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    Michelle F.

    So amazing in here !!!! Must go !!! I always went to petco... beginner for these aquariums thing, but I have a 30 gallon tank now lol btw I started at 3.5 gallon so yea. Long story short, petco is so overrated and too many people and no new exciting fish. Also it doesn't seem like people know much at all. So I wanted to venture out with my boyfriend. We were around the area and decided to Yelp and stumbled upon this place, the name just grabbed my attention. Once we got there, the place well didn't look like much, which already tells me that this is a great mom and pop place lol. Anddddddd I WAS RIGHT!!!! What a great place, fish, snails, eels, just everything aquatic. They have tanks, plants of different kinds. Best of it all they have an amazing worker named, BRIAN sorry if I misspelled your name, amazingly knowledgeable and polite and patient. We got beautifull cool new fish and plants. Wait and a huggge snail and I named her Shelly. Lol I would much rather give my money to them, so so grateful this place exists. So happy and will certainly be going back. Sorry not sorry petco.

    Alyssa M.

    Came here for advice on my new fish tank, felt super stressed over everything being a new tank owner. Jesse and Rocco listened to my story, all my water levels and gave me advice on what to do. 3 weeks later my tank is now starting to be perfect with everything (ammonia, nitrate etc). When time comes I'll be back for more fish. So helpful and caring, reassured me of everything. Thank you guys!!! My fish are buddies

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    The family decide we wanted to start a tank! We had gotten a full setup from friends. We went to many pet stores looking at fish and trying to see what we liked and want to get. We did a little research about starting a tank and knew we couldn't just buy a bunch of fish right away but didn't know much more then that. They were super helpful and seemed to know more then most people we spoke to. They explained to try and decide what type of fish you want so you can keep fish that will get along but also start with certain fish until the tank gets established. Very happy and will be our fish store of choice

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    Messed up my family's fish tank. Added algae that killed the fish. Had to start from scratch.

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    They know what they are talking about and it's nice to support a small business. Jdjjdbd nd

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    I been shopping here for years. Even though it under new management, this aquarium pet shop maintains it's charm.

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    We are new to the hobby, and Rocco has been so helpful in getting our small saltwater tank up and running!

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    Thank you Total Aquariums! They got my fish tank set up and before Christmas! My husband loved it…read more Also they take care with giving advice on what fish to get and decoration options. I found the service exceptional and I highly recommend them.

    This was my place to go frequently for all my fish and supplies when we lived in the area…read more Extremely knowledgeable and professional staff. They definitely know their fish - from breeds to care to what and how much to get to decorate your tank. Expert advice on what type of fish may suit your needs and will actually go out of their way to explain why. They actually care that you will take good care of these little guys. For a reasonable fee, you can have them come to your home to set your entire tank up. This was the TOPPER that made me give them their well deserved 5 stars. The owner actually babysat my little fish. Yes he did. Three years ago we bought our first house in Levittown and I didn't know what to do with my 20 gallon tank and five little fish who at that point had lived past a year. He said he would actually keep our fish in a separate tank until we set up the tank in our house. When we went back to pick them up a few days later, there they were, swimming around happily. And - NO CHARGE for the babysitting. Well, unfortunately, our tank is now empty but one day we will set it up again and I will be back to Total Aquariums. Oh, if you do go there, check out the live Alligators in the front of the store. Great for the kids!!

    Shake A Paw Puppies and Family Pet Center - Spencer  from shake a paw Hicksville best dog gealtjiest dog ever

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    I bought my Shetland Sheepdog from the Hicksville location Spencer. Hea 5 years old healthy as can…read morebe never sick trained him as a service dog. He's had 2 litters all beautiful loving healthy trained them to be service dogs they are all aca. I found homes and some I gave to the shelty animal rescue league of long island. Not one has had any issues. I highly recommend this location. Everyone was friendly and the price was fair for this type of dog. I have had strokes and Spencer follows me where I go protects me as if he was a watchdog. Sleeps with me. He knows when my sugar is high. He knows when my husband who has ms is going to fall. I'm so thankful for Spencer and Shake a paw.

    Im going to join the bandwagon by stating how rude and unprofessional the staff was. With the…read moreexception of one female. Her enthusisam made up for her total lack of knowledge of animals. We were looking at a 4-1/2 month old Huskimo. I understand you have operating costs, but they were completely inflexible with the price, not even willing to budge $100 for a $2800 dog. But its kind of hard to say No to your daughter when she instantly fell in love with this girl. They sold us and Im 100% positive they did so with the knowledge of how sick this dog was. The 1 month of Vet care they give you does nothing when it still cost us $1000's of dollars after that 1 month ran out. Our poor Stella was and still is teeming with 3 different parasites. She also has a high level of protein in her urine and we were told its crystalizing. The worst is the Giardia. This dog absolutally refuses to defecate outside. And when she poops inside she starts eating it as shes pooping making it next to impossible to get rid of these parasites. We have tried several different meds including super drugs made by a compounding pharmacy. All efforts provided us with no positive results. As I said... this dog was $2800 and out out of pocket vet expenses above and beyond the first months free vet care is now pushing the cost of her. You also have a VERY limited number of Vets you can take them to during the first month. When we were doing the paperwork, they gave no impression that the extras they were giving us were going to cost. We figured since no one said anything that it was included in the cost of the puppy. The only thing they sold us of any value (as told to us by their vet and ours) was the kibble. Everything else was unnecessary, and a complete money grab on their end. That cost us another $600. They refused to provide us with any information about the Dame and Sire only saying they were Huskimos. Its been 2-1/2 months since we got Stella. We have her in training with a professional canine company. But she's still is sick with non stop diarrhea. Which as I stated earlier, she will only go in the house. 9 times out of 10 she misses the wee wee pad. She also walks in a squating position while pooping leaving a trail everywhere! Shake a Paw states, No refunds, but we will give you a store credit. Why in the hell would I want another diseased animal from you? And what kind of an A-hole returns a pet. In for a penny, in for a pound. I sincerely hope that people see this review prior to making the decision to buy any animal from them.

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    What a great place. Went with a gift certificate from my 2 year grandson to pick out so new koi…read morefor our pond. They were so helpful and friendly. They even let my grandson feed some fish.

    This place is absolutely amazing. I've been doing this almost 30 years and I'm their direct…read moreneighbor. Trust me I don't like anymore traffic on past my house but you must go to this place! They have fish in bins and they're easy to see. The bins start at $100; then there's $200; $300 all the way through $800 and then they "price upon request" here's the deal it's like a lot. At about $400 you can sell the fishes Sex and the fish in the 400 500 and $600 bins are just absolutely freaking gorgeous the most amazing beautiful Japanese pure bread Koi that you've ever seen. I know this stuff. You will walk out of that with an absolute gem for your POND and it's a fun experience. I sent my sister with her kids.. it strange, because they have a huge aquatic waterfall feature in the corner and it's still something that I would pass by because the bushes are shrubs don't exactly spell out "KOI". This place is a very serious good quality place with the quality water and amazing staff. You don't have to spend a lot of money there's a lot of fish in the $100 bins that are just fine, in fact gorgeous. If you wanted to spend money. There is a way to do it here. The fish in the "price upon request" Ben were second and none. This place is number one in Long Island and I'm not spellcheck this I hope it says what it supposed to.

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    Brought my dog here for a check-up and after having an unpleasant experience at one of the other…read morelocations, I have pleasantly surprised with how friendly the staff here was. The vet tech and veterinarian were both friendly to both my dog and I. The vet tech even helped me choose the right dog food for my dog's new diet. The lady at the register inside of the store was also friendly playing games and doing tricks with my pup while she checked us out. It is worth driving to this location due to the friendlier staff.

    I was greatly disappointed bringing my dog here for grooming. The groomer called and told me there…read morewas a small mishap, but it really was nothing. The problem was the grooming manager expected the employee to come discussed the mishap with me. The manager should have came out to discuss the mishap with me with the employee to speak. Maybe teaching the employee hot to converse with the customer. Instead she sent a young inexperienced employee to talk to me. I am pretty sure this would be within the scope of the managers duties. Like I said, it was really not a problem but the task of speaking to the client should have not been a problem either. The manager should have taken the opportunity to teach the employee a mature way to interact with a customer and handle what could have been a heated situation. When I did ask to speak to the manager, I loudly heard her say, "lovely, here we go" and I waited about 15 mins. It was disappointing. Like I said, it really wasnt a problem, but to send a young newer employee to discuss it was a problem; super unprofessional. I wish I remembered the managers name. She was clearly not management material. She treated her employees and customers the same, and it was not positive. I work in senior management and would love to know if my employees where doing an exceptional job or the opposite. I hearts to have to leave a negative review. It was heart breaking to see the management at the new Petco in Plainview. Management has a responsibility to teach and support employees to help them move on to bigger and better; not putting them in hard situations and lower their confidence and self esteem. I liked Petco and I liked a few groomers that worked there. Unfortunately, that Petco has done a disservice to the corporation hiring unsuccessful managers or promoting the wrong because of social relationships made. Petco should be paying more attention to what is happening in its stores. Yhe employees are usually more helpful then any manager. It is also very easy to see which employees the management favors which is grounds for dismissal at my firms. Rewarding hard working employees is different that showing favoritism. I wish I was able to add names, people should be held accountable. I doubt this review will do anything because the employees im question are not mentioned. They should be held accountable. I did not want to go back there but maybe going to get some names wouldn't be a bad idea. There is absolutely nothing wrong with management and employees taking courses on everything from treating customers, coworkers, employees. As well being organized by cleaning between clients in a timely manner. Even the way you present yourself to customers. A smile goes a long way. I am sorry this was long but from someone who is a senior management, starting from well the bottom (which i dislike saying) many little easy tricks are picked up along the way.

    Tropical Showcase - localfishstores - Updated July 2026

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