Hong Kong aquarium shops

[spleen93]

Just got back from a trip to China/Hong Kong. While in Hong Kong, one of our relatives took us to a street filled with aquarium shops. I literally only had 10 minutes to look around and I ended up running from shop to shop taking pictures. So I apologize if some of these tanks are not the best - they were what caught my eye on the spot. Next time I go there, I'll need to devote half a day or so to the area.

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and just for fun, some plant tanks:

Hope it was an interesting glimpse of aquarium shops from the other side of the world. Don't forget the prices that you're seeing are Hong Kong dollars - to get the US equivalent, divide the price by 7.75.

Spleen

 

[corbett_n]

I didn't see anything too different form what we have

 

[hermitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10989596#post10989596 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by corbett_n
I didn't see anything too different form what we have

Yeah..except all the livestock east of the mississippi is packed under one roof.

 

[Ewan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10989749#post10989749 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hermitage
Yeah..except all the livestock east of the mississippi is packed under one roof.

:lol:

Nice pics. must have been overwhelming to have 10 minutes to run around!

 

[AMIFL]

Man that store in the first pictures was stocked solid with fish.

 

[SSalty]

Those are some nice coral tanks.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[nemofish2217]

all of those poor moorish idols...i feel so bad for them....

 

[jwccwj]

Good job spleen93,interesting photos!!

 

[chujai]

thats awsome, when i went back to HK last year, i wasnt into the aquarium thing yet but i cant wait to go back

damn stuffs cheap compaired to here.. too bad i cant just buy a bunch of stuff and bring it back expecting it will be alive still...

did you get a chance to check out pricing on dry goods?

 

[agoutihead]

But that 4th picture down.... is that an entire tank full of coco worms?!?!?!?

If so that is ridiculous!!!


Post edited. How about we keep these kind of comments out of this.~dc

 

[spleen93]

I had barely enough time to look at the fish, much less the dry goods. So, sorry, no idea about pricing. Didn't even get a chance to see what kind of lighting that they were using.

Yes, that's a tank full of coco worms. I thought that was crazy too - "on special for $13". Felt bad about the moorish idols too. It's a pretty nice elegance in the 6th photo down. Most of these display/selling tanks looked to be running higher nutrient levels than we run - much more macroalgae in the displays, a lot less coralline. Not sure how much of that is a difference in husbandry technique versus interest (more interest in LPS, macros, and fish compared to SPS).

Spleen

 

[reefergeorge]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10990401#post10990401 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nemofish2217
all of those poor moorish idols...i feel so bad for them....

What about the 20 clown triggers in a 20 gallon tank?

 

[Chelito1234]

really nice shops , in what part of hon kong was this ???

 

[Justin James]

Oh, c'mon there is lots of room left in thouse tanks for more fish. (Joke).

Thanks for the photos. Were thouse tanks all acrylic? They looked acrylic to me.

 

[spleen93]

This is in Kowloon. She actually called it "Fish Street" but we assume that there's a more formal Chinese name for it (I'll have to ask her for it).

I didn't actually touch any of the tanks to find out what material they were made out of but I had the impression that they were glass. Of course, it could be a mix too - some tanks out of glass and some out of acrylic. Most of those holding tanks up there are eurobraced glass (can tell from the green/blue hue to the edges) but not sure about the display ones.

Spleen

 

[dp reefer]

Looks like the fish are packed into those tanks as tightly as the people are packed into that city

 

[thor32766]

yeah i cant believe how many fish are in some of those tanks!

 

[risika67]

They are all bare-bottom tanks...

Poor fish stuck in those small tanks!!