately look. Many people treated it as an aquarium and just go and see them. The salt water stuff was so cool (never had a sw tank lol)

Its nice putting a store and fish to all the pictures on their website. i may go back out just to see it again.

NOTE: I did not buy anything, just visited.

EDIT: oh I also saw thier dragon hi fin pleco ($200) lol I think some of the others look colorer but the fin was quite high

I didn't know That Pet Place was a real store, I thought it was only an online thing. That's very cool! I live near an aquarium adventure and everyone just goes there to look too! They even do birthday parties there. LOL

[User]

Originally Posted by George9

I didn't know That Pet Place was a real store, I thought it was only an online thing. That's very cool! I live near an aquarium adventure and everyone just goes there to look too! They even do birthday parties there. LOL

Yep you can visit their retail store in Lancaster, PA. It is on their website, the address. Bottom left I think

[Pufferlove]

Can you please tell me what the web site is called

[herp_mommy]

I bought my shellies from them good service.

[User]

Originally Posted by Fish-e lover

Can you please tell me what the web site is called

Google helps lol anyway www.thatpetplace.com

[redsea]

That must have been a fun place to visit. I would like to go lol!

[Pufferlove]

Thank you that helps

[GuppyLover]

I live an hour and a half away, I always wanted to go but never ventured out. I go to Captain Nemo's for the most part. It's an hour away but its closer then That Pet Place. They even have a huge shark tank in the middle of the store. At one point they bred the shark and had the egg in a 55g clipped to the side, you could actually see the baby shark growing inside of the egg. Anyways, now I think I may have to stop by when it's time to stock my 40g

[User]

Wow that sounds awesome. Never seen shark eggs before. lol they didnt have anything like that but the display tanks were cool. I definately want to go back and maybe buy something!

[fadetoblack06]

George9 do you live by Schaumburg? I've been into that one too if it's the same one. I found that sometimes you can find things there you've never seen.

[Tropical]

I've been wanting to get to That Pet Place, I'm only about a 20 minute drive away.

[George9]

Originally Posted by fadetoblack06

George9 do you live by Schaumburg? I've been into that one too if it's the same one. I found that sometimes you can find things there you've never seen.

Yeah, I go to the one in Hoffman estates.

[Sina5587]

Is there any saltwater store near Delaware county other then nemos and the Lancaster store?

[HumDumbie]

Delaware Premium Aquatics in Newark, DE... Decent place, I go there alot...

[jersysman]

I love That Pet Place and also Captain Nemo's. Seeing that I am only 30 minutes away from That Pet Place and 40 minutes from Nemo's, I am in heaven! What makes That Pet Place unique is that the staff there are so knowledgeable. It's great to be able to ask someone a question and you don't get a stock answer.

In fact, another trip is in order right after Christmas!

[ritacaiab]

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[ritacaiab]

I am very happy to join this forum. I have an aquarium and also two gold fish in that. I want to upload pic bt it is not visible in my post. I am unable to upload pls help.