Knoxville inquiry

[paddysdaddy]

www.cichlid.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7037

[Jess Puff]

Thanks Scott!

[davidtcb1]

Awesome Scott!

[ree123]

Yes, thanks Scott.

I always hope other members here make similar statements with a link to us when on other sites and see inquiries such as this.

FYI, there is a E.TN and W. TN fish club, with Presidents that I have shared e-mails and ph. calls with, but neither club is off the ground and moving forward. Their membership base is tiny compared to ours.
For our last swap/meet on May 20, I invited their Presidents, officers, and general members to join us, and none from either club attended.
I think there are many hobbyists who just can't afford to travel. Don't know about all of them though.
I will extend the invitation again for our Fall swap/meet.

[mototech745 Mike]

Well they know their is a few from knoxville but she did not try to contact me. So they have to put the foot forward.

[signde]

i grew up in that area and when i first got into the hobby knoxville was swarming with aquarium shops, a couple of them about the size of the critter. i had my pick of 6 or 7 rather large shops. most have closed up shop now and only a few remain but i imagine there are still a lot of people into the hobby around there.

[ree123]

Ryan, I did not realize you were from Knox.. Do you still have relatives there ?
I too am from Knox..
Are you old enough to remember the Broadway Pet Store and Sue's Fancy Fins on Clinton Hwy. ?

[signde]

Jun 26, 2012 23:00:59 GMT -6 @ree123 said:

Ryan, I did not realize you were from Knox.. Do you still have relatives there ?
I too am from Knox..
Are you old enough to remember the Broadway Pet Store and Sue's Fancy Fins on Clinton Hwy. ?

my mom still lives there but we are from the west area so that is where most of the stores i frequented were located. i do remember both of the stores you mentioned from the phone book (yes this was before the internet). from what i recall they were on the north side of town which explains why i never visited them.

places i went were

harry's aquarium in oak ridge (now gone, i believe)
wet pets - in windsor square (i think that was the name) now gone
village aquarium - mabry hood rood off I-140, now gone
fins & skins - downtown west, still there
- close to Jerry's Artarama, around the 5200 block of kingston pike. can't remember the name, but they had a giant, and i mean giant, pacu. it is now gone.

[davidtcb1]

What is the one you can see from 40 up on the hill? Blue building. We tried to go once but it was closed. Near papermill maybe?

[signde]

"the aquarium"

that one is after my time but I have been there. it is kind of hard to get to even though you can see it from the interstate. IMO, the critter is better than both remaining Knoxville stores.

[davidtcb1]

Yeah, we spent 20 mins trying to get to it to find out it was closed.