Aquarist World- White Center

Overall Experience 4
Cost 4
Quality of Fish 4
Variety 3
Service 4

Overall Experience 5
Cost 2.5
Quality of Fish 5
Variety 5
Service 3

Overall Experience 2
Cost 2.5
Quality of Fish 3
Variety 5
Service 0

Overall Experience 3
Cost 3
Quality of Fish 3
Variety 4
Service 3

Overall Experience 5
Cost 5
Quality of Fish 4
Variety 3
Service 4

another one of my fav's. alot of "stuff" , if you need to buy aquarium stuff this is definetly the place to go.

Overall Experience 5
Cost 5
Quality of Fish 4
Variety 4
Service 5

this place is awesome! lots of equipment and parts, really fun to had fed the apraimas!
hearing one of the ladies sing to her baby, a song kinda resembles 'vera jaqua to me vu' song in vietnamese was pleasing.

5s all the way
everything a Fish store should be
i would suggest everyone check out this store
talk about variety. they have most everything you could need, and then some
i bought my second big tank from them. 400 gal.

Overall Experience 5+
Cost 5
Quality of Fish 4
Variety 4
Service 4

Overall Experience 4
Cost 4
Quality of Fish 5
Variety 4
Service 3

Alot of fish tanks....araipaima....nuff said

Overall Experience 3
Cost 3
Quality of Fish 3
Variety 1
Service 3

Yes it has a very large selection of food, chemicals, and supplies. The large feeding tank was pretty awesome. But all in all, a total waste of gas money, and time. Very disappointed. Was looking forward to seeing this place from all the comments, but couldn't be farther from the truth. A total waste of time. Fish selection was absolutely pathetic. If you like Convicts and Parrots, this is your place, otherwise shop elsewhere.

Overall Experience 5
Cost 4
Quality of Fish 4
Variety 4
Service 4

Dad says he likes the people there but I'm not so sure. They won't sell you fish if they don't think you can take care of them. Dad has witnessed the guy telling people "its not for sale" a couple times. It's one of those stores that you have to return to time and time again and talk fish with them before they will start selling you the good fish. I'm sure they do this because they care about their fish and don't want their fish going to every newb with a tank and a heater. But this can be a big turn off for people who know fish and are just visiting for the first time.

They have a great selection of fish products though. The prices though can be a bit on the moderate to steep side on somethings. But it's a great one stop shop for everything you need. Also the giant koi are entertaining to look at as well as that other mammoth size fish.

Overall Experience 4
Cost 3
Quality of Fish 4
Variety5
Service 4

We made a stop @ AW on our way back. Lots of new fish! the last time I was there, there wasn't much but flowerhorns! much more varity there now. interesting lung fish there. and the male Dovii, was so tempting!
Lots of Jardini arrowanas there during my visit.

If any one is looking to keep motoro Rays, and think that a 180 Gallon is plenty, visit AW and see how big they get!

Overall Experience 4
Cost 4
Quality of Fish 4
Variety 4
Service 4

Huge fish store. You can find almost everything that you need for as an aquarist.

Overall Experience 5
Cost 4
Quality of Fish 4
Variety 4
Service 4

Was down to buy some fish from Michael this weekend.. He had lots of new monsters in there. Price was a little crazy on some but it's hard to find these kind of fish anywhere else.. I grabbed a nice big Dat, and some Tors.

all 5s

This place is great for the more exotic fish

Overall Experience 3
Cost 3
Quality of Fish 4
Variety 3
Service 3

Good spot for equipment, parts, etc...

madness wrote:Overall Experience 3
Cost 3
Quality of Fish 3
Variety 1
Service 3

Yes it has a very large selection of food, chemicals, and supplies. The large feeding tank was pretty awesome. But all in all, a total waste of gas money, and time. Very disappointed. Was looking forward to seeing this place from all the comments, but couldn't be farther from the truth. A total waste of time. Fish selection was absolutely pathetic. If you like Convicts and Parrots, this is your place, otherwise shop elsewhere.

cost 4
quality of fish 3
variety 2
service 1

I really agree with you madness went to this place on saturday NOTHING in the tanks has a price I had to ask for prices! it was a waste of my saturday!

I like this place a lot. The owner is very friendly, I have bartered with him numerous times( he gave me $25 dollars off the shelf price on a u.v. sterilizer the other day) he has given me store credit on full grown cichlids and fish before. I am a regular here. I have got feeders here numerous times and never got ick, etc. (8 for $1.00). this place has a huge selection of equipment, food, chemicals, parts, etc. and the prices are good. The fish selection has been a little lower than it used to be, but when in stock this place has lots of fish that other stores don't(rays, flowerhorns ,p.bass, lungfish) I will continue to go here because of good past experiences.


overall experience 5
cost 4
quality of fish 3
variety 2
service 5

Overall Experience 1
Cost 1
Quality of Fish 1
Variety 1
Service 2

So very disappointed. All tanks were disgusting and lots of HITH.

Overall Experience 3
Cost 2
Quality of Fish 2
Variety 2
Service 4

I stopped by because I heard it was closing and had never been there. The owner was friendly and they had a lot of stock on things like food and supplies. The fish however were a different issue.... Many did not seem to have the desire to live, if that makes any sense. Many of the large cichlids would not even interact with you and looked like they wanted to be somewhere else. Every sponge filter needed cleaning because they were filthy and clogged. Prices were kind of a guess and the ones marked were high. Sad to see the place closing because the potential was good.

DMD123 wrote:Overall Experience 3
Cost 2
Quality of Fish 2
Variety 2
Service 4

I stopped by because I heard it was closing and had never been there. The owner was friendly and they had a lot of stock on things like food and supplies. The fish however were a different issue.... Many did not seem to have the desire to live, if that makes any sense. Many of the large cichlids would not even interact with you and looked like they wanted to be somewhere else. Every sponge filter needed cleaning because they were filthy and clogged. Prices were kind of a guess and the ones marked were high. Sad to see the place closing because the potential was good.

Im with you on this review. I went to see them on Monday. Fishes looked kinda ok but items were abundant. Buy 2 get 1 free. He give me a good deal on my glass top for the 110gal and free uv sterilizers that just need new bulbs. Nice guy btw.

I've been a loyal customer to Michael ever since he owned king's discuss. is it really closing? its only been open for i believe 3-4 years..
I go to AW mostly for equipment's. I do agree that variety of fish is not as good but with that said, it all depends on the customers taste.. if a customer is a hardcore african cichlids keeper/breeder, this is not your place, if your in to south/central american cichlids, it's an OK place... I asked Michael to order me some plecos that is hard to find but cannot deliver. I talked to him before about the variety of stock, I nicely told him to stock more varieties of fish, from common to moderate to hard to find fishes. but i think most of his Stock is coming from the wholesale from Oregon, i asked him if he is getting some fish from Seagress but he said he's not. reason is expensive shipping cost.
I asked him to stock more varieties of african cichlids but he told me that there are not a lot of people that knows about them and will be hard to sell, believe it or not there are a lot of people who knows about african cichlids around here..
Its sad to know that this place is closing... i hope Michael can find a way to bounce back to keep the store open.

Overall experience; 3
Cost;2
variety;2
custumer service;4

I don't think Michael realy cares too much about closing (he's a retired Electrical engineer)as this is just a hobby for him from what impression he gave me last year when I visited. His basic Endler's and Picta red's were 29.99 pr. 

Went by the store on Tuesday when we were in town for the GSAS auction. There was a lot of construction on the street in front of the store but it appeared that the store was closed. We were not sure if that was because of the construction or if the business had closed. Sorry we didnt' get a chance to visit it.

But Michael from aquarist world still selling tanks.
50 Gallons fish tank, it comes with 2 lids and 2 sponges filter

http://seattle.en.craigslist.org/tac/for/4187721336.html

Wonder where his pleco breeders went... he has a nice colony...

I guess I was lucky to nab our group of Geophagus Tapajos, they are beautiful. I picked up a small group of six so we are hoping that we end up with a pair or two. They are super hard to tell male from female at this stage.
I will miss Michaels shop as we live in Burien and it was so close. It is sad to see the brick and mortar shops struggling to stay in business. I have been going to King Discus for years, last time I was in it looked a bit unkept. Then this year Kevin left a place for pets, it's okay but the selection seems very limited. I guess it is a tough business to be in these days. We used to joke about how nasty and dirty Leims was in the ID, well it may well end up being the last shop floating if things don't turn around.
 I hate to say it but I do a lot of my shopping for supplies online myself. I'm not well to do and the fact is I need to stretch every dollar for all its worth and it goes a lot further online. I usually end up saving 20-30% and that adds up ! I wondered if a space like Aquarist World would have been better off as some kind of aquarium co-op type of business ? It was a great sized space but I would say the variety of fish for sale was usually a bit subpar. Of course I guess fantasizing about what one would do is a lot different that actually running a business

I agree with you...

you know sometimes interacting with a lot hobbyist and breeders locally can give the business owner the idea of what stocks are.. I like what Sierra pets did to their store, they sell some equipment's now that you can only get online before. stocks are alright tho, they still dont have any Fancy pleco's.

WhosUrDadi wrote:I like what Sierra pets did to their store, they sell some equipment's now that you can only get online before. stocks are alright tho, they still dont have any Fancy pleco's.

Yeah they do have fancy plecos. I seen some a few weeks ago. Ask tayntdawg he works there.

We really don't have any fancy at rhis time but I was up at a place for pets and seen they have quite a few