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Here are the ones I'm aware of, where they are, and my thoughts on them...
Boutique Pet Shop
Location: South of Buckner on Garland Road, on west side of the road
Notes: They are very rude at this store in general. They are, however, knowledgable and have pretty good prices/selection. They have very good prices on salt water, if you buy yours. Bill is the man to talk to.
Aquarium Mart
Location: South of Belt Line on Midway. East side of the road facing north.
Notes: The people here are very nice. I believe it's owned by a husband/wife team, but I'm not sure. They have a pretty poor selection of fish, but the prices are pretty good on some of them. Their tank selection is moderately good considering the size of the store.
Dallas North Aquarium
Location: West of Midway on Trinity Mills. South side of the road. Look for the palm trees outside.
Notes: Very clean, professional-looking store. They have a good selection with moderately high prices. They are usually pretty nice, but there are a lot of kids and part-time workers there that don't know the business. Be careful who you talk to there until you know who's knowledgable and who is not. Pete is the guy I talk to. He's not a genius in the field, but he won't pretend to know what he doesn't know. He's extremely nice.
Aquatic Designs
Location: Northeast corner of Alma and Parker in Plano. Faces west.
Notes: This place does most of theirr business servicing people's tanks. They do sell stuff out of their store, though. Their tank selection is good, and their prices are usually very good. About half the people there really know what they're doing. One annoying thing is that they don't mark prices on hardly anything in the store. You have to ask about nearly every price. They are very nice, though.
Anyone know of any stores in the area that are worth visiting or listing?
Boutique Pet Shop
Location: South of Buckner on Garland Road, on west side of the road
Notes: They are very rude at this store in general. They are, however, knowledgable and have pretty good prices/selection. They have very good prices on salt water, if you buy yours. Bill is the man to talk to.
Aquarium Mart
Location: South of Belt Line on Midway. East side of the road facing north.
Notes: The people here are very nice. I believe it's owned by a husband/wife team, but I'm not sure. They have a pretty poor selection of fish, but the prices are pretty good on some of them. Their tank selection is moderately good considering the size of the store.
Dallas North Aquarium
Location: West of Midway on Trinity Mills. South side of the road. Look for the palm trees outside.
Notes: Very clean, professional-looking store. They have a good selection with moderately high prices. They are usually pretty nice, but there are a lot of kids and part-time workers there that don't know the business. Be careful who you talk to there until you know who's knowledgable and who is not. Pete is the guy I talk to. He's not a genius in the field, but he won't pretend to know what he doesn't know. He's extremely nice.
Aquatic Designs
Location: Northeast corner of Alma and Parker in Plano. Faces west.
Notes: This place does most of theirr business servicing people's tanks. They do sell stuff out of their store, though. Their tank selection is good, and their prices are usually very good. About half the people there really know what they're doing. One annoying thing is that they don't mark prices on hardly anything in the store. You have to ask about nearly every price. They are very nice, though.
Anyone know of any stores in the area that are worth visiting or listing?