INCREDIBLE Aquarium Store in New York! PLUS much more!

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  • Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
  • In this video we finish my trip to the USA with a huge aquarium/pet store tour of Country Critters in Long Island, New York! They have a HUGE aquarium section with tons of freshwater, saltwater and rare fish. On top of that, they have a huge range of small pets, like exotic birds, reptiles and mammals. No matter where you are from, you are probably going to see at least one animal you've never seen before in this video! I really hope you enjoy it!!
    Timestamps:
    0:37 - 20 year old Koi Pond
    1:08 - Pet Shark
    2:01 - Vampire Fish!
    5:01 - Freshwater Aquarium Section
    19:00 - Saltwater Aquarium Section
    30:42 - Exotic Animal Section (mammals, reptiles and birds)
    A HUGE thank you to the owners, Jonathan and Michelle, for taking time out of such a long day and showing us around!
    Country Critters
    152 Medford Ave, Patchogue
    NY 11772, USA
    countrycritterspets.com
    / countrycritterspets
    Another big thank you to my fellow content creator and friend, Mike Loffredo, from ZenAqua who was able to organise this incredible tour. He runs his own aquarium page which you can checkout below:
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    Mike also has a Podcast with Predatory Fins called Scaled Up which I was on not too long ago to talk about my trip!
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  • @saranobutt
    @saranobutt 10 месяцев назад +32

    You literally have like the kindest and most peaceful voice out of all the RUclipsrs I watch. You can do ASMR by just reading something.

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  10 месяцев назад +4

      Awww, thank you 🥹 That's so nice, I really appreciate it! ❤️

    • @MikeLangfordGoogle
      @MikeLangfordGoogle 10 месяцев назад

      Fully agree!

  • @ReginaK2
    @ReginaK2 2 месяца назад +1

    You’re such a sweetheart. I don’t know how I missed this video but it was quite the treat to see your enthusiasm for the animals that you’ve never seen before. I think you should move to the states and enjoy yourself! You can fly mom and dad out twice a year or you can fly home occasionally 😉❤

  • @paulojorgetadeu2233
    @paulojorgetadeu2233 7 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic store, I believe you loved taking this trip.

  • @Americancadet
    @Americancadet 9 месяцев назад +1

    When I lived on Long Island, I would go here often.

  • @ESUSAMEX
    @ESUSAMEX 10 месяцев назад +2

    I grew up on Long Island and I even lived right down the road from Country Critters.

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  10 месяцев назад

      How cool!! You grew up in a beautiful area then 😊

  • @cediepraxie2365
    @cediepraxie2365 15 дней назад

    Ican stay the whole day on that place…..Wow!

  • @romanzabaznov
    @romanzabaznov 10 месяцев назад +4

    I've lived in New York for 20 years and have never heard of this wonderful store! Thanks Kaity! I must visit this store!

  • @PoloReef
    @PoloReef 10 месяцев назад +1

    the best !

  • @jackalishush
    @jackalishush 10 месяцев назад +2

    I miss going to this fish store so bad! I can't find anyone near their level.
    We literally make it a point to make a shopping list if we're going to Long Island just to get everything that we need at one place. Ie medicines, foods, plants, fish, any supplies.

  • @rmreagle
    @rmreagle 10 месяцев назад +2

    So cool to hit my algorithm!!! I'm local and go to CC all the time, great store!!!

  • @colkellahan6676
    @colkellahan6676 4 месяца назад

    I grew up on Lake Macquarie and the lake has parrot fish, puffer fish and so many species of salt water its unbelievable, the Swansea chanel that connects thelake is like diving on the barrier reef its so beautiful.

  • @hydrocooledcarrot
    @hydrocooledcarrot Месяц назад

    I'm glad the price of pea puffers has plummeted in the last 6 months. They're the coolest fish

  • @RochLachapelle
    @RochLachapelle 10 месяцев назад +1

    You're the best when it comes to aquarium tours love it

  • @thomascrohan7810
    @thomascrohan7810 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wow! So awesome! I live about 15 minutes from this store, one of favorites!

  • @givetanks
    @givetanks 10 месяцев назад +1

    store tours are always fun :)

  • @queencityreefs
    @queencityreefs 10 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing store. It felt endless. Thanks for sharing. 😍👌💯✌️

  • @Meta_was_my_idea
    @Meta_was_my_idea 10 месяцев назад +8

    There's such thing as a paddlefish? God must have made that one as a joke or something LOL

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  10 месяцев назад +1

      Hahaha, I know right 🤣 They are so cute!

    • @dengar4000
      @dengar4000 10 месяцев назад

      This place is 5 minutes from my house. Been going here forever

  • @aqua.scape69
    @aqua.scape69 10 месяцев назад +1

    I absolutely love your videos and all the beautiful places you visit. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us. May I also add that you are absolutely gorgeous. ❤❤

  • @AXLzonderE
    @AXLzonderE 10 месяцев назад +2

    Wow what a prices for pea puffers! Here in The Netherlands a pea puffer (€3,-) is cheaper then a guppy (€3,50)

  • @26Tackle.reviews
    @26Tackle.reviews 10 месяцев назад +1

    Best place you have gone to yet! frontosa was cool but striped for me!

  • @billboudsamad5318
    @billboudsamad5318 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks Kaity... there is nothing like this type of super fish store with so many exotic selections in Toronto, Canada.

  • @chip877
    @chip877 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wow !!! i'm going to go there today !!! I'm from LI and have never been there , can't wait to go ! What a find !!!

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  10 месяцев назад

      That is SO cool you can visit there today!! 🤣 I'm so jealous! I'm sure you'll have a blast 🦎🐟🦜

  • @ctymich
    @ctymich 6 месяцев назад

    I am a big fan of making miniponds. They are such a fun way to bring the hobby outside and be creative. I like your minipond setup. Good job. 🤩🤩🤩

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much!!! 😊🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @joshcanada3988
    @joshcanada3988 10 месяцев назад +1

    This guy is as enthusiastic as a wet sock lolol

  • @steveallen3845
    @steveallen3845 10 месяцев назад +1

    Good one tanks!!!

  • @crisantodelcarmen5123
    @crisantodelcarmen5123 10 месяцев назад

    Wow beautiful

  • @yuiyuiyyuiy3200
    @yuiyuiyyuiy3200 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great stuff 👍👍

  • @vitaliyvyntu4566
    @vitaliyvyntu4566 10 месяцев назад +1

    Very interesting

  • @reefsmile2341
    @reefsmile2341 10 месяцев назад +1

    Bellissimo video

  • @kgrant3419
    @kgrant3419 9 месяцев назад +1

    Patchogue

  • @adriangreenoff9163
    @adriangreenoff9163 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great video and the aquarium store is a 💎gem!It's crazy how different countries' laws can make fish so expesive,or cheap depending on where you live 👍❤🇬🇧

  • @Edde0425
    @Edde0425 10 месяцев назад +1

    I just love your fish/aquarium videos Kaity. Keep up the great work :)

  • @julianto157
    @julianto157 10 месяцев назад

    Hello from INDONESIA ❤

  • @thebloodyenglish6620
    @thebloodyenglish6620 10 месяцев назад

    Note about axolotls for anyone reading they're actually a lot easier to keep them people make out as long as they're kept cold enough.
    As long as they aren't directly frozen it pretty much can't get too cold for them 😂
    Even where I live in the North of England I keep mine in a filter less tub outside year round and even when a thick layer of ice is covering the water I'll still see them swimming about hunting down small invertebrates in the water (albeit very slowly😅)
    If you live somewhere with more of a temperate climate but can't afford a chiller or consistently Aircon room then you can keep them in a tub/pond (or a tank depending on how much it freezes) in a shady spot and they'll do well, just keep them in the shade unless you have very deep water as if they're in full sun they might over heat in the summer.
    Most of the illnesses they get is from being too warm (a lot of people keep them at 18c which is fine but the upper limit of their tolerance range).
    Being too warm stresses them out making them more likely to get ill in general plus then if the water isn't 100% perfect or has a sudden change in pH when at these temps then because they're too warm or at the upper limit if their range they then are more likely to get sick and struggle to recover.
    Kept outside and the only maintenance I give mine is thinning out the plants when needed and feeding them once every week or two (cause they have plenty of food living in the tub). If they didn't have the food available then I'd feed them 2-3 times a week.
    Rain and the over flow do the water changes for me and the plants maintain the quality between the time it rains enough to overflow.
    When I had them in a tank in a shed then it was just plants, a little Fluval U2 filter cleaned out once every few months and just water top ups not even needing water changes.
    Long and short is super easy and long lived to keep as long as they're cold enough (I'd recommend maintaining them at 16c or below)

  • @krisbobi1238
    @krisbobi1238 10 месяцев назад

    Dzień dobry , kolejny super odcinek a oglądam wszystkie z Polski 😊

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  10 месяцев назад +1

      Good morning!! That's so awesome watching from so far away 😄 I'm glad you enjoyed it!

  • @laurag1076
    @laurag1076 10 месяцев назад

    Jist watching now kaity!!! Sorry I've been slack. So busy ❤❤❤❤ on my saved to watch tho always xx 😊

  • @reginaphalanges7331
    @reginaphalanges7331 10 месяцев назад

    Great video Katy!! Thanks so much! I had no idea that so many animals/fish are not allowed to be kept in Australia! So strict!😕

  • @jsaquaticX
    @jsaquaticX 10 месяцев назад

    🎉🎉

  • @Ayj517
    @Ayj517 10 месяцев назад

    Yolculuğum sonrası, güzellikleri seyretmeye devam.

  • @MikeLangfordGoogle
    @MikeLangfordGoogle 10 месяцев назад +1

    Pacman frogs come from over the hill here - Tambopata rainforest, Peru. Seen them in the wild, all mouth, come in green & brown, officially called Amazonian or Suriname horned frogs. Some frog & toad camouflage needs to be seen to be believed, like the leaf mimics. We get other tree frogs, just not the red-eyed, that comes from Central America & the very north of South America. Here in Peru we find quite a few species of "monkey frogs", similar in shape to the red-eyed, they get quite large, but rarely come down from the canopy, so trickybto see unless you climb up 20 to 40 metres into the trees. We nomally find the smaller tree and poison dart frogs on night walks.

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  10 месяцев назад +1

      Oh how cool!! Thank you for that info! I really love the Pacman frogs, I think they're so cute 🐸

  • @alishanas9380
    @alishanas9380 10 месяцев назад +1

    I used to visit that shop when I lived on Long Island.
    That pea puffer price in AU is crazy. I can get them for $5.
    I believe they had a ring tailed lemur when I visited the store in the 1980s.

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  10 месяцев назад

      That's so cool! They've been around for such a long time. And yes the pea puffer prices here are crazy 😩

  • @MikeLangfordGoogle
    @MikeLangfordGoogle 10 месяцев назад

    Another great one Kaity, huge variety. Guineapigs are food here in Peru, called cuy, spatchcocked or roasted for special occasions, festivals etc. Seen Arapaimas in the wild from a boat, huge, come out the water like dolphins in Amazonian lakes, farmed here for food along with pacu & dcales used for crsftwork, curtain doorway covers etc. Again those freshwater rays we try to avoid in the rainforest, nasty stings, well camouflaged! Still can't believe current prices in aquarium stores 😮

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you so much 😊🙏 I used to keep guinea pigs, and I remember when mum and dad visited Peru on a holiday they were shocked to see them being sold as food there 🤣

  • @stoneysscapes7544
    @stoneysscapes7544 10 месяцев назад

    The planted Archer display is so perfect for the size and I have never been a fan of cylinders until seeing this awesome video !!! For the amount of content you have been showing from the states that is a great reason for a return visit? Maybe you could do the lower states , Georgia would be the best state for starting or ending depending on how much time you're planning, Tennessee is a blast with Nashville, 7 Ports aquarium store which is Sean Pecktec's LFS ( he would be the coolest person to have as one of your hosts , plus you are the same age range as his daughter) then Houston and the best aquarium brothers Mike and Jeff Senski and what better than the best state to start or end round 2 with California and I don't think you can get Oregon and Washington in ...If you have any interest in coming back the last three might just be a better vacation for what you , and seeing California's coastal cities where you have access to seeing the Pacific ocean to me is a feeling that would make anyone happy 😊

  • @Yelsin_Salazar
    @Yelsin_Salazar 10 месяцев назад

    That was a fun tour. Certainly, some of those exotic animal species(toucans, tree frogs, chameleons, amazonian puffers, angel fish, discuss, etc.) live in the Amazon rainforest. Chinchillas are from South American highlands, so here in Peru, we are fortunate to travel to the jungle, buy and carry some exotic fish species with not really many regulations on the way to Lima(coastline) with lower prices even compared to America. I didn't imagine import laws were like that in Australia. I think the government must have formulated those laws to protect the ecosystem from foreign species that could produce dangerous changes. I believe it should be similar in my country because the ecosystem is rich, complex, and fragile as well, but not really many people here are interested in protecting it. Anyway, I really enjoyed this video. You're doing fantastic content. Greetings and blessings from Peru, and good luck with your future projects!!!🤞!!!

  • @colkellahan6676
    @colkellahan6676 4 месяца назад

    Whould have liked to see the angler fish

  • @ArchangelHornet
    @ArchangelHornet 10 месяцев назад

    Ah, my daily fish fix has been fulfilled. 😅 no fish store for me today 🤣

  • @Sky-ym3nb
    @Sky-ym3nb 10 месяцев назад

    Being from Australia, have you ever been to the Great Barrier Reef ? That’s one of my bucket list

  • @max.0328
    @max.0328 10 месяцев назад

    It's funny they keep hedgehogs as pets in the u.s. Out here they live in our garden. A few years ago i was sitting outside on a warm summer evening, when i saw one coming towards me. He struggled a bit to get on to the 30cm higher up pateo. He stopped in front of my feet and started sniffing them while making these funny noises. After a few minutes he seemed to realize he was sniffing a human and quickley ran of😂😂 sadly they often end up as roadkill

  • @user-pm8vj7fn4l
    @user-pm8vj7fn4l 10 месяцев назад +1

    🐟🤩👍💯

  • @MrCites1
    @MrCites1 10 месяцев назад

    Pineapple fish are common on the East coast of NSW & SE QLD

    • @Kaityscichlids
      @Kaityscichlids  10 месяцев назад

      No way!! 😱 I had no idea! They are SO cool

    • @MrCites1
      @MrCites1 10 месяцев назад

      @@Kaityscichlids Yeah, I have some in my marine aquarium.

  • @MakoyUnggoy
    @MakoyUnggoy 10 месяцев назад

    You'll soon get all your flight money and expenses back by the time all your videos have been put out haha...Did you ever get to Alma Park Zoo before it was shut down? I would have thought it wasn't too much of a trek for you where you are

  • @JustaKarenDiscoveredTheIntrnet
    @JustaKarenDiscoveredTheIntrnet 10 месяцев назад +1

    i wanted see albino petricola worth 600

  • @chappo8100
    @chappo8100 10 месяцев назад

    Remember your big lobster posture

  • @Punkwart
    @Punkwart 10 месяцев назад

    1:35 That just looks sad. Shark in a shoebox :(

  • @80bbygrl
    @80bbygrl 10 месяцев назад

    And did I hear you correctly? You're not allowed to have pet rabbits where you live?

  • @steffanjansenvanvuuren3257
    @steffanjansenvanvuuren3257 10 месяцев назад

    I don't like it when the fish are not 100% natural, if you know what I mean.
    They are beautiful as is... no need to make them glow.

  • @toxiccity97
    @toxiccity97 10 месяцев назад

    @10min $35 for a single stick of driftwood!???

  • @BigFoot-158
    @BigFoot-158 2 месяца назад

    What no Discus? What a let down. 😭

  • @WhiteCloud746
    @WhiteCloud746 10 месяцев назад

    I'm not really loving the idea of the wallaby being in an exclosure like that.

  • @80bbygrl
    @80bbygrl 10 месяцев назад +1

    That Zebra Shark needs a bigger home
    Imagine being trapped in a bland, small tank like that daily.
    I really wish stores would stop selling pets to make money. Prairie dogs are not for everybody, in the store doesn't seem like they're making it known to everybody how much work they really are.
    Dont encourage store who support breeders.

  • @cf-xf6ku
    @cf-xf6ku 9 месяцев назад

    15:40 (Parapima) worlds largest freshwater fish. its wrong. The beluga sturgeon in Russia is the largest freshwater fish in the world.