Review: Living Art Aquarium in Madison

[tenzero1]

Well I think I am one of the very few who visits this section but for who ever it may help I will give my review of the Living Art Aquarium fish store in Madison. Upon arriving, the shop looked very nice and is in a great area of Madison. When I first entered the shop was small but very clean and inviting. I was very surprised that every tank was clean, and I mean CLEAN. Big plus for me. The selection of fish was pretty good but not excellent due to the limited space. I was surprised as well by the amount of live plants they had for sale. I also snagged some nice rock there for a future build. Prices were about what I would expect. A little pricy but I have yet to see a fish store that isn't. I also found that they keep several neos and caridinia species as well which was awesome. Overall I would give the store a 4.5 out of 5.

Cons:
-small
-somewhat limited selection

Pros:
-Very clean
-great staff
-carry plants and dwarf shrimp
-convenient location
-some unique species of fish
-great reef section (for our reef goers)

Hope this helps. Please remember this is my own opinion based on my own interests.

-Thor

[becks17]

I would also say that Living Art is overpriced. They do often have rarer species and I agree with the other pros, but if you're looking for more common species I prefer going elsewhere.
Also, love the fact they now have a "nano" section!

[tenzero1]

Originally Posted by becks17

I would also say that Living Art is overpriced. They do often have rarer species and I agree with the other pros, but if you're looking for more common species I prefer going elsewhere.
Also, love the fact they now have a "nano" section!

They had some pretty cool little things going on in the nano section I wanted a few of the tiny fish they had. Kinda pissed now with them because some rock I got from them is partly disintegrating in my vinegar bath. Evidently its not completely slate. Also, evidently not many people like to do much in Madison because were about the only two who post about it. Wisconsin is pretty lame as a whole for planted tanks lol.

[Pro68camaro]

I went for a road trip once and went there. They arent to many stores that are by me. But anyways i thought it was a really nice store. Prolly had the best rare fish selection then any other store i went too. The next up would be just pets in appleton for me. But anyways i think its a great store. Its just small.

[Troxey]

Yeah, I've been there a few times. I would agree that they are a bit pricey, but that is to be expected. They seem to have a decent variety of fish in the limited space available. I haven't bought and plants from them, but they look decent.

[hermythewermy]

The staff there haven't been terrible, they just don't really give you advice when you ask for it. They're kind of waffly.

[Aquaticus]

I went in the other day to see if they had any bio bags or anything to help cycle a new tank. The guy working there said they didn't do that, and didn't recommend it because of diseases. When I said that I am not going to have any fish in it for a while and will be cycling it with ammonia, he still said something about diseases and referred me to the Tetra cycling product for $8.95. Frustrating.