Hi all. Just joined the forum today. Thought of sharing my favourite pet shops.
I have fish, so I just go to those selling fish.
I have been to all 3 of 88 pet marts branches (they are now called 88 pets mart instead of 88 marine because they now sell cats/dogs/exotic pets/etc). I really recommend 88, their customer service is damn good (at all 3 branches). Once i asked this guy about setting up a 3 feet planted aquarium with fish. This fella took a piece of paper and wrote down all the necessary equipments, recommending me several options, and what are the pro and cons, from the cheapest setup to the most expensive setup, all those kind of stuff. I think he spent 1/2 an hour with me .
The one at sunway mas is damn big, 2 tingkat lagi.
I have also been to natural aquatic at subang jaya, equally helpful staff and quality live stock. I live in bangi, but once a week I sanggup go these shops even though far from my home. That is how good these shops are.

CHEAP FISH??

Did you know that at Jalan Pudu you can get very2 cheap fish livestock and aquarium products? Dwarf Gouramis as low as RM 0.70, RES at RM 4.00, Bettas at RM1.50, tiger barbs at RM 0.50, and lots more . They even have this beautiful puffer fish (yellow in colour with black polkadots) which i havent seen at the more commercial pet shops.

Finding these shops is quite a challenge. They have around 7 shops there next to each other. Most of the shops are just gerai2 tepi jalan with atap zinc. The fish are sold in hanging plastic bags and basins placed on the floor. Plus the road there selalu jam. Dont ever go time peak hours. Be warned

Uzairi, you just confirmed my speculation I've bought fishes from Jalan Pudu (or Jalan pasar), from 88 and from natural aquatic usj. You're right the fishes there are very prone to disease (and death). The dwarf gourami and gold gourami i bought at jln pasar there all died in one week (supposingly hardy fish). Same goes to my tiger barbs. The fish bought from 88 and natural aquatic all are very healthy. (except for my blue ram which got bullied by a gold gourami ). This made me wonder, maybe the fish at jalan pasar are all stressed out. Thanks for your input. Im never going there again . Ill stick to reputable pet shops for now.

Any of you guys know a pet shop selling compact fluroescent bulbs (with full spectrum/UVB). The ones that can be screwed into the normal spotlight/basking light. I need it for my turtles.
I' been asking around and went to several pet shops but i cant seem to find them.
Here is a sample of one : http://www.exo-terra.com/EN/products/compact_bulbs_i.html

uzairi, you may want to add petshacks website in the shop list
www.pet-shack.com

88 pets mart addresses are the last three addresses that you placed under the pet family. I've confirmed them throught their website plus i've visited all three of them

8, 10 & 12, Jalan Pandan Indah 4/10,
Pandan Indah, 55100,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: 603-42959160, 42959180
Fax: 603-42959158

Subang Jaya
11 & 13, Jalan SS15 / 4E,
47500 Subang Jaya,
Selangor D.E.
Tel: 603-5632 2688

SunwayMas
20 & 22, Jalan PJU 1/3D,
SunwayMas Commercial Centre,
47301, P.J. SelangorD.E.
Tel: 603 - 7805 4478 / 79

anyone know any pet shops near bandar baru bangi?? all the pet shops in bangi and kajang sucks.. not only unreasonably mahal, the staff are not knowledgable enough plus the live stocks are not properly taken care of

every weekend i have to go as far as PJ,USJ or pandan indah.. . kesian my wife, looks like i am spending more time looking for pet shops than with her .
you guys in pj and usj are so fortunate laa....

I just remembered one shop near 88 pets mart subang jaya specializing in marine fish. largest stock of marine fish and corals that i have ever seen. can't remember the name of the shop though. batu karang something

they even have those weird looking sea eels, very scaryy

I know of those two .. sadly they are included in my list of shops that "SUCKS" . I only go there when im desperate .
I've located about 6 pet shops around bangi & kajang. they're all the same condition

had a meeting at kelana jaya today. took the oppurtunity to check out pet family at taman megah. i got excited as soon as i show the shop . it was damn big. i got even excited when i got in. i was like a child in a candy store . i was surprised to find that they even have those poisonous snakes (viper, rattlesnake,etc)

i ended up buying a tropical lamp for my tropical aquarium, a co2 refill, and sera's artemia (brine shrimp) which i am still figuring out how to raise

LOL. Seems my comment was very tempting. Hehe. Maybe you can use the below Map. Compliments to smellyocheese for giving me the map in the firtst place. .
Pet family is just next to ming tien foodcourt. You wont miss it




This post has been edited by sayasebuk: Jul 21 2006, 09:47 AM

In Subang Jaya I recommend 88 Pets Mart and Natural Aquatic. Both superb livestocks, products, service, and price.

Hmm, dont know how cheap are you expecting. For me those two are already standard price, or cheaper than the lousy fish shops here in bangi/kajang area. The only cheap ones i think are those sold at pasar malam or jalan pudu/jalan pasar in K.L. Those are damn cheap. But i've had very bad experience with the fishes bought there. All died liao. Only my betta survived untill today and living healthy. Even he had some bad days.
I rather pay extra for better quality.

Hermm, in that case maybe the prices here are due to transportaion costs. I dont think you'll find the same price here as in penang. I've been to almost twenty fish shops (lost count) when i wanted to start. I looked at kajang, bangi, pandan indah, pudu, kelana jaya, petaling jaya, taman desa, subang jaya and every other shop that i happen to pass by . Got very tired and decided i need to start. I sticked to the shops recommended in this topic. Unless they're not mentioned in this forum, i dont even bother to stop by.

I think the below map can help. If im not mistaken, the shops are along jalan pasar. Betul tak uzairi?

A lot. I mean really ALOT .

Quite hard to find parking lots. Jalan pasar is a very2 busy street. Good to go weekends. If weekdays dont go during peak hours (on the way to work, on the way from work). I onced got stuck more than 1/2 hour on the road from junction at time square to jalan pasar . Once i arrived, I gave up and went straight home. If lucky you get parking at roadside along the shops. If not you may have to park a few streets away. If you dont mind paying, there is a payed cark park at jalan pasar but damn expensive

in the map, if you go left along jalan pudu you will reach pudu bus station. No, it is NOT in front of pudu jail. Hope you're not thinking of walking from pudu bus station to jalan pasar. That's almost insane

The nearest monorail would be imbi. No Putra LRT nearby. But for STAR LRT, i think the nearest one might not be stesen hang tuah, but stesen pudu (not the stesen plaza rakyat behind pudu bus stop). I cant exactly remember the location of the stesen but it is between hang tuah station and chan siow lin station.

Maybe you can refer below
Train Route Map

This post has been edited by sayasebuk: Jul 27 2006, 09:53 AM

anyone been to Discovery pets at pandan indah? What pets do they sell there? Is it far from 88 pets mart?