Oh, yeah...it's only one lane of shops now. But they have stuff really cheap still, so they're alright. My gran lives around Taikoo so I walk over there every time I'm at hers, when I'm allowed. It used to be so awesome, with fly river turtles, herp shops, huge marine shops and the lot...I remember...too bad I hadn't gone saltwater then and wouldn't touch it. Now a large portion is furniture and electronics...not that anyone would go down THERE to shop for those either...
Yeah I remember my cousin giving me a glowing review about the place. It's pretty small so you don't notice it at first do you. I only found it on my way back to my gran's once, when I stopped to admire a white labrador that was sitting at the doorway of the shop. I thought it was a bar, because of the blue glow coming from the tank lights. I was surpised it was a fish shop. I can fully agree the guy is an actual fishkeeper...it's a shame it's a small shop though. Gotta appreciate something like that...I came pretty close to taking a Carinotedraodon (spelling?) irrubesco for $30...but I had no space. $30...that's an amazing price for one of the more exotic puffers...
Yeah...you know at MK where at one end of the street there's the Esso gas station? Behind that there's two more fish shops...both reccommendable. One stocks a fair selection of fish that no one else stocks (channas, gulper cats, other betta species etc.) and the other does cichlids, bettas and turtles.
Do you keep reptiles? There's a couple of good herp shops too.
Have you been to Urban Jungle? They are probably the best in Hong Kong. All the guys there are friendly and knowledgeable. I'd highly recommend them if you're into herps. There's two other herp specialist shops that I'm aware of that are good too. Just look at the signs above, in and around the stairwells...any other herp shops that you know about?
There's also a massive, massive herp store near um...the flower market. I mean massive. It's almost the size of a small parknshop. Newts, turtles, snakes, lizards, everything. But the staff are like prejudiced...I'm pretty much a KID and the first time I walked in there they treated me like they were expecting me to knock something over, tap on the glass of all the tanks and exclaim "cool" when I saw the snakes. And they told me to stop disturbing their customers when I struck up a conversation...I usually go there just to look around and then take my business elsewhere, unless something irressistable comes in...like a siren...
Hm....is it Weiko the one with the blue logo? Don't really remember it but will look for it the next time I'm over there. It's on the main street right? Sounds like a must-see...thanks!
Do you do saltwater as well or just freshwater?
