The Aquarium Boutique

Ok, I am fairly new to the aquarium world, been about a year and a half since I started. I have 3 tanks now. I must say I’m bad about getting online and looking for answers for my aquarium needs. With that being said everybody has a different way of doing things. I have talked to Yuki a few times now with very dumb questions. He always breaks things down to where I can understand what is actually happening in my aquariums. In my ear and a half, I have only lost 2 fish and I’m going to be starting another tank very soon. Go check out Yuki, and his shop, no question is a dumb question. He will leave you with the knowledge you need to have successful fish tanks. Thanks for all of your help!

They are always nice and friendly. The price is cheaper than another place. You have to call them before come make sure they have more option of coral. Sometime they run out of corals so not much of choices

My boyfriend bought goldfish for $ 0.15 each and a background for his tank. We spoke to a younger boy most of the time and he was very knowledgeable about everything and answered all of our questions. The store owner was nice and he even offered to test my boyfriend’s tank water! The prices were reasonable and there is a nice selection of freshwater as well as saltwater creatures.

RUDE!!! Called here to ask a simple question and was cut off before I could even finish. Based on the phone interaction and lack of common social decency, I wouldn’t step foot into this store! He proceeded to interrogate me and was extremely condescending and unhelpful. I ended up going to another local aquarium shop who was MUCH more friendlier and helpful.

Ho hum. Even with quality control small things can get swept under the rug. I wanted to buy my younger brother a betta and decided to try a small local shop in the hopes that the fish would be in better condition than the ones sold in larger pet stores. At first I was excited to see so many gorgeous big tanks full of healthy-​looking fish. Then I went to the back and was disappointed to find the usual row of containers with bettas gasping in a scant inch of incredibly filthy water and showing signs of finrot and starvation (by contrast, when we went to the nearby Petco we were surprised to find the bettas looking way healthier in much cleaner water). For the record, I happen to be a betta splendens enthusiast who probably walked into the wrong place at the wrong time, and I even signed up here on Unilocal because I felt the need to address the issue. I think/​hope it can be improved on in this case. The big tanks did look nice, so I’m sure the workers are capable of handling a few bettas in the same professional and capable way they do everything else.
It’s just that the small things count sometimes :)

I ordered my custom made planet aquarium tank from here in early January. Since then, all my fish and a majority of my corals have come from Yuki at Aquarium Boutique. He is very honest. Won’t sell things to you he doesn’t think will be a good fit even if it means losing a sale. All the fish and corals I have bought were healthy and are still doing great. 100% recommended.

The fish here always seem to be very sociable, and they all come right up to the glass when you walk by or look at the tank. The fish are typically healthy, but all aquarium stores will run into diseases every once in a while. I’ve found the staff here to be disrespectful and dismissive, and one older gentleman even disregarding me telling them their freshwater puffer tank had ich by saying «they just look that way» (No, they don’t. I’ve kept freshwater puffers before and while they have some small bumps on them, they aren’t white and covering the fishes body and tail). That said, if you check the tanks thoroughly before buying you can get some very friendly, healthy fish here. If you are looking for dry goods, go elsewhere because their selection is tiny.