Today I made my wife go (she actually begged to go) with me to a few of the area fish stores I had not gone in yet (amazed there are some). So we went to Fish Gallery and Houston Aquarium Warehouse. Both are nice in their own way.
Fish Gallery was an amazing store, kind of like visiting Aquarium Word. It has some very nice tanks and lots of fish. What I did like was the very nice display tanks, but it had to much of a large retail store feel. It was good to have so many people working there to help, but I felt like I was at Walmart with employees around every corner.
Houston Aquarium Warehouse (HAW) was the second store we went to and it was a great experience. The owner of the store (Dustin) was there to help us and gave us lots of personal attention. He also seemed to really know his fish stuff. He was very helpful, but not in a fake way like he is just doing his job. He even shared ways for me to save money when I could have just bought stuff from him. I also liked the feel of supporting a local small business owner. He did not have some showy fancy store, but a true fish store. I did end up buying a few fish (his prices are very good).
Since I am reviewing a few stores I am going to include my local shop, Aqua Zoo.
I stop by Aqua Zoo almost every week to look around for fish and to get ideas for new tanks. They have a true fish shop, kind of like HAW but a little smaller. They like Dustin really know their stuff and are a great husband and wife owned business. They tend to get most of my business due to the kindness and knowledge of the owners and the closeness to my house.
Fish Gallery was an amazing store, kind of like visiting Aquarium Word. It has some very nice tanks and lots of fish. What I did like was the very nice display tanks, but it had to much of a large retail store feel. It was good to have so many people working there to help, but I felt like I was at Walmart with employees around every corner.
Houston Aquarium Warehouse (HAW) was the second store we went to and it was a great experience. The owner of the store (Dustin) was there to help us and gave us lots of personal attention. He also seemed to really know his fish stuff. He was very helpful, but not in a fake way like he is just doing his job. He even shared ways for me to save money when I could have just bought stuff from him. I also liked the feel of supporting a local small business owner. He did not have some showy fancy store, but a true fish store. I did end up buying a few fish (his prices are very good).
Since I am reviewing a few stores I am going to include my local shop, Aqua Zoo.
I stop by Aqua Zoo almost every week to look around for fish and to get ideas for new tanks. They have a true fish shop, kind of like HAW but a little smaller. They like Dustin really know their stuff and are a great husband and wife owned business. They tend to get most of my business due to the kindness and knowledge of the owners and the closeness to my house.
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