This place is great! Prices are good, friendly staff and they know what they're talking about!
Very knowledgeable compared to the large chain pet stores. I received information I hadn’t been told from a close by large chain pet store that helped me keep my fish alive.
Not cheap. Highest quality fishes. Amazing variety of species - from freshwater plants to live corals. From time to time I bring friends there just to show diversity of freshwater and marine fishes. And, btw, they have all possible hardware and fish food.
this store is the best! any time I need a product they always have it, I never have a reason to go to any of the big box stores because tropical isle always has it. they also have beautiful fish as well, check out their cardinal tetra tank, great plants and the staff are highly knowledgeable which is not something you see everyday. this store is a highly valuable resource for anyone who is keeping fish in this area.
As one of the only local fish stores in the Boston area this place leaves a lot to be desired. It's a large store and they have a decent collection but whatever wholesale they get their fish from is pretty bad. Which to be fair, is probably the case for most of the wholesalers. But this fish store doesn't do a great job of acclimating new arrivals, pretty common to see dead/dying fish floating in some of the tanks. The coral selection is better than the fish options, probably because they're able to frag some of the corals in their display tanks. The anemones are always in terrible shape, most are bleached out and dying but they'll sell them to you anyway at full price. The owners aren't particularly knowledgeable and get overwhelmed often, if they help you pay close attention to what they pull out of the tank because they'll just grab what they can out of the tank whether or not that's what you asked for. Example, I picked up a brittle sea star at one point and the owner originally grabbled a serpent sea star instead. If I hadn't said anything he wouldn't have noticed. Not sure if he can't tell the difference or doesn't care. If you have any advanced questions they either won't know the answer or what they're telling you is probably incorrect so I'd just suggest doing your research beforehand and going to the store knowing what you want to get and selecting carefully. Their return policy is a joke considering the state of a lot of their fish and invertebrates. Really wish this store was better and/or that some of the more knowledgeable people that work there had more say in running the store.
Tropic Isle Aquarium is a US Pet Store based in Framingham, Massachusetts. Tropic Isle Aquarium is located at 4 Pierce St, Framingham, Ma 01701, Framingham, MA 01702, USA.
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