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RE: Traveling to the United States

filipem — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:35:22 GMT

Please do. I think he was the one that spoke to at the counter though I am not sure. My cousin bought some platies and a betta. I commented how much I liked the store.

RE: Traveling to the United States

David Lass — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:25:54 GMT

Glad you had a good trip here, and especially that you enjoyed Rumford. Maurino Viveiros, who is assistant manager of the store and manager of the fishroom, is a serious fishhead, and his fishroom is great. I see him every week, and I will pass on your comments to him.

RE: Traveling to the United States

filipem — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:30:32 GMT

Thanks Hailey.

RE: Traveling to the United States

Hailey — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:02:38 GMT

I'm glad you had a good time.

RE: Traveling to the United States

filipem — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:23:02 GMT

I just got back from my trip a few day's ago. I was only able to visit one of the stores mentioned above. Rumford Pet and Aquarium out in East Providence. Great store. Thanks for recommending it David.

I also visited another LFS over the bridge out in Fall river MA. Both places have fantastic tanks with many of them planted with live plants. Something that I rarely see here. Rumford had a stunning Discus tank that was fully planted and looked fantastic. Most of all the staff were really nice and seemed really knowledgable. Any Fish store that can keep a planted Discus tank up and running long term must have staff that knows what there are doing IMO.

I also loved the town of Providence. A lot to do and see. A small town with a big city feel to it. I will definitely go back. I don't travel to the US much but I am certainly going to make an effort to do so going forward.

RE: Traveling to the United States

jfish13 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:47:41 GMT

That's awsome your're visiting USA! My family several generations ago lived in Ontario, Canada. Good luck on finding a good store.

RE: Traveling to the United States

David Lass — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:36:38 GMT

Have a good, safe trip.

RE: Traveling to the United States

filipem — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:20:06 GMT

Thanks David,

I never heard of an all marine store. I will definitely have to pay a visit to that one.

RE: Traveling to the United States

David Lass — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:57:26 GMT

Rhode Island as quite a few excellent stores -- I know because I wholesale fish to many of them. Some really good ones are:

Rumford Pet and Aquarium -- East Providence

Critter Hut (2 stores) -- Narragansett and North Kingstown

Creatures Creatures Creatures -- Slatersville

If you want to see marines, there is a great all-marine store in Seekonk, Ma -- right over the RI border -- called Coral Reef

Traveling to the United States

filipem — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:47:18 GMT

I am going to travel to the U.S in a few weeks. I will be in Rhode Island for about two weeks, and I wanted to check out a couple of LFS in the area. Anyone know few LFS worth paying a visit in R.I. ?