Has anyone ever been to the store Aquarium Adventure?

Question

It looks pretty good and was wondering if anyone has been there. http://www.aquariumadventure.com/tour.htm

Answer 1

a girl i worked with used to work for aquarium adventure in Cleveland. She was one of the most knowledgable people I have ever come in contact with about fish.

However, I have an issue with them as they are (at least this is what she told me) linked to Pet Land. Ever been? They buy puppies off puppy mills and sell them at a 70-90% mark up after they have crammed them in little grate bottomed cages. They are sick and the medical records are falsified the majority of the time. Animals that are still alive are placed in freezers so they die quicker. Small pets and birds are placed in open "petters" that not only are overcrowded, but mixed sex. Cats are brought in off the street and vacinated with felovac without being tested for feline leukemia. Untrained teenagers vaccinate them, and then when the buyers buy the kittens and have them tested, they read a false positive for feline leukemia. Fish are accepted right off the street with who knows what and the reptiles come in covered in lice. I am ashamed to say I worked there for about four weeks once upon a time when i was young and stupid.

I have honestly heard nothing but good things about Aquarium Adventure...with the exception that they sell fish that outgrow the normal aquarium very quickly such as red-tailed catfish. If you go to the Cleveland Zoo Aquarium, a couple of the catfish and a few of the saltwater fish acctually came from Aquarium Adventure (according to the girl I worked with)

I wouldn't shop there becuase I have my own store and have issues with Pet Land...but if you only care about the individual store and not the affiliates, then I'd say go.

edit: after looking at the pictures...i am positive they are owned by petland. The aquarium fixtures and tanks are the same. the filter system in sub par. all the water mixes together. there is one large sump for about 15 tanks (each eight foot unti) that is difficult to properly maintain. if one tank is sick, they all are. The supplier should be out of florida. Seagrest may be the one...

Answer 2

I have been to one in Hoffman Estates,IL. Very nice selection of fish, and excellent show tanks. Way overpriced.Definatly connected with Petland. Nice to look at though.

Answer 3

I wish we had one nearby.
G: You can't blame a chain store for hiring teenagers and the uneducated for a retail position. Its not like they could survive hiring experts for all their chain stores. Its retail and you can't expect the workers to have to know anything besides getting your items and ringing up the price.

Answer 4

corporate franchise fish? hope its staff is better than petco and petsmart.

Answer 5

I havent been there.