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Please note: All the opinions stated in the proceeding pages are not the opinions of Badman's Tropical Fish or the Badman. This is an open form based on the opinions submitted by our visitors during their visits to the stores.
I always will gladly accept any store owner rebuttals and will gladly post them by the comments.

Illinois

Store name:
Shark's Cove Pet Shop
Address:
3602B East Lincolnway
Sterling, IL 61081
Telephone:
(815) 625-9353
Comments:
It's a VERY small store so there isn't a whole lot of selection in the store but Eddie (the owner) is always willing to ordering anything you need and get it there quickly. Prices are about the same as the rest of the area. Eddie is great with customer service, always willing to help you figure out any problems with your tank, very knowledgeable.
Date of visit:
2/20/2011 - Often
Your rating:
Excellent

Store name:
Lorne's Fish Hatchery
Address:
300 Division St
Dixon, IL
Telephone:
(815) 284-8443
Comments:
By Far the best fish selection and far and away the highest quality fish around. The guy that runs the place can be kinda crazy but he knows his stuff. Also the fish prices are the same or cheaper than other places in the area, although the price of supplies can be pretty steep.
Date of visit:
Constantly
Your rating:
Excellent

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Has a huge selection of fish. All the fish are super healthy. constantly has unadvertised prices. The owner claims to have over 40 years of fish keep experience and will be glad to help you with any problems. Prices are the same as other stores in the area for fish and slightly higher for other supplies. This is the only pet store in the area that carries aquariums larger than 75 gallons.
Date of visit:
5/7/2010
Your rating:
Excellent

Store name:
Old Town Aquarium
Address:
1538 North Wells Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Telephone:
312 642-8763
Web site:
Old Town Aquarium
Comments:
Fresh and salt water fish. Excellent selection of saltwater fish. Species not normally seen in most stores. Tanks are immaculate and beautifully "scaped". Live rock available. Staff extremely knowledgeable. This store carries acrylic aquariums. Best store I've ever been in. Worth a visit if in the Chicago area.
Date of visit:
6/11/2011
Your rating:
Excellent

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Comments:
This store has a cool selection of Fish and Coral. Even though they are a bit Pricey they are very knowledgeable of the fish. I bought Platies from them and I asked if you guys know the sex difference of male and female platies and they answer yes unlike Petco that doesn't know the sex difference. I recommend this store for any new aquarist.
Date of visit:
1/10/10
Your rating:
Excellent

Store name:
P & P Aquarists
Address:
Rt. 116 and Elm St.
Pontiac, IL 61764
Telephone:
(815) 842--1638
Comments:
One of the best all around pet stores in Illinois. Fish carried include central, South American, and African cichlids, barbs, danios, tetras, beta's, catfish, and guppies. They also carry a full line of supplies. Fish are all reasonably priced and very healthy. Pat, the store owner, is very knowledgeable about fish, having raised them for many years.

Store name:
Pet Smart
Address:
6405 Grand Ave.
Gurnee IL. 60031
Telephone:
(847) 855-7811
Comments:
More than one store in area. Very clean and reliable. Has everything needed to set up and maintain a tank. To many fish to list. Staff go out of there way to help you. Even special order fish at your request. Very knowledgeable in all aspects of fish care with vast knowledge of different types and there needs.

Store name:
Sailfin Pet Shop
Address:
720 S. Neil
Champaign, IL
Telephone:
217-352-1121
Website:
Sailfin Pet Shop
Comments:
Great variety of fresh and saltwater fish that are all hand picked by the owner weekly. They have 20 years of experience that shows in their knowledgeable staff and excellent selection of products. Puppies, kitten, reptiles and small animals all extremely clean. Great store! Recommend to anyone looking for professional staff and great animals.
Date of visit:
Every couple of months
Your rating:
Excellent

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FULL SERVICE AQUATIC SECTION INCL. MARINE AND FRESHWATER. PROBABLY THE BEST SELECTION IN CENTRAL IL. VERY HIGH QUALITY FISH AND SERVICE. EMPLOYEES VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE & HELPFUL.

Store name:
Tropiquatics
Address:
426 S Main
Lombard IL
Telephone:
(630)953-2696
Comments:
They have every tropical fish from a 1 foot Pleco to a Graceful pigeon blood discus. I call them with At least 2 questions a day And They know the answers to everyone I asked so far If you live in or around Lombard this is the place to be.

Store name:
Feed Loft
Address:
Rt. 6 just west of I-55
Channahon, Il
Telephone:
815-467-9040
Comments:
40 tanks of tropical fish and feeders. Staff has deep knowledge level. Family owned and operated for over 18 years.

Store name:
King Coral
Address:
5541 West Montrose Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60641
Telephone:
(773)283-5612
Comments:
King Coral easily has one of the best selections of cichlids and catfish in Chicago. If your into African cichlids, plecos and synos then you must visit this place. Also, they will also order stuff for you and can get wild caught and F1s. The staff knows their fish.

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Date: November 2, 2005
I've been to well over 35 fish stores while I've been keeping fish. This store is THE WORST!! It is absolutely disgusting inside the store AND inside their fish tanks. The store REEKS with a scent of dead fish, cat-poop, and Ammonia. The staff was incredibly rude, not helpful, and even accused me of stealing a piece of dead coral!! The lady came out of the store and came up to the car window and asked me where I had the rock I was looking at!! Back into the box lady! Really a terrible experience and I thought their fish selection s**ked. Oh yeah, all they had Cichlid wise were tiny, tiny babies. No mature fish anywhere!

Store name:
Living Sea Aquarium
Address:
811 W. Devon
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Website:
Living Sea Aquarium
Telephone:
(847) 698-7258
Comments:
Beautiful, huge store. 5000'+ of live fish, corals, inverts; FW, SW, Brackish, reptiles, crickets. Friendly, knowledgeable staff-- if it's not there they'll find it!

Store name:
Glen Ellyn Pet shop
Address:
682 Roosevelt Rd
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Website:
Glen Ellyn Pet shop
Telephone:
(630) 469-2114
Comments:
Date: 3/12/06
They have a good selection of cichlids- about 45 tanks, salt water, and community fish. Birds, reptiles, and hamsters. Prices are typical pet shop. Beats the Super Stores for selection by a mile. Rock by the pound. Staff is OK for knowledge, I've had both good and bad advice. They keep some mixed and hybrid tanks, though.

Store name:
Aquarium Adventure
Address:
SW Corner Golf Rd. & Roselle Rd.
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
Telephone:
(847) 490-9334
Web site:
Aquarium Adventure
Comments:
ENORMOUS SELECTION. They carry everything here, from tropical, to marine, to coldwater. Tons of cichlids and community fish. Many varieties of plecos also. Lots of live plants. Tanks are very well maintained—even bettas are kept fairly warm with a lighting system, and their little bowls are exceptionally clean. The whole store is absolutely beautiful, with tons of gorgeous “display only” tanks, including a hallway lined with what must be at least a 1,000g tank along each wall—one is an Amazon biotope, the other features large cichlids. I played dumb for the staff, and they seemed to know what they were talking about. 48 hour guarantee on all livestock. Prices are general high, but it’s free to sign up for the “Fish Club,” which means you receive 25% off of all but the most expensive fish and plants.
Date of visit:
11/22/06
Your rating:
Very Good

Store name:
King Neptune's Pet World
Address:
613 West Jefferson St
Shorewood, IL 60404
Telephone:
815-725-2666
Comments:
Great variety of fresh and saltwater fish that are all hand picked by the owner weekly. They have 20 years of experience that shows in their knowledgable staff and excellent selection of products. Puppies, kitten, reptiles and small animals all extremely clean. Great store! Recommend to anyone looking for professional staff and great animals.
Date of visit:
March 5, 2007
Your rating:
Excellent

Store name:
Bird and Beast
Address:
35 Berkshire dr.
Crystal Lake,Il
Telephone:
815-477-7387
Comments:
On Saturday 11/01/08 I went to Birds & Beast in Crystal Lake explaining that I had a newt - not sure of what kind, we've had it for 7 years in a 10 gal tank no heater, small fake plant and plastic rock and side filter. I had just been given a 30 gal tank by my neighbor and I was looking for another newt. The kid who helped me on Sat. was great - very helpful even figured out what kind of newt I had. I got another newt, some feeder fish, and an underwater filter, heater and a plastic plant. I spent $116 that day - including a lifetime membership to Birds & Beast. Sunday I went back to Birds & Beast for another newt, ended up buying a pleco, another plastic plant and I also bought a Butterfly Fish - these of which were in the small tank with the newts. That fish was $20. Not once did the woman selling me the fish or newt tell me that since my tank hadn't "cycled" yet that spending $20 on a fish might not be a good idea and that it might not live very long. So when I go into Birds & Beast on Wed. evening with the body of the Butterfly Fish & a sample of water the kid who sold me the newt on Sat. told me that my water was too high in 1 chemical. The another kid comes over and tells me that because my water hasn't "cycled" they would not give me my money back. The kid I talked to on Sat. knew I had just put up the tank, the woman on Sunday when I was spending another $40 didn't even ask. If I had known that my tank needed to be set up at least 6 - 8 weeks before adding that kind of fish - I never would have bought it. But now, I am out not just the $20 I spent on that fish but I am also out the money I paid for a lifetime membership for a place that I will NEVER shop at again because of this. And god forbid anything happens to the newts that I bought because now knowing their policy they wouldn't offer to replace because NONE of their employees ever told me I shouldn't be adding fish/animals so quickly to a tank that was just set up within the past week. I will tell everyone that I know that the customer service from them was the worst that I have ever encountered and there are other places to shop.
Date of visit:
11/01 & 11/02/08
Your rating:
Poor
Store rebuttal:
Date:02/22/2009

Hello,
I am an employee of Birds and Beasts pet shop and I feel the review of our store which gave us a poor rating is inaccurate and actually doesn't tell anything about our store. It just tells the story of a customer who was unhappy with our fish policy which we have posted in multiple locations around the store. Her ammonia and nitrites were toxic, and we told her we could not replace the fish because the death was in fact her fault. She then demanded her money back which we denied because the fish death was not covered by our policy. She was even told on her first visit to wait for the cycling process to complete before adding anything else. She ignored this and returned the next day to purchase more fish, which died soon after. I do not feel we should have to have this representation of our store when so many of our customers are happy with our store and our fish.
Thank you for your time, Jason Reiter

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I have just recently set up my new tank I got for Christmas. The folks at this store took more time with me than should be allowed :) to help me out. They have a fantastic and knowledgeable staff and great prices.
Date of visit:
03/22/07
Your rating:
Excellent

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