Cichlid World - Garden City

[four_by_ken]

This place has been around for a long time from what I am told.  They have a good selection of Africans and get new stock in regularly.  The same lady has been in there each time I go in... she really knows her stuff.  Very friendly also.

The downside... they REALLY need to clean the place up and do some maintenance on their tanks.  Its looking very old.  I sure hop someone there steps up and get out the broom and dust pan.

[Stan M.]

they really do need to clean up the store.lol

[djlamonica]

 They have a lot of nice fish and keep most of the tanks clean but then occasionally you'll see a tank that looks as if it has never been cleaned before.  Also sometimes they don't have the lights on which is strange.  My wife wont even go in there.  Still a great store with a ton of good healthy fish.  If I choose the fish stores that were good by how clean they were I'd be buying all my fish from a chain.

[runawaypencil]

I would say one of the highest prices in town though and dirty  is bad in my thoughts it doesnt take much to clean a place up some.... 

[danielratti]

I would say one of the highest prices in town though and dirty  is bad in my thoughts it doesnt take much to clean a place up some....

I was going to say when I was in here they were asking like 50 to 60 for a fully colored male peacock that up here sells for 10 to 19 dollars and it was super dirty and dark in the store.

I also received no customer service the guy working was engrossed in a conversation on how he keeps setting up all these tanks for doctors offices and they want to pack the tank with 100's of fish right away so he just runs emperor 400's on them and takes filter pads from off the big tank under the counter.

I feel that clean tanks make the fish more attractive to the customer.

[Jaws22]

I hate to say it, but the posts I've seen so fair are true and fair. Back in the early 1980s this place was the place to go for almost any cichlid you could think of. I still go in there from time to time. To bad things gotta change.

[Regalblue]

I go to Cichlid World at least once every two months. Yes The place is dark&dirty,  but I don't go there to buy food or anything & I really don't care what The place Looks like. I'm there to look at their fish & as long as they are healthy who cares if I'm walking on 6"of dust. The owners are good people & I always recommend other hobbyists to check them out.

[Super Turtleman]

...who cares if I'm walking on 6"of dust.

ROFLMAO

I have to say, that must cost them some business. While I would still look at the fish I imagine the average joe might see that as soon as they walk in and not be willing to trust anything they purchase from there. Image is a big part of business.

[Regalblue]

Obviously I'm exaggerating.  The place isn't that bad.

[four_by_ken]

If you see the lady in there... she knows her stuff.  She has been there all but one time of the say dozen times I have been there.  The other time was a guy with long hair.

[Super Turtleman]

Obviously I'm exaggerating.  The place isn't that bad.

You!? Exaggerating!?!? Will wonders never cease?   

But really, lots of comments saying it's a dirty place seems to indicate it's not the cleanest place around. Bad for business...even if it's only perception.

[four_by_ken]

Obviously I'm exaggerating.  The place isn't that bad.

You!? Exaggerating!?!? Will wonders never cease?   

But really, lots of comments saying it's a dirty place seems to indicate it's not the cleanest place around. Bad for business...even if it's only perception.

Even with that being said... I still go back there from time to time.

[JeffroM]

I've heard A NUMBER OF TIMES that this place has a large selection of nice used books.  I've never verified that myself but I've heard that over and over and over from Regalblue.

[Regalblue]

I've heard A NUMBER OF TIMES that this place has a large selection of nice used books.  I've never verified that myself but I've heard that over and over and over from Regalblue.

Yep,  the whole bottom shelf.

[JeffroM]

I've heard A NUMBER OF TIMES that this place has a large selection of nice used books.  I've never verified that myself but I've heard that over and over and over from Regalblue.

Yep,  the whole bottom shelf.

LOL.