Knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly staff. Could you get your corals and fish cheaper online?…read moreProbably. Will that be a better experience than visiting the beautiful local fish store? Certainly not. In an already expensive hobby, it is, in my opinion, worth the small premium to be able to go to a (nice) retail store and talk out your purchases with a knowledgeable staff member before you invest hundreds to thousands in livestock. Would recommend

Saltwater only store. Friendly, knowledgable staff. My only…read morecritique is you can get conflicting info depending on who you talk to but I find that common when dealing in this hobby. Store is always clean and organized. Tanks always look healthy and clean too. At times the live stock can be low but doesn't bother me. They recently expanded the retail area of the store and it looks less cramped. I buy my saltwater here since I have a smaller tank which brings me back to browse and chat.

This place is fantastic! We went there to get my son his first betta fish and they were…read moreunbelievably helpful. They have a great selection and the staff are so knowledgeable. PLEASE go here instead of the big box chains for your fish!

The staff are extremely knowledgeable! They listened to us and gave us pointers on our current fish…read moretank. They were reassuring and walked us through things that will work. They gave me some things on the house to help with my live plants floating and helped us find the right snail for our tank!

I love this place!…read more You know how your kid bugs you for a fish tank and promises to take care of it only to lose interest as soon as the first pair of guppies dies? Well, that was me over 50 years ago except I never lost interest. I've been keeping fish and visiting fish stores around the country for my entire life. The people from World Of Fish who started RiverShore Aquariums have done a great job. Located not far from the original World of Fish, RiverShore has clean tanks, friendly and knowledgeable staff and they are super keyed in on planted tank setups. These days my tanks are relatively simple just to keep things easy, rocks and driftwood mostly, but I've been wanting to do a planted tank for a while. I know the basics but had some questions on substrate, plant selection and lighting for what is basically going to be a freshwater nanotank. The staff person who helped me was super knowledgeable, answered my questions and gave me some good advice for getting started. They had a good selection of different kinds of gravel as well as an assortment of driftwood and rocks. I liked that they have a table where you can do a little aquascaping trial and error before you make a final selection. The fish were high quality and appeared healthy. Most were smaller species suitable for planted tanks. I even discovered a new species that I had never heard of - anchor catfish. Super cool and perfect for my little nanotank. I know enough about fish and have been to enough fish stores to know which ones are really good. Rivershore is at the top of the list if you live in the Twin Cities, and especially if you're interested in giving planted tanks a try. Even if its plants aren't your thing or you are new to the hobby, I'd checkout Rivershore for your first aquarium.

This is such a fantastic fish store. You know that one friend whose house is always immaculately…read morepristine, such that -- no matter how recently or how well you've cleaned your own house -- you always feel a little self-conscious & guilty when you visit theirs? Rivershore Aquariums is that friend: All the tanks are SO clean, and so perfectly lit, and all the fish are ready for their closeups. It's like an aquatic Parade of Homes in there -- 0% chance of the "Oh gosh, that fish looks so sick, should I mercy-buy it & set up a hospital tank & try to save it? Or should I not give this place my money?" experience. You should definitely give this place your money. They also sold me the sweetest, most industrious little pleco I've ever had in my life. I bought her as a bristlenose pleco, but she's secretly some kind of Turbo Pleco -- as in, my tank gets direct sunlight (can't be avoided), and it had the algae to match, but a week after I brought my new plec'ling home, I found myself asking a visitor, "Hey, you didn't clean the inside of the 55gal while you were here, did you?" (Spoiler: No, I do not have tank-cleaning houseguests. I just have a magic pleco.)

My daughter and a friend have been talking aBour this place for a few years. With my adamant…read morestance of "no pets!!!" the last three years, I hadn't stepped foot in this place because, well, I didn't need the temptation. And then we moved and happened to have a chintzy plastic betta fish tank that happened to appear when unpacking. Seed planted. So we spend an evening checking out if you pet shops in looking at betta's . Bought one for said chintzy fish tank for my 3 year old to have a fish and that set the ball rolling. I wanted my own fish too. But as selective as I am, just any ok' pretty betta wouldn't do. So in I went to this locall aquatic store with no idea what I'd find. My first thought?? This store looks kinda sketchy. And it does not smell pretty. It would be equivalent to a dive bar of the aquatic world. No-frills kind of store. Bare cement. No fancy bright decorations to be found. Just rows and rows of stacked fish tanks, piles of rocks, aquatic plants (that were actually IN tanks of water) and lots of special tree pieces make for aquariums. But the staff...they are AMAZING!! I mean, come on, I came in for a betta fish. Not really a high dollar sale for them. But they www really above and beyond sweet, helpful and not only answered all my uneducated betta fish questions but the guy Andy (I'm guessing the owner??) even told me some tips on how I can do this gorgeous betta tank thing even more economical and actually showed me how he cleans the filter on hIs pump instead of buying new filters! I left with a tall 2 gallon square aquarium (it was even on sale!!) and a chunk of wood that he gave me an idea of trimming it down to make a tree from to fit my pretty little tall square glass aquarium. Oh, and a live moss ball plant for my 3 year olds betta fish to play with. He told me exactly what to do with that chunk of wood over this next week (put it in hot water and soak it for a week) to prepare it for my tank so that when they find the perfect fish for me, it would be ready. (Well, I'm going back next week to buy little plants to the wood to make it look like an actual tree- his idea that he walked me thru on how to pull it off!) Yep, that's right, I didn't even leave with a fish. They were willing to search for just the right platinum white half moon rosetail betta for me. And even agreed to send me videos of the ones they find before I decide one it!!! I have never in my life experienced such AMAZING customer service!! These people are SO awesome!!! And by the way, they do have some pretty cool fish you would NEVVVER find at Petco too. (Hello stingray and piranha.)

good staff, good fish, been there a few times and always left satisfied. planning to get at least…read moresome of the fish for my future community tank from here.

I had two Pond Company guys out to Spring clean my pond today and am thrilled with their work. I…read morehave a natural pond wih a recirculating pump and an extensive bog rather than a filter and skimmer. Specifically, they back flushed the bog through it's centepede plumbing under the bog plantings and dislodged years worth of debri clogging it. The bog is flowing and cleaning better than ever and ready for some more plants. They took good care of my fish while they cleaned and left everything in great shape. I'll definitely have them back.

We have been working with Lisa and the Pond Company for years. She has been a valuable resource for…read moreus as we learned the skills needed to care for our backyard koi pond. The prices are fair and competitive. We went in yesterday to ask how to rid our pond of unwanted cattails and not only found the solution but also ended up buying 3 more fish at a bargain price! I'm so glad there is a local store where we can view products and ask questions. Thanks Lisa!

If you like ornamental fish, this place has unbeatable discus, goldfish, guppies and other…read morelivebearers. It doesn't carry bread and butter fish, but if you're really into the aquarium hobby, this is the place to go.

This was a very dirty vicinity. I would never recommend going to this place ever again. The only…read morereason I came back to the store is to return my frozen water jugs that they gave me. All the tanks were dirty. The workers made me feel unsafe and they were a little creepy. My angle fish that I bought for 25$ died after only 2 days of being in my enclosure due to bad conditions at the store.

I have been going to Wet World for 3 years now and love the service and advice they provide! I buy…read morefish, shrimp, aquatic plants, wood, products to help my tanks thrive and R/O water from Mike, Josh, Mason and other employees all are helpful. I have been to over 11 different aquatic stores in Minnesota over the years that are not BIG stores like Petco and this one is a store I would suggest to anyone. Leaving after I finish this review to head over there.

premier aquarium has been cleaning our two home tanks for over 2 years now and have always been…read morevery professional and detailed. They are also very knowledgeable. I have been nothing but 110% satisfied with everyone I've worked with on the team. I would highly recommend them.

From the owner: Premier Aquarium Service provides aquarium installations, aquarium maintenance, aquarium moves,…read morewater garden installations, ultra-rare fish, and bubble walls to the Minneapolis, MN area.