Aqua Life Aquarium

Went in Sunday afternoon with my special needs daughter who had been so excited to get a fish for her birthday. We are beginners and I knew I would need guidance. I wish I knew the name of the one girl working. She spoke to us with the rudest tone multiple times. “You’re not going to put a goldfish in that tank.” When I indicated getting a smaller tank. She didn’t offer much assistance just a snappy attitude anytime she had to help us or answer a question. After she left for the day, another guy ended up helping us and was much more helpful. Explaining different things about setup and making suggestions. Sincere thanks to this gentleman that showed understanding towards the emotions of my special needs daughter (and her friend) as we worked through the learning process of what we could and couldn’t get. Especially when we had to leave without a fish. I did spend nearly $200 for a basic set up. We won’t be back. We will find another place to get the rest of what we need. Unfortunately, I can’t risk going back and getting service from employees that have no people skills.

The staff were all very kind and welcoming, place is very clean, fish are great and all healthy months later (except one who died the first day) But the lack of knowledge that the staff or at least one specific person had was concerning. I am relatively new to fish keeping and had originally came to the store to buy a fish that I had done a lot of research on and was confident in my ability to care for, but when I came to the store and saw none I asked a staff when the next shipment was and was told when, but before I left I was convinced to buy a different fish a tiger barb to be exact. I really liked how they looked and asked a few questions about them like could they go in a ten gallon tank? How many do I need? And so on. Not only was I told that they could fit in a ten gallon (they can not) I was also told they do great in small groups and that four was perfect. I was also misinformed on their size and what they would grow up to look like. I was told they were full grown and would acquire stripes as they grew. News flash they grew a lot and never got stripes. I have since gotten the proper tank size and the proper amount of fish (from a different store cuz when ever I came back they had none) and everything has been running smoothly since then. What I’m trying to say is do your research go get the fish you want and If they don’t have them don’t be convinced to buy a different one that you don’t know their care requirements of. Stick to your plan and all is well. Pic of my big boy. As you can see he grew a lot.

This place is absolutely awesome! Maybe not the best prices in town, but the selection is great, especially if you go in after their Wednesday delivery. I try to support local LFS as much as possible, and I go out of my way to shop here. They have even special ordered fish for me. How cool is that! Plus they are very knowledgeable to boot.

Always love coming here for the advice and quality of fish. Manager is one of the sweetest ladies ever and employees are respectful. Definitely worth driving out of my way for this aquarium store and they will always have my business!

Great place with a lot of cool and oddball fish. Lots of salt water stuff to. I got my first monster fish, a tiger shovel nose. We got a bunch of other cool stuff like electric blue rams and butterfly fish and stuff like that. The staff great and very knowledgeable.