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YOU CAN FIND THE MOST UP TO DATE VERSION OF THE FILE VIA THIS LINK.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hro8nw9k03a8tpj/Texas Aquarium Stores Feb 2014 xls.xls?n=5880573

I have been compiling a list of aquarium stores in Texas for a couple of Facebook groups I belong too. This came about because people were asking about stores in a certain city. Maybe they just moved to town, or they are going out of town and want to check out the local stores while there.

If you know of any stores not on the list I would appreciate you replying to this thread so I can add them to the list.

You can download the list via this dropbox link. It is an Excel document in XLSX format. It is sorted alphabetically, but you can sort it by city if you prefer.



Thanks for your help
 
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AquaTek is a good place for more unusual freshwater fish. Very healthy fish, a decent little saltwater selection, and I love the freshwater selection.
Not only do they have some of your basic fish like several kinds of cories and tetras and some nice bigger-ish fish like angelfish, they have more unusual-ish things like pygmy cories, marbled hatchetfish, algae-eater gobies, a few brackish species, gudgeons, and halfbeaks. That's just a tiny list of what they have.
They also have 'saltwater tadpoles', AKA clingfish gobies, on a regular basis.
Another bonus is that they get bluefin killifish and swamp darters in with their ghost shrimp shipments every now and then, so if you're lucky you can pick up one of those unusual fish for something like two bucks.
 
#14 ·
I can't believe I forgot about Fish and Chrips. I loved to visit that store when I lived in Dallas.

I added a couple of new stores in the south Texas, San Antonio area. Plus several in the Dallas Fort Worth area.

If anyone knows of any other stores not on the list please let me know.

The Excel sheet is attached to this thread via a compressed zip file. Or you can download it via the dropbox link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pdrsmdkc5qt2cia/Texas Aquarium Stores Jan 2014.xlsx
 

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Not to the best of my knowledge. If you haven't already, check out dfwfishbox.com. There's only a couple of us (as far as I'm aware) that far north, but it's a good group of "relatively" local people. There's a good planted tank group I got involved with for a while, but the meetings were still a hike for me and I just kinda fizzled out on going. The only other groups I'm aware of are saltwater or cichlids, and again, they're more oriented in the DFW area.
 
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Aquarium Masters: (Fresh and Saltwater)

3833 Saratoga Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78415
(361) 343-2782

Tropical Fish Haven: (Fresh and Saltwater)

6325 McArdle Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78412
(361) 991-1893

Gulf Coast Reef and Aquaculture: (Saltwater)

3802 Saturn Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78413
(361) 723-2220
 
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February 18th. Updated file of Texas stores

Here is the latest update of the Texas Aquarium Store list.

you can download it via the drop box link. or the Excel file is attached to this post as a zip file.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hro8nw9k03a8tpj/Texas%20Aquarium%20Stores%20Feb%202014%20xls.xls?n=5880573

Also, I know of 4 planted aquarium groups in Texas. Are there any others?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/264898253645161/ Austin Planted Aquarium Keepers

https://www.facebook.com/DFWaquaticplantclub Dallas Fort Worth Aquatic Plant Club

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Houston-Area-Aquatic-Plant-Society/201114199909929 Houston Area Aquatic Plant Society

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SAAPC/ San Antonio Aquatic Plant Club
 

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#25 ·
No problem Disher. I have actually posted it both ways in the past. I have gone to just posting it alpha by store name, since whoever has the file can sort it anyway they want.

Where the sort option is depends on which version of Excel you use. For the most recent version of Excel:

Open the file

Highlight all the cells of the file (you can do this by clicking on the tiny cell at the top most left corner of the document. Above the #1 cell and to the left of the A column)

then locate the option at the top of the page that says sort and filter

once you click on Sort and Filter click on custom sort

then choose whichever column you want to sort by, name, city, phone# etc

I think in the future I will go back to sorting it by city by default, and I have attached a zipped copy of the file sorted by city.
 

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#26 ·
Aquarium World , Houston TX

Its huge and pretty impressive. Large freshwater and saltwater selection (along with small selection of plants). I was impressed when I found some rummynose tetras and some Brigettae (sp?).

You might want to take BB fish and pets off the list. Went there yesterday for the first time and I'm pretty sure its a front for some other type of activity (also no plants, and everything is always wrapped up like they're moving or suspiciously shipping stuff).
 
#27 ·
I'm making the rounds to buy my livestock for a 150 in Houston in about a month. The good folks at the Houston Fish Box Forum are helping me compile a list so that I can make a one day run since I'm an hour + South of Houston on the coast.

Once I make the run I'll post a quick review and you can add the good stores to your list.

MeCasa
 
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