It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, filling in for Brian.

And to end the show, we continue our membership drive mini series on the animals.

We voluntarily share our lives within our homes, our pets.

We've talked about dogs, reptiles, cats, rabbits.

And now we're going to talk about fish.

We are joined today by Chi Cho, the owner of one of the area's top destinations for fish and all they need to thrive,

Pacific Aquarium Inc. on Delancey Street in Manhattan. Welcome to WNYC, Chi Cho. Thank you. How are you?

I'm well. So glad you could join us. And first, can you tell us a little bit about Pacific Aquarium,

which is, I think,

its own adventure in itself? How many fish tanks do you have there? And what other kind of aquatic life do you sell at the store? Oh, that's a great question. We have probably today, maybe about 80

aquariums, but we started out about 150 we've been around for about

four decades now and we have so much different aquatic life these little ecosystems aquarium

landscape tanks shrimp shrimp tanks, marine, and fresh water,

and a big range of aquatic plants is what makes out specialty.

Wow, so Chi, maybe you can help me understand this.

I'm a cat owner and I love my kittens.

They're very snugly.

You can't pet a fish.

You can't really cuddle with a fish.

So is part of the attraction of having these pets just because you're creating this underwater habitat in your home?

Yes.

Believe it or not, fish, shrimps have so much personalities, and they are actually very intelligent.

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