1st Visit

[dan2x38]

Brine & I went on a northern adventure yesterday to La Nichein in Gatineau. It is much larger than I'd pictured. They sell other pet supplies along with birds & cats to adopt.

The fish department is very nice. The tanks are very clean with some good stock. They have a marine section too. There are limited FW inverts though. We told Marc Andre about the invert craze over here... A clean plant selection with nice selection. Lots of dry goods and hardware.

It is worth the trip to check it out.

[charlie]

I agree Dan , nice store, well laid out & great presentation, can you tell us what plants you saw yesterday ?

[Brine]

I found La Niche to be incredibly well laid out and clean. The only prices I looked at were comparable or less than I would expect to pay on this side of the border. I spent a good deal of time drooling o'er a tank full of Tropheus Red. Beautiful!! Marc-Andre and the staff were quite personable and helpful and they were available. I mean we didn't have to walk the aisles looking for someone to answer questions there was lots of staff and no pressure. I am going back!! Perhaps I'll clean out that 55G and start a Tropheus colony...

[petfisheric]

Errol, Eric & I were there on Sat. Their plant tanks were pretty full. Off the top of my head, I can tell you they had anubias nana, egeria, cabomba, lobelia cardinalis, echinodorus tenellus, nomaphila siamensis, lilaeopsis novaezelandiae, and java fern. Probably some more, I didn't know there was a test! 

Karen

[dan2x38]

Yes what Karen says about the plants except a lot less i think than what she mentioned. They get their stock on fridays.