The Planted Aquarium Store

I have been there several times and will not be returning. I like walking in a store and feeling welcomed by the staff and owners. Whenever I walk in here I feel as though I am a bother. I gave this place many chances to change my mind but I feel very strongly about my opinion.

Are you looking for top notch service and advice for your aquatic pets? Look no further! I have been shopping at The Planted Aquarium Store for about a year now. First I would like to say, the store is always clean and VERY well lit. The tanks are always clean as well! I absolutely hate going into dark, dingy fish shops. Secondly, they always have a large selection of weird and unusual fish that I cannot find anywhere else. I also like to hand pick my fish, which makes it possible and easy because of the one-​on-​one service that they provide to you. I have had interactions with both the owner and employees and you can tell that these people are true hobbyist. They are all very knowledgeable with the animals/​plants that they work with. The Planted Aquarium Store also provides many tools and dry goods for aquascaping!!! This is hard to find in the area. I have many tanks and like to decorate them all differently which is very easy and possible thanks to them! If you want healthy fish that are in clean tanks and staff that are friendly & knowledgeable this is the place to go!

Great and knowledgeable staff. Very helpful and my favorite aquarium store in the area.

BEST FISH STORE I’VE EVER BEEN TO.
STAFF VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT SPECIES GOES WITH WHAT. All the fish I’ve gotten from them in the last year have all been healthy. Love love love this place. You can tell they love what they do and most important they care that you go home prepared! HUGE SELECTION!
Thanks guys for all you do and for making me love the hobby!

Great place, great looking fish and very friendly staff. I found this place on Unilocal and I decided to check it out with my wife and a friend of mine. We got to the store at 6:40 (20 min before closing) the staff help us get our fish while giving us tips. we left the store at 7:25 at no point they asked us to leaver or even said anything about the time. I’ll definitely be back at a better time. We got 3 gorgeous cichild, new food and a new rock.

Once again, this store has the best selection of fresh and saltwater sea life. Friendly and knowledgable staff that was helpful in answering questions I had. Some recent purchases of healthy fish and beautiful coral specimens and some of the most colorful fancy Bettas I’ve ever seen. Everything for any level hobbyist.

A friend and I drove from boca today ex specially to see this The planted aquarium store. When we arrived we were inside browsing tanks and goods for 20 min before they even took the time to welcome us and or ask if there was anything they could help us with. Finally the lady seemed to choke on the words hello how are you today. rude. Than soon after my lady friend asked if she could use their restroom they replied «no». Number one law is as an establishment you must always make a restroom available to a customers. Than I saw a tank that had a specific plant i needed and took a phone pick of it. Than the guy working said i needed to sak permission first. I apologized and asked if I could. Then he replied «no you can’t ! !
Who are these people? They could care less about what you want to buy in their store they are rude and inconsiderate. I hope they fail as a small business. Sorry but we left fast and will never go back there. Good luck with that.

The owners are not just unfriendly and unhelpful but they are also just plain rude. When you go in their store you don’t feel welcome it’s like you’re bothering them to give them your money. Also they have a large aggressive mastiff there often. If you look at the dog in the eye he becomes aggressive. Keep your small kids away. I am sure their insurance carrier isn’t aware of the liability.

Great selection of freshwater fish. Convenient location. Everything I have bought from them was healthy and has adapted well in my aquarium. They know their stuff. If I had a single complaint is that you sometimes have to speak up if you need help but when you get sometimes attention the staff is informed and patient. Really nice find.

They are so friendly! I just bought a Leopard wrasse from them for my nano aquarium.

I love this store! They stock all of those hard to find items you need for a planted tank. I like that I can get the things I need from a local business instead of having to search on the web. I also love the rare micro fish they have… many of which I haven’t seen anywhere else. Thank you Planted Aquarium and keep up the great work!

The rudest woman I have ever encountered. She was so fixated on the people going to the fetish store next door and yelling at people in the parking lot that she paid no attention to the one customer she had.

For fresh water aquariums this is the best place I have found in South Florida. A large number of unique fresh water fish and plants. From fresh water puffer fish to CO2 diffusers, they have it all. I get all my plants and fish from this store. All of the fish are in individual tanks which greatly reduces the spread of disease (as oppose to petsmart which has all of there fish on a large filtration system).
They are closed on Thursdays. I have been informed that they get new shipments of livestock on Thursday, so the best day to purchase anything is on Friday. The most knowledgable employee by far is a guy (can’t remember his name but only guy there) works most weekdays except Fridays. If you are new to the hobby this is the only guy you should talk to at this store.
They have recently expanded their salt water products, but it is still dedicated to fresh water planted aquariums.

By far one of the best aquarium stores in South Florida. Friendly and very helpful, fish are healthy and have a different variety unlike other aquarium stores…

Unilocal offers: Unilocal reviews are «personal and passionate with a wealth of detail about your firsthand consumer experience». It’s a «fun and easy way to talk about what’s great and not so great.»
Clearly, this store opened a Unilocal account to «invite» people to post reviews of their experience.
To address the owners 2^nd and 3^rd (yawn, redundant) responses to my Unilocal reviews:
The only party to this acting «childish/​immature and malicious with the intent to really cause harm to a small business» is the owner/​store itself. Let me explain, when YOU open a Unilocal account inviting customers to review your store, then provide poor and misleading customer service, you get a poor review!!! Yet, the store appears to be baffled and/​or frustrated by this and moreover, appears to think there are outstanding issues to discuss just because a poor review was posted. An honest review should not be considered malice. Lets be VERY CLEAR, as far as me feeling «entitled» to a discount, the owner is clearly mistaken. By her own admission I was offered a discount then (after an hour of shopping) was told at the register I could not have the discount. What reasonable shopper would embrace this poor business practice?!?
To «discuss any further issues I have with them» is moot, as the issue was resolved the moment I took my money and walked out of their store, refusing to give them my business (except the one tank mentioned in 1^st review)!!! It seems the only party «frustrated» is the store because of my review which they continue to comment on.
I spent my hard earned cash at another store where I was treated well, given an expired discount, free shipping and even got a really cool email from them regarding my purchase. I appreciated their service.
See my five star Marine Depo Unilocal review!!!
How dare this store accuse me of slander instead of accepting that I had a poor experience and wrote a detailed review of it. On 1÷20÷14 Marine Depo had the Mr. Aqua 36″ listed for $ 71.99 LESS 10% which brings the price to $ 64.79 and FREE shipping when purchasing over a certain amount ( Unilocalers, forgive me for being off in price by $ 4.79 when I initially said I found the tank online for $ 60).
The planted aquarium store: stop commenting on my account. We have each made our position very clear. I had a less than desirable experience and Unilocaled it, and you don’t like my review! I imagine thats «really» what this is about. Considering my integrity, I would NEVER lie and believe in the integrity of Unilocal as a consumer aid.
…And I’m well aware, after much research on my own, the glass bubble counter was not Lilly Pipes, however, as a newcomer to the hobby, that was a prime opportunity for your store to tell me about them considering I pointed it out and asked «what it that». That was the entire point of even mentioning that in my review.
TPAS-​DO NOT POST TO MY ACCOUNT AGAIN. We are done here.

This is a great little shop with a unique FRESHWATER selection. How nice! With aquascapes becoming a thing, this store is a must visit as there isn’t many if any at all, truly geared toward this fun hobby. It’s a local business so prices on some things are not as competitive, but I found some of the prices on livestock to be average or better than the big guys. Plus, I’m sure you can talk with them and gain much more knowledge especially if you’re just starting out.

The staff is extremely knowledgeable and patient. They will spend as much time as needed explaining things and helping you figure out what fish will work for you. Their stock is top quality and extremely healthy. I don’t buy fish from any other place!

Great overall experience for first time there. Awesome selection of plants and livestock. Employee was knowledgeable. Prices were great. Will be back once new tank is ready for setup.

Huge inventory of quality fish and plants in great health and at good prices. Many items you’d be unlikely to find elsewhere. Owner is very knowledgable and willing to help. Also great selection of tanks equipment and dry goods. Overall these guys are hard to beat. A must see.

All around South Florida there are dozens and dozens of great shops devoted to saltwater aquarium keeping, and always those of us who like to do really nice planted freshwater tanks had to turn to the internet or dimly lighted corners of giant big box retailers for some «meh quality» standard fair plants. NO LONGER I SAY!
The Planted Aquarium Store is open now, and you can go into their nice small shop and get nano fish for your 2 gallon desktop computer tank, your 180 gallon discus tank, your pond, lake, small pool, etc. They have some of the rarest and nicest plants and fish you’ll ever find around South Florida.
I was in there today at their Grand Opening, though they’ve been open since November and doing well. They have a wild pair of Betta albimarginata! Where else can you get those besides the internet. Then they had another tank, full of giant gorgeous Discus of all kinds, pidgeon bloods, leopard eruptions, etc. and tucked away at the back of the store they have F1 wild angels and madagascar cichlids.
It’s not often I get this excited about an aquarium store, but I know where my favorite store is now, expect to be seeing me again guys, I love this place.
Two thumbs up and five stars