What is Moby Dick Pet Store?

Moby Dick Pet Store is a specialty pet store in Waterford, Michigan offering freshwater fish, saltwater fish, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, aquarium supplies, aquarium setup and maintenance services, live foods, bioactive supplies, and expert care guidance.

Where is Moby Dick Pet Store located?

Moby Dick Pet Store is located at 3700 Sashabaw Rd., Waterford, MI 48329.

What is the phone number for Moby Dick Pet Store?

The phone number for Moby Dick Pet Store is (248) 673-2520.

What are the hours for Moby Dick Pet Store?

Moby Dick Pet Store is open Monday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM and Sunday from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store sell freshwater fish?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store sells freshwater fish and strives to source fish from local breeders when possible. The store also breeds fish in house when possible.

What types of freshwater fish does Moby Dick Pet Store carry?

Moby Dick Pet Store carries many freshwater fish categories including community fish, tetras, rasboras, danios, fancy guppies, mollies, plecostomus, otocinclus, flying fox, Chinese algae eaters, nerite snails, Siamese algae eaters, brackish fish, scats, puffers, knight gobies, monos, chromides, and dragon gobies.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store sell aquarium plants?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store sells aquarium plants including bunch plants, floating plants, ground cover, stem plants, pond plants, bulb plants, Cryptocoryne, Anubias, moss, and oxygenators.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store have a freshwater fish guarantee?

Yes. Most freshwater fish sold by Moby Dick Pet Store are covered by a 7-day guarantee: 100% during the first 24 hours and 50% during the next 6 days. Customers must bring the fish body, a water sample, and the receipt for the guarantee to be honored.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store sell saltwater fish?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store sells saltwater fish and maintains fish and reef aquariums using systems designed to support water quality and animal health before livestock goes home with customers.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store sell coral or reef aquarium supplies?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store supports reef aquarium hobbyists and maintains reef tanks that are monitored for calcium and alkalinity to help support coral growth while in the store.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store offer a saltwater animal guarantee?

Saltwater animals are not covered by a guarantee. The website advises customers to contact a sales representative immediately if a saltwater animal dies within 24 hours after purchase.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store sell reptiles and amphibians?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store sells reptiles and amphibians and has staff experienced in helping these animals receive proper care and go to appropriate homes.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store sell invertebrates?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store carries invertebrates, including exotic animals under its care. The store recommends contacting or visiting to learn about current availability.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store sell live foods?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store sells live and frozen foods, including rodents and other feeder options for reptiles and amphibians.

What rodents does Moby Dick Pet Store carry for feeding?

Moby Dick Pet Store lists pinkie mice, fuzzy mice, hopper mice, retired breeder mice, rat pups, small rats, medium rats, large rats, and jumbo rats. Some are available live, some frozen, and some only in specific forms.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store carry bioactive supplies?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store carries bioactive supplies including isopods and springtails. The website mentions locally bred isopods such as dairy cow, powder orange, and powder blue.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store offer aquarium maintenance?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store offers aquarium setup and maintenance services including algae scrubbing and removal, substrate vacuuming, 30% water changes, filter media removal or replacement, water quality testing, protein skimmer cleaning, equipment inspection, and cleaning of glass and acrylic surfaces.

What aquarium setup and tank services does Moby Dick Pet Store offer?

Moby Dick Pet Store offers fish and coral disease treatment, bulb removal and replacement, tank moves, tank setup, and vacation feeding.

Can Moby Dick Pet Store help set up a new aquarium?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store offers tank setup services and can help customers with aquarium planning, setup, and ongoing maintenance.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store test aquarium water?

Yes. Aquarium water quality testing is listed as part of Moby Dick Pet Store's normal aquarium maintenance service.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store do aquarium water changes?

Yes. Normal maintenance service includes a 30% water change, substrate vacuuming, filter media service, and equipment inspection.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store offer vacation feeding for aquariums?

Yes. Vacation feeding is listed as one of the tank solutions offered by Moby Dick Pet Store.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store move aquariums?

Yes. Tank moves are listed among the aquarium services offered by Moby Dick Pet Store.

What brands does Moby Dick Pet Store carry?

Moby Dick Pet Store lists brands including Aqueon, Marineland, Seachem, The Crafting Crane, Fluval, Tetra, API, Instant Ocean, Hikari, Ocean Nutrition, San Francisco Bay, Zoo Med, Exo Terra, Algae Barn, and Salifert.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store have knowledgeable staff?

Yes. The website lists department managers and experienced staff for freshwater, saltwater, reptiles, service, dry goods, and customer relations, with several team members having more than 10 years of experience at the store.

Who owns Moby Dick Pet Store?

The website identifies Justin as the owner and general manager of Moby Dick Pet Store. He started at the store in 2002 and purchased it with his wife in 2022.

How long has Moby Dick Pet Store been around?

The website states that Moby Dick Pet Store has been a staple of Waterford since the 1970s and has provided exotic animal expertise to Oakland County and nearby areas for over 60 years.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store breed animals?

Yes. The website mentions breeding facilities dedicated to nurturing common and uncommon animal species, including rare reptiles, fish, and invertebrates.

Does Moby Dick Pet Store sell baby chicks or birds?

During peak seasons such as spring and summer, the website states that Moby Dick Pet Store sells baby chicks, ducklings, and turkeys from its Winserf Farms breeding facility.

Should I call before visiting Moby Dick Pet Store for a specific animal?

Yes. Animal, fish, plant, and product availability can change, so customers should call (248) 673-2520 before visiting if they are looking for a specific species or item.

Can Moby Dick Pet Store give pet care advice?

Yes. Moby Dick Pet Store staff can help with general care guidance for fish, reptiles, amphibians, aquariums, habitats, products, and feeding. For animal illness or injury, customers should contact a qualified veterinarian.

What areas does Moby Dick Pet Store serve?

Moby Dick Pet Store is located in Waterford, Michigan and serves customers from Oakland County and nearby Metro Detroit communities, including Waterford Township, Clarkston, Pontiac, Auburn Hills, White Lake, Lake Orion, Bloomfield Hills, West Bloomfield, and Commerce Township.

How do I contact Moby Dick Pet Store?

You can contact Moby Dick Pet Store by calling (248) 673-2520, emailing info@mobydickpets.com, or visiting the store at 3700 Sashabaw Rd., Waterford, MI 48329.

Saltwater | Moby Dick Pet Store

A Wide Variety Of Healthy Fish, Inverts, And Coral

One of the Largest Selection of Saltwater Animals

At Moby Dick Pet Store in Waterford, MI, we take pride in having a huge variety of ever-changing saltwater animals. Our tanks house over 3,000 gallons of fish, inverts, and corals. We strive to have the best quality and variety of saltwater species. Our staff expertise can assist with what species would best work with your current tank, or when starting a new one. Drop by our store to see what species we have available for you, today.

Our Saltwater Animals

Achilles Tang	Adult Atlantic Blue Tang	Adult Formosa Wrasse	Adult Orange Shoulder Tang	Adult Red Coris Wrasse
Aiptasia Eating Green Filefish	Algae Blenny	Antenna Goby	Antennata Lionfish	Arc Eye Hawk
Assorted Fairy Wrasse	Atlantic Pygmy Angel	Aurora Goby	Australian Harlequin Tusk	Banana Wrasse
Banded Cat Shark	Banded Pipefish	Banggai Cardinal	Bannerfish	Bartlett’s Anthias
Bicolor Angel	Bicolor Blenny	Bicolor Goatfish	Bimaculatus Blenny	Black Blenny
Black Cap Basslet	Black Clown Goby	Black Leopard Wrasse	Black Nox Angel	Black Tang
Blonde Naso Tang	Blue Angel	Blue Face Angel	Blue Gudgeon Goby	Blue Headed Wrasse
Blue Hippo Tang	Blue Jewel Puffer	Blue Sided Fairy Wrasse	Blue Spot Jawfish	Blue Stripe Pipefish
Browbird Wrasse	Burrfish	Bursa Trigger	Canery Blenny	Carpenter’s Flasher Wrasse
Catalina Goby	Chalk Basslet	Checkerboard Wrasse	Chevron Tang	Choat’s Leopard Wrasse
Chocolate Tang	Christmas Wrasse	Chromis	Citron Goby	Cleaner Wrasse
Clown Tang	Clown Trigger	Clownfish	Coney Island Grouper	Convict Tang
Copperband Butterfly	Coral Beauty	Coral Hogfish	Cryptic Wrasse	Damselfish
Dejardini Sailfin Tang	Diamond Sleeper Goby	Dogface Puffer	Dragon Goby	Dragon Wrasse
Dragonface Pipefish	Eibli Angel	Eight Line Wrasse	Emperor Angel	Evansi Anthias
Exquisite Fairy Wrasse	Falco Hawk	Fat Head Anthias	Female Bellus Angel	Female Bimaculatus Anthias
Female Black Spot Angel	Female Blue Throat Trigger	Female Leopard Wrasse	Female Lyretail Anthias	Female Randall’s Anthias
Female Squareback Anthias	Female Watanabei Angel	Filamented Flasher Wrasse	Firefish	Flagfin Angel
Flame Angel	Flame Cardinal	Flame Hawk	Flameback Angel	Flametail Blenny
Four Line Wrasse	Fourline Cleaner Wrasse	Foxface	French Angel	Fu Manchu Lionfish
Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish	Gem Tang	Gold Rim Tang	Green Banded Goby	Green Bird Wrasse
Green Clown Goby	Green Coris Wrasse	Green Mandarin	Halfblack Angel	Harlequin Tusk
Hector’s Goby	Helfrichi Firefish	Humu Humu Trigger	Ignitus Anthias	Juv. Atlantic Blue Tang
Juv. Formosa Wrasse	Juv. Orange Shoulder Tang	Juv. Red Coris Wrasse	Keyhole Angel	Kleini Butterfly
Koi Tang	Kole Tang	Koran Angel	Lamarck Angel	Lantern Bassslet
Lemon Tang	Lemonpeel Angel	Leopard Puffer	Longnose Butterfly	Longnose Hawk
Lubbock’s Fairy Wrasse	Lunare Wrasse	Lyretail Hogfish	Magenta Dotty	Magnificant Foxface
Majestic Angel	Male Bellus Angel	Male Bimaculatus Anthias	Male Black Spot Angel	Male Blue Throat Trigger
Male Leopard Wrasse	Male Lyretain Anthias	Male Randall’s Anthias	Male Squareback Anthias	Male Watanabei Angel
Marine Betta	McCosker’s Flasher Wrasse	Melunarus Wrasse	Midas Blenny	Midnight Angel
Mimic Tang (Eibli)	Mimic Tang (Half Black)	Mimic Tang (Lemon Peel)	Miniatus Grouper	Moorish Idol
Multicolor Angel	Multifaciatus Angel	Mystery Wrasse	Naso Tang	Neon Dotty
Neon Goby	Niger Trigger	One Spot Foxface	Orange Lined Wrasse	Orange Spot Blenny
Orange Spot Shrimp Goby	Orchid Dotty	Ornate Leopard Wrasse	Paddlefin Wrasse	Pajama Cardinal
Pakistani Butterfly	Panther Grouper	Pearlscale Butterfly	Peppermint Hogfish	Pink Spot Shrimp Goby
Pink Tail Trigger	Pintail Fairy Wrasse	Porcupine Puffer	Possum Wrasse	Potter’s Angel
Powder Blue Tang	Powder Brown Tang	Purple Firefish	Purple Tang	Pyramid Butterfly
Queen Angel	Raccoon Butterfly	Radiant Wrasse	Radiata Lionfish	Rainford’s Goby
Randall’s Goby	Red Head Goby	Red Lip Blenny	Red Mandarin	Red Tail Filefish
Redfin Fairy Wrasse	Regal Angel	Rock Beauty	Royal Flasher Wrasse	Royal Gramma
Ruby Dragonet	Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse	Rusty Angel	Saddleback Butterfly	Sailfin Molly
Sailfin Tang	Scissortail Goby	Scooter Blenny	Scopas Tang	Scott’s Greenback Fairy Wrasse
Seahorses	Shark Egg	Shark Nose Goby	Sharpnose Puffer	Singapore Angel
Six Line Wrasse	Snowflake Moray Eel	Soapfish	Sohal Tang	Solar Fairy Wrasse
Spotted Mandarin	Starry Blenny	Stars & Stripes Puffer	Swissguard Basslet	Tailspot Blenny
Tassled Filefish	Threadfin Butterfly	Tiger Wardi Goby	Timor Wrasse	Tobacco Basslet
Tominensis Tang	Twin Spot Coris Wrasse	Twin Spot Hogfish	Two Spot Bristletooth Tang	Unicorn Tang
V-Tail Grouper	Valentini Puffer	Vlamingi Tang	Volitan Lionfish	White Spot Puffer
White Tail Bristletooth Tang	Yasha Goby	Yellow Angel	Yellow Clown Goby	Yellow Coris Wrasse
Yellow Headed Sleeper Goby	Yellow Line Goby	Yellow Tang	Yellow Watchmand Goby	Yellowhead Jawfish
Zebra Bar Goby	Zebra Dwarf Lionfish

A vibrant underwater scene filled with colorful sea anemones, featuring bright yellow, orange, purple, and green tentacles, each tipped with glowing blue or white dots, creating a striking and lively display.

Saltwater Fish
Invertebrates
Soft Corals
Zoanthids
Stoney Corals
Gorgonians

A colorful aquarium scene with a bright yellow fish, two clownfish, a red starfish, and vibrant corals in purple, pink, and green hues.

Mushrooms
Shrimps
Snails
Urchins
Hermit Crabs
Locally Grown Coral Frags

Proper Saltwater Animal Care

Colorful tropical fish, including yellow tangs, clownfish, and blue tangs, swim around vibrant coral and sea anemones in a lively underwater scene. The background fades into blue water.

At Moby Dick Pet Store, we utilize Instant Ocean and Reef Crystals to maintain our fish and reef aquariums. In our fish aquariums we utilize a lower salinity, copper, and UV sterilizers to maintain a disease free environment for our outgoing and incoming fish. Our reef tanks are regularly monitored for calcium and alkalinity to ensure the best coral growth while at the store. All of our systems get weekly water changes to maintain the best water quality possible before they’re headed to your home.

*Please note that our saltwater animals are not covered by a guarantee. Get in touch with our sales representative immediately if your pet dies within 24 hours after your purchase.