Brands We Carry
About Us
Fish and Bird Emporium is an established Wholesaler with an excellent track record in customer satisfaction.
We import from exotic locations including Thailand, Singapore, China, Columbia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Florida. Our strong relationships we’ve built with our suppliers has enabled us to provide a wide variety of fish to our customers while maintaining very competitive prices.
What We Carry
Tropical Fish, Pond Fish, Aquatic Plants
We supply tropical fish, pond fish, and aquatic plants to brick and mortar pet stores and garden centres across Canada. We can deliver your order directly to your store in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. In another province? We ship via air too.
Birds
Parakeets, canaries, conures, and more. Our conures are hand-fed and our bird rooms are monitored weekly by a veterinarian. We’re working hard to ensure that the birds arriving at your store are healthy and comfortable during their stay in our facilities.
Reptiles, Amphibians, Small Animals, Feeders
Lizards, frogs, crabs, snakes, hamsters, crickets, worms, minnows. Bulk fish bags, fish food, live feeders. If you want something we don’t carry, we work with our partners to bring it to you.
If you are not yet a client and are interested in viewing our stock and price list, please contact us at:
Phone: 705-456-4560
Toll Free: 800-634-9220
Email: Orders@fishandbird.com
In-House Fish Veterinarian: Paul Manesis - BSc MVB CertAqVDr
Manesis grew up on the shores of New Jersey USA and like most of you, kept fish since a small child and always enjoyed them. His fishkeeping hobbies included predator freshwater fish, breeding seahorses, and propagating corals.
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Dr. Manesis completed an undergraduate degree from LaSalle University with an Integrated Science, Business, Technology (ISBT) major and biology minor, then a veterinary degree from University College Dublin in Ireland.
He further went on to complete a certificate in aquatic animal medicine through the World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association (WAVMA).
Dr. Manesis thoroughly enjoys tending to the fish at Fish and Bird Emporium and strives to maintain the healthiest of fish populations. He can be seen walking the facility handpicking batches of fish for testing. Dr. Manesis will anesthetize and sample fish for routine physical exams or for diagnosing diseases that may be apparent. With his meticulous attention to detail we are happy to have him on our team. Currently, Dr. Manesis has a mixed peaceful freshwater tank and a koi pond.
When Dr.Manesis is not working, he likes to spend time with his wife and two daughters, teaching them all about fish and bees. His other hobbies include leatherwork, beekeeping, and boxing.
Our Facility
We deliver to your door
When
Our deliveries are sent out from Tuesday to Friday. Fish, plant and bird orders must be placed the day before your location’s scheduled delivery day. Rodent and cricket orders must be placed a few days in advance because they are supplied by other vendors and not kept in our facilities. Once we know your weekly delivery day, all the necessary information will be provided.
Holidays
Some holidays require us to shift our delivery days. If a holiday is coming up, please be sure to call us to see how it will affect your delivery day and time. Delivery changes can happen very quickly. When in doubt, call us.
Where
We have primarily served pet stores in Ontario, however due to popular demand we have been delivering (with our trucks) to the Maritimes such as New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI and also Newfoundland for many years now. We have 30 employees and a fleet of 15 trucks that go out each day for deliveries.
If you own a pet store, call us and see if you’re on any of our delivery routes and which day of the week your delivery would arrive on. We also ship via air Canada-wide. In this case, the customer is responsible for receiving the shipment at the airport.
Our History
Fish & Bird Emporium was established in 1984 by Co-owners Louie Gialedakis & Joe Tusim.
At that time Louie owned a pet store and Joe was in sales with a fish wholesaler in Fort Erie. It was through their weekly interactions they developed a friendship and decided to go into business together as a tropical fish and bird wholesaler sharing the same passion for the industry and offering unique strengths and attributes to complement each other. It's a partnership that remains strong to this day.
The business started with a small unit in Hamilton using plastic kids’ pools to hold fish as we didn’t have the equity to build a more suitable facility. Over time we kept moving to larger facilities in Mississauga then Brampton before ultimately moving to Innisfil in 2004 where we are today.