Hello fellow Minnesotan.
I had a bad experience there as well recently. I reviewed it online so I'll just copy it:
Not knowledgeable. 2010-09-26
We called prior to going in, and the help we received on the phone struck me as lacking in confidence, but you can't always tell over the phone what's what, and we were looking for a particular fish, which they had in stock. The same clerk helped us in person, and we were just sold bronze Corydoras aeneus and told they were juvenile Brochis splendens. I asked why they were labeled differently on the tank, and ask that she double check that they were the same species. The clerk left briefly and returned saying that they were. Other issues: We were told to consider getting a pleco for our 26 gallon community tank, which struck me as inappropriate; we pointed out a dead fish and never saw it removed; we didn't get confident recommendations about cory feeding.
I spoke with a manager after we got home and did some sleuthing online, and he is going to cut us a deal on the fish we *thought* we were getting, so that's nice, but I'd rather have just gotten it right to begin with.
Since writing that I've noticed that one of the brochis splendens we were sold is totally missing an anal fin. *shrug*
I've also been to Aqualand on Portland - I've only gotten supplies there, not fish so I can't comment on their live stock, but their service is not very uh, warm I guess I'd say. And then I've gotten really awesome service from the place I got our tank, Sea Level, in Hopkins, but their selection is small.
