I might add... It is the absolute largest fish store I have ever been in... It's even larger than the petland near my home in Charlotte, NC.
Aquarium Adventure store... WOW.
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johnlarson66
These Pandas Rock
wackydan said:
It looks like it is a part of Petland. Maybe the Charlotte store inspired this concept. Here is a cut and paste from the site:
Aquarium Adventure's retail operating system is an evolution of the Petland© franchise system
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I wish we had one here...
sarcare said:
I completely AGREE with this statement! It's an amazingly fun store to walk through... however... lot's of sick and stressed fish for sale. They had a whole tank of Silver Dollars a while back with fin rot that looked very beat up (and they were "Discounted"). I had to tear down my quarantine tank because I'm getting ready to move. I went in a couple weeks ago and they had Sterbai Cories for sale at only $4.99. I had just had to move my Pictus cats out of my 55 because they were picking on my Angels. So I got real excited and bought 8 of the cories and put them directly in my 55. Within four days (but after 48 hours) six of them were dead. They died over night and I woke up to find my Angels picking at their bodies. I've since lost four Angels to some sort of parasite infection. I know it's really my fault for not putting the cories in quarantine (the fish looked healthy). I talked to several employees and they were unhelpful and on the brink of accusatory (You must have ammonia!). When I told the employee that I thought I had introduced something with the cories they actually told me that I couldn't introduce a sickness or other problem by putting sick fish in my tank. During a passing conversation with another employee several days later, he mentioned to me that they received the cories I bought and that they were very badly packed at over 100 cats to a bag and were very stressed. They should have never put them out for sale so fast. I'm convinced they knew they would have problems and wanted to move them fast (thus the reason for the incredible price).
So in closing, I'm not recommending not to shop there. I'm just saying be careful. Ask the employees how long they have had the fish and if there had been a lot of deaths from the bunch. If there is even one sick looking fish in the tank, avoid all the fish in the tank.
On a cool note, twice a year they have 40% off ALL freshwater fish sale. The next one is in February. You can also join their fish club and get 25% off all livestock. Their employees are very knowledgeable, however I've gotten conflicting advice on things from different employees which can make it tough on newbies like me.
I have been to Aq Ad stores in Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago.
The stores are massive but things are way over priced. I shop there only when they have deals going on.
The stores are massive but things are way over priced. I shop there only when they have deals going on.
I thought that was their natural colors. People don't REALLY do this, do they? That's got to be a hoax.I'm afraid they do.
Ever seen the colorful JellyBean Parrots? They're dyed.
The Bleeding Heart Parrots are Blood Parrots that had their tails removed with scissors. I used to have a link to a page that explained how to do it, where to make the cut, etc...
OK, I need to shut up before I really get going.... :mad2:
There are some screwed up people out there.
Ever seen the colorful JellyBean Parrots? They're dyed.
The Bleeding Heart Parrots are Blood Parrots that had their tails removed with scissors. I used to have a link to a page that explained how to do it, where to make the cut, etc...
OK, I need to shut up before I really get going.... :mad2:
There are some screwed up people out there.
AA :thm:
Yes they are pricey, but they do have club memebership for a discount, and they reduced the cost of the membership this year also (dont know this might be just a local thing?). I do most of my shopping at thier twice a year sale - used to be 50% off but now I guess thier doing 40%. They also have alot more rare fish than your typical lfs.
As with any fish store they employ 'kids' for low wages so your going to have a few employees that arent too knowledgable but some of them in thier are quite knowledgable. Even though they dont really cary brackish fish per-se, one of the employees was quite knowledgable on what plants could tolerate salt.
Then I got the kid that when I asked about a shrimp I saw in a tank and wether or not my clown loaches might see it as food he said it was a crayfish and because it has claws that fish will leave it alone. It wasnt a crayfish, and it didnt have big claws lol(think it was a cherry shrimp, but I didnt inquire further).
Yes they are pricey, but they do have club memebership for a discount, and they reduced the cost of the membership this year also (dont know this might be just a local thing?). I do most of my shopping at thier twice a year sale - used to be 50% off but now I guess thier doing 40%. They also have alot more rare fish than your typical lfs.
As with any fish store they employ 'kids' for low wages so your going to have a few employees that arent too knowledgable but some of them in thier are quite knowledgable. Even though they dont really cary brackish fish per-se, one of the employees was quite knowledgable on what plants could tolerate salt.
Then I got the kid that when I asked about a shrimp I saw in a tank and wether or not my clown loaches might see it as food he said it was a crayfish and because it has claws that fish will leave it alone. It wasnt a crayfish, and it didnt have big claws lol(think it was a cherry shrimp, but I didnt inquire further).
