moga November 2, 2009 Share November 2, 2009 Visited that place on Sat and SUnday.. very impressed with live stock.. very kind.. I bought 3 Ricordias in very good color..Lime neon and light orange(I call it Fanta!)..hehe Once they got some more stock I would go back to get some more. They had big yumas..(in pink -light..but has great potential) for very good price.. thanks~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAGA November 2, 2009 Share November 2, 2009 they are a big surprise if you just stumble in there to pick some other pet stuff. Very nicely laid out reef set up and have great pricing. They are very enthusiastic about the uptick in their salt stuff since they revamped and from what I hear more is on the menu down the road. Take a look and get a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyfeet November 2, 2009 Share November 2, 2009 It's all really close for us Fairfax/Springfield people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moga November 2, 2009 Author Share November 2, 2009 yeah....i can take my kids to this one and go to chuckie cheese..!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_tooth_decay November 2, 2009 Share November 2, 2009 Petland is a great store. A bit of a hidden gem. t looks from the outside like the typical blah pet store, but they have a lot of reef stock in there...last time I was there they had a couple football-sized clams, and a basketball sized leather (or 2). Nice to see someone selling the big stuff instead of shopping it into 50 frags. I've also seen a couple of interesting mantis shrimp in there, which is not something you see at many LFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlem November 2, 2009 Share November 2, 2009 It's a very nice place, lots of variety. Just that they dont have a QT system. So if buying life stock, better QT before DT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moga November 2, 2009 Author Share November 2, 2009 It's a very nice place, lots of variety. Just that they dont have a QT system. So if buying life stock, better QT before DT. I think they have QT system..at the bottom part of the isles there were some fish were in the stage of QT? i am not sure..but it looked like it was..~ i will go check it out sometimes..!~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabrego November 2, 2009 Share November 2, 2009 No QT system in place. But still a great store. I have been going there for a couple of years now. In fact, I just picked up a very healthy copperband butterfly that is eating very well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_tooth_decay November 3, 2009 Share November 3, 2009 (edited) No QT system in place. But still a great store. I have been going there for a couple of years now. In fact, I just picked up a very healthy copperband butterfly that is eating very well! QT, schmoo-T. I've always bought every single piece of my livestock exclusively from places that do not QT. Intentionally. For multiple reasons. Many downsides to QT vs caqrefully selecting a fish from non-QT source...limited benefit, if any IMO. I'm certain I've had far less losses than the average bear. I don't believe I ever had a fish drop dead in less than a few months, and even that only once or twice. Very much over-hyped IMO. Edited November 3, 2009 by extreme_tooth_decay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrubberbandman November 4, 2009 Share November 4, 2009 QT, schmoo-T. I've always bought every single piece of my livestock exclusively from places that do not QT. Intentionally. For multiple reasons. Many downsides to QT vs caqrefully selecting a fish from non-QT source...limited benefit, if any IMO. I'm certain I've had far less losses than the average bear. I don't believe I ever had a fish drop dead in less than a few months, and even that only once or twice. Very much over-hyped IMO. yes and no....agree and disagree....there are many prior handling procedures that make qt advisable and could certainly make it un-advisable..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyInVa November 12, 2009 Share November 12, 2009 Where is Petland located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boret November 12, 2009 Share November 12, 2009 Petland 9404 Main Street Fairfax, Virginia 22031 703-323-6355 Hours of operation are: Mon-Fri 11-8 Saturday11-7 and Sunday 11-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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