| Location -Greece | Location - Fairport | |
2833 Ridge Rd W, Rochester, NY 14626 ![[Directions]](/wiki/dd_start.png "Click for driving, walking, or bus directions from Google"){kind=small} |
Fairport Road and Marsh Road, Fairport, NY 14445 |
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| Wegmans Plaza - Ridgemont | Wegmans Plaza - Country Club | |
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| 585 225 8700 | 585 381 3870 | |
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| Yes - both locations | ||
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Pet World is a Rochester based business with a handful of locations, two of which are in the Rochester area. Company also does business as Aqua Shoppes Pet World.
For more on pets in the Rochester area see Pet Life
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2006-06-06 22:29:56 The Ridge Rd location is probably the best place in town for freshwater fish. New deliveries arrive on Thursdays. —DaveMahon
2006-06-26 16:01:33 This store gets their puppies fom Puppy Mills not natural breeders. Several people I know have received unhealthy puppies —PeteB
2006-11-04 02:05:12 I've heard that their Buffalo and Faiport locations are closing down. I've also been hearing reports about mites in the Ridge Rd location. —DaveMahon
2007-04-06 11:07:25 When I first walked in, I was impressed by their huge bird habitats...but then I was disappointed that the puppies lived in cages that were about a third of the size of the bird cages. I don't know about their health, but they didn't look very happy. I bought shavings for my rabbit's cage, and they were a bit more expensive than they typically are at the larger chains. —RachelBlumenthal
2007-04-06 15:23:38 There's been some puppy mill accusations about Pet World...some very unhealthy dogs sold from the Fairport location —PeteB
2007-04-06 20:29:50 Puppies are only sold in the Fairport location. The Ridge Rd store carries freshwater and saltwater fish, small pets and birds. Their saltwater section is underwhelming, but they also tend to be very underpriced, which is great when they get something good in. —DaveMahon
2008-09-13 09:21:00 In preparation of stocking my 20 gallon fresh water fish tank I decided to check out the Greece location and take a drive from Fairport.
My expectations were higher to begin with, seeing as how people here and on other sites have said this is the best fish store in Rochester. Well, the place was quite dirty with a lot of broken tanks, water all over the floors and bad smell. I saw at least 3 tanks with dead fish in them and even overheard a 10 year old girl say "mommy, they don't take good care of their fish, there's a dead gold fish in this tank, they didn't take it out." They do have a pretty good variety of fish but, for example, even the popular clown loaches - I didn't see. They do have Discus fish, so that's a plus if you're into that, and they have a lot of live plants - but their condition leaves much to be desired. I would think that when they get a fresh batch in, that's the time to grab them. All in all, I think the PetWorld in Fairport is much cleaner and between that place and ABC Pets, also in Fairport, an average fish tank owner will find all he or she needs on the east side. And, for someone more serious, I'd go to The Fish Place in North Tonawanda, in the Buffalo area (that place is amazing!) —JeffStetz
2008-09-13 20:04:34 My understanding is that the business owners know they need to make some pretty hefty improvements to their store, but are unwilling/unable to do so. They're also hurting from the spike in livestock shipping prices. My previous comments were valid at the time they were posted, but I agree with you, Jeff. The Fish Place is, in my opinion, the best Western NY source for freshwater at this time. Locally, even Petco and Petsmart have upgraded their tank systems so they're no longer parasite distribution systems.
Pet World came on the scene before there were national chains and wanted to become one, but through some bad decisions and some bad luck, did not succeed. They carved out a niche for a while, but now they simply appear to be running the business down at this point. —DaveMahon
2008-09-14 07:27:18 Park Avenue Pets on Monroe Ave also has fish, not a huge selection but the quality seems to be there. —DottieHoffmann
