A World of Fish

They have a good assortment of fishes but their prices from fish, aquariums to accessories are ridiculously high. If you plan to purchase an aquarium here, I would recommend shopping around first. I purchased an aquarium and stand set for around $ 400 and a week later saw the same set at Petsmart for half that price. Overall this is a good place to just take the kids too and look around.
Here are some sites I would recommend for purchasing aquarium equipment and accessories,
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. For fish purchses, Forest Lake Pets also has a great selection and their prices are about half that of A World of Fish, sometimes less.

There are things that A World of Fish really excels at, such as providing a very large selection of healthy freshwater and saltwater livestock. Their tanks always appear very clean and well presented. Unlike chain stores, I’ve never been able to spot a dead fish in any tank, nor have I seen any that have been affected by disease (super important).
On the contrary, there are a few things that could be improved. The prices are quite a bit higher than other live fish stores in the metro. Unless I see a fish I really want, I usually can’t justify paying what they are asking and go elsewhere. Also, the customer service is hit-​or-​miss to say the least. One girl that works there is fast, friendly, and knows her stuff (the one with a piercing). When she’s not working I feel like I’m a total inconvenience to some of the other staff. Awkwardly waiting a half hour to buy one fish is off-​putting. I do understand that the staff get busy (it’s a tiny place), but a «we’ll be right with you» would be better than not knowing if you’ll ever get helped.
Overall, I’ll continue to stop by A World of Fish due to the quality of the livestock and the large selection but if it continues to be out of my budget, I’ll just look.

They do have a pretty good assortment of fish and knowledgeable staff. Their prices are quite a bit higher than the other stores in the area. They also have some good people but it’s hit and miss. Some of the help are pretty rude and really give off the impression that you’re interrupting or inconveniencing them and they don’t have the time of day for you.

I used to buy all my livestock and dry goods from A World of Fish before being removed from the hobby (due to work) for the past 10 years. After entering the hobby again this past summer I quickly made a trip to AWOF. I was blown away at how expensive Ted (the owner) has got with his prices on both livestock and dry goods. He was asking $ 79.99 for sick, anemic looking Discus around the 2″ size compared to Tropiquatics (N. St Paul) who sells healthy discus for $ 25. Small Roseline sharks were $ 39.99 compared to Petsmart at $ 9.09. Back in the day AWOF was «THE» place to buy your fish. Obviously competitive pressures from online sales have forced AWOF’s hand to raise their prices to the stupid level. I’m absolutely amazed anyone would pay these type of prices. Shop around and you will find better prices and healthier fish. Forest Lake Pets andTropiquatics just to name a couple.
Oh, and the dry goods, don’t even think about it unless you are in a pinch and desparate. You’ll likely find better prices everywhere else. If time allows, save yourself some money and shop online (Big Al’s, Dr Foster & Smith, That Pet Place, and Amazon).
Disappointing to see this once great local fish store take such a nosedive.

A World of Fish is by far the best place to stock your aquarium in the area. Even the younger employees are very knowledgable and have on multiple occasions been able to help us with our questions on care, compatibility and test our water (a free service). Choice of color, shape and pattern of community fish has been significantly better than chains like Petco or Petsmart, not to mention how much fun it is to look at their variety of saltwater fish. I honestly look forward just to browsing this store, very fun!

Huge assortment of fish, and the workers there are always helpful and educated.
Though, just because it’s the best fish store in the twin cities, the fish are not 100% healthy. The goldfishes are a hit or miss.
If you don’t like what you see, come back a week later, and there will be new fish!
Really expensive equipment, so it’s better to buy your equipment at Petco/​Petsmart, ebay, amazon, or

After three months my home aquarium is looking great, but at GREAT expense to my wallet. At first I thought the prices at WOF were somewhat reasonable since their stock is better than most. But as I’ve purchased additional fish and plants, I have come to realize that WOF marks up their merchandise by double or even triple what it should be. I wish there was a good alternative, but alas there is not. Oh well.

Unfortunately, the customer service here is not good. Some of folks working are very nice and knowledge but others are aloof and rude.
A few weeks ago I was in PetSmart just picking up algae tabs for my pleco and I inquired about pink convicts. The sales associate stated they did not have them but that World of Fish might. I replied I won’t do business with them and she got this funny look on her face. I said «you have heard that before?» and she replied «we hear that a lot». Then another customer waiting to be helped, chimed in and «they are just rude over there».
Suggest you go elsewhere for aquarium needs

So many fish! This would be an awesome place for a club, just thought of that. I walked in and could go straight, right, of left into separate rooms of fish. I imagine they are grouped by fresh water, salt water, and however one would display these underwater creatures.
Low lighting, sea-​smells, and lots of oxygenation machines running. Can you tell I don’t own any fish, or really desire to? Good place if you’ve got a dental-​office tank to keep up and re-​stock from time to time.
No idea how this came to be, but literally 3 blocks west on 66^th, is ANOTHER fish store: «Something Fishy.» Must be some heavy competition between the two.