Fish & Friends

Fish & Friends Fish & Friends is an aquarium store owned by two long time aquarium hobbyists.
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Hey guys! I’m still working on the spreadsheet for the store, but here is the link again! I really thought I would have ...
11/19/2025

Hey guys! I’m still working on the spreadsheet for the store, but here is the link again! I really thought I would have gotten a lot more of it done, but you guys really kept me busy yesterday! I’m so grateful for you all! As of right now, I don’t have any updates, but I’m treating the situation as if we’re going to have to move. I would rather plan for the worst and hope for the best. My first step is getting this spreadsheet done. As a reminder, it will update in real time so, if you check it now, it will have more stuff on it when you check back in a few minutes, hours, etc. I will let everyone know when it’s completed. I won’t be receiving any new shipments until I’m more certain about what the future looks like so, once we’re out of something, it will probably be a while until we get it again. If something isn’t on the sheet that you’re looking for, just ask. I probably have it. Again, thank you all so much for your overwhelming support! If we do end up having to move, it sounds like we have a whole fleet of vehicles and army of helpers ready to go, so thank you for easing my mind with that. The thought of moving this whole operation makes my head hurt, but I know we’ve got this if it comes to that!

It sounds like this is what day to day operations will look like for a while. Slanging fish out the back door of the Fis...
11/18/2025

It sounds like this is what day to day operations will look like for a while. Slanging fish out the back door of the Fish & Friends trap house. In all seriousness, I knew we had built a strong community over the last year and a half, but I had no idea just how large it had grown before yesterday. The outpouring of messages, calls, comments, texts, etc has just been absolutely overwhelming and I can’t thank you all enough for your support through this tough time. It just seems like this time of year isn’t for us as we are only a few weeks away from when Tara had to go into the hospital last year. I’m still working on processing all of this, so just bear with me while I try to get things figured out.

In the meantime, I am putting a link to a spreadsheet at the bottom of this post. I’ll be working on trying to get this completed today, but it should update in real time for you guys. To place a pick up order, call into the store (Dont text, texts almost never come through on that hunk of junk), let me know what you’d like, and when you’d like to pick it up. I can either take a card over the phone, manually process it in person, or you can pay cash in person. If you can’t get through on the store phone (we were scheduled to get our new one installed tomorrow), please send us a Facebook message. I am working on getting shipping supplies in to start shipping to the surprising amount of folks from further away that have requested it. With Thanksgiving being next week, I’m not sure if it’s worth starting before the holiday or not just in case of delays. As far as Black Friday goes, I will still be doing our sale. It just won’t be as much fun as I had planned the day to be, but we’ll make it work.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Oxu60qnZIoIqcRiqLDexQYoZNCXo9i0lipOsG9kF37k/edit?usp=drivesdk

Hey guys. I’m absolutely sick to my stomach having to post this, but the mall will be closed until further notice. I’m s...
11/17/2025

Hey guys. I’m absolutely sick to my stomach having to post this, but the mall will be closed until further notice. I’m sure many of you are seeing the article about a structure issue at the old JC Penny’s. I don’t know what is happening. All I know is that we were told that no customers are allowed in the mall and they are working on getting someone to hopefully repair the issue. In the meantime, I am allowed in my store. I will be updating our livestock list we used to do before our expansion and trying to compile a list of dry goods. If you need anything, we can arrange a pick up time. I may also try to start shipping earlier than intended which isn’t ideal because I really don’t want to start our first time shipping in the cold weather, but I don’t know what else to do at this moment. Also, if anyone knows of a good attorney that could help me out with my next steps, it would be greatly appreciated.

Specials are up, some of the beautiful new arrivals are shown, and we had someone bring in some gigantic common plecos t...
11/17/2025

Specials are up, some of the beautiful new arrivals are shown, and we had someone bring in some gigantic common plecos that will be looking for some BIG homes. When you see these plecos in a store, they’re usually small, cute, and unfortunately sold to folks with small tanks as an algae eater. I’ve been waiting to get my hands on some big guys like this so I can show people how big they truly get. These guys are about 24” and, while they are awesome fish to keep, they aren’t for everyone and your 55 gallon tank is not enough for these. I know a few of you that have big enough tanks for these monsters but, if you don’t, please, for the sake of the fish, do not get one. I’ll have these guys in the back for a little bit to monitor them and then you’ll start to see them on the floor.

We’ve got more fish coming today, but I want to start off by thanking the Capital Cichlid Association for stopping by ye...
11/16/2025

We’ve got more fish coming today, but I want to start off by thanking the Capital Cichlid Association for stopping by yesterday during your shop hop! It’s always so great to see you guys and I really appreciate all of you not only supporting us so much while you’re about two hours away, but even catching your own fish while we were so busy! Special shout out to Andrew for also catching fish for the other customers as well! It’s unfortunate we weren’t all able to get a picture together, but I guess being that busy is a good problem to have. Here’s what’s coming in today!

Discus
Glass Catfish
Betta imbellis
Marbled Sailfin Catfish
Albino Marbled Sailfin Catfish
Bumblebee Platy
Thai Blue Silk Flowerhorn
Rummynose Tetra
Cardinal Tetra
Celebes Rainbowfish
Daisy’s Blue Ricefish
Clown Rasbora
Albino Senegal Bichir
Arrow Loach
Grade A Zebra Balloon Molly
L177 Gold Nugget Pleco “Iriri”
L004 Angelicus Pleco “Tocantins”
CW028 Super Schwartzi Cory “Purus”
Golden Tetra “Araguaia”
Black Angelfish
Marbled Angelfish
Zebra Lace Angelfish
Clown Barb
Dwarf Anchor Catfish
Gangetic Latia
Gold Tuxedo Lyretail Molly
Azul Peacock Bass
Banded Tiger Loach
Filament Barb
Black Lizard Loach
Tiretrack Eel
Lemon Oscar
Long-Snouted Pipefish
Blue Peacock Cichlid
OB Peacock Cichlid
Bettas
L340 Mega Clown Pleco
L103 Clown Pleco
Spotted Cory
Spotted Headstander

Some new products have hit the shelves over the last week, so let’s talk about them! First up is the Fluval Bio-Stratum....
11/15/2025

Some new products have hit the shelves over the last week, so let’s talk about them! First up is the Fluval Bio-Stratum. We carried this when we first opened but, at the time, the distributor we were using had them way overpriced, so we stopped carrying it for about a year. We’ve started getting requests for it recently and Hagen distributes their products differently now, so the pricing makes it much easier to bring in without having to overcharge for it.

Next up is not one, but two new lines of lights! The SkyAqua Pro is Aquatop’s line of higher end lights. They still come with a good old remote unlike a lot of the lights out now that want you to do everything through an app. For tech savvy people, I’m sure that’s great. For people like me, I’d take a basic switch or remote any day. We also got a request for Hygger’s line of clip-on lights. We were already carrying the nano sizes, but decided to just get the full line!

Finally, a new product that I actually just had someone message me about a week or so ago is a camera to watch your fish! I had never taken notice to any on any of my supplier lists but, coincidentally, this Foodie Cam popped up on my recent Hygger list so I had to grab some! This auto feeder/camera combo is controlled through an app where you can schedule feedings and control feeding portions from 0.1g-20g. The app will also notify you when your food level is low and the camera features night vision so you can watch your fish even if the lights are out! This would make a great Christmas gift for the fishkeeper in your life!

Me: We have a club visiting for a shop hop this Saturday, Black Friday is coming, and winter time is usually busy in gen...
11/14/2025

Me: We have a club visiting for a shop hop this Saturday, Black Friday is coming, and winter time is usually busy in general. I should get super stocked up so we have the best variety possible in time!

Also me: Where in the heck am I going to put all of these fish!?!?

Clover left me unsupervised for too long and I got a little fish happy… It’s also probably a good thing my fish room isn’t running right now or else I believe majority of this order wouldn’t have made it into the store. Here’s what we got today!

Angostura Cichlid
Marbled Fenestrata “Rio Antigua”
Firemouth
Chuco micropthalmus “Rio Copan”
Cribroheros rostratus
Cuban Cichlid
Flag Cichlid
Wallace’s Shoehead Catfish
Hastatus Cory
Synodontis flavitaeniatus
Synodontis schoutedeni
Synodontis waterloi
Pinocchio Whiptail Catfish
Emperor Loach
Hog Loach
Hypnotic Hillstream Loach
Peppered Kuhli Loach
Silver Kuhli Loach
Dwarf Hovering Loach
Queen Loach
Dwarf Zipper Kuhli Loach
Eight Spotted Leporinus
Xingu Black Neon Tetra
Nurse Tetra
Green Striped Pencilfish
Congo Barb
Copper Nose Barb
Thai Hi-Fin Barb
Spanner Barb
Rose Danio
Yellow Polka Dot Rasbora
Somphong’s Rasbora
Banded Bushfish
Yellow Melanzona Guppy
Cuban Limia
Procatopus nototaenia “Bidou/Kribi”
Nandus nandus

Barbara Day got it first! Banded Leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus) are beautiful, large growing characins from South Ameri...
11/13/2025

Barbara Day got it first! Banded Leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus) are beautiful, large growing characins from South America. These guys are best kept as either a single or in large groups. They do grow fairly large, so lots of swimming space is a must!

Time for another round of “Guess That Fish”! I remember seeing this fish full grown for the first time about 15 years ago. In a tank full of big, aggressive fish, this guy stood out to me more than any of them for some reason. Who knows what it is?

Hey guys! We sold this 75 gallon ensemble last week, so we scooped up the last two that the distributor had! If you’re i...
11/12/2025

Hey guys! We sold this 75 gallon ensemble last week, so we scooped up the last two that the distributor had! If you’re interested in one (or both!) don’t wait because, once these two are gone, I don’t know if/when they will run them as a promo again. $499.99 gets you the tank, stand, glass lids, and lights (I would replace them, they’re junk).

Another big project finished up yesterday! Steve officially washed and poured the last of the sand for the tanks! It too...
11/11/2025

Another big project finished up yesterday! Steve officially washed and poured the last of the sand for the tanks! It took 5,000lbs to do them all and he said his goal was to get it all done before Santa comes, and he did it with a few weeks to spare!

Specials are up and I added a few pictures of some of the new fish!
11/10/2025

Specials are up and I added a few pictures of some of the new fish!

11/09/2025

New plants and fish coming in today! We’ll be getting more shipments in than normal over the next few weeks as we gear up for Black Friday, so make sure to keep an eye out for more lists to pop up! Here’s what’s coming today:

Plants

Anubias barteri “Broad Leaf”
Anubias barteri “Petite Round”
Anubias barteri “Rainforest”
Anubias barteri “Golden Coin”
Anubias barteri “Striped”
Anubias barteri “Glabra”
Anubias barteri “Nana”
Anubias barteri “Nana” “Dark Moon”
Anubias barteri “Nana” “Tropica”
Anubias barteri “Wrinkle Leaf”
Anubias coffeefolia
Anubias congensis “Broad”
Anubias heterophylla “Supernova”
Bolbitis heteroclita “Asiatica”
Ceratopteris siliquosa
Cryptocoryne wendtii “Florida Sunset”
Cryptocoryne wendtii “Mi Oya”
Echinodorus “Little Mystery”
Homalomena sp. “Sekadau South” “Narrow”
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Hygrophila difformis
Hygrophila difformis “Variegated”
Juncus repens
Micranthemum “Monte Carlo”
Microsorum pteropus
Microsorum pteropus “Sunrise”
Pogostemon sampsonii
Pogostemon stellatus
Trichocoronis rivularis

Fish

Sunset Guppy
Dumbo Ear Platinum White Guppy
Platinum Comet Endler
Tiger Swordtail
Pink Comet Swordtail
Penguin Tetra
Serpae Tetra
Ceylon Killifish
Wild Bristlenose Pleco
Wild Oscar
GloFish Tetra
Panda Parrot
Opaline Gourami
Assorted Discus
Kelberi Peacock Bass
Golden Balloon Ram
Black Ghost Knife
Zebra Loach
Banded Dwarf Cichlid “Nanay”
Marbled Swamp Eel “Itaya”
Cupid Cichlid “Nanay”
Reticulated Cory “Napo”
Purple Pencilfish “Huallaga”
Pygmy Driftwood Catfish “Nanay”
LDA031 Mustard Spot Pleco “Ucayali”
Pictus Catfish “Napo”

Address

1155 Carlisle Street
Hanover, PA
17331

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 7pm

Telephone

+12232670957

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