*What are you most excited to see about the new expansion of Aquarium Co-Op's retail store? Also, if you missed our store tour of Twin Cities Guppies, don't forget to check it out: **ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0vMTvw7kG-I.html*
Waaal, since you asked. You have some real personality fish/creatures like Murphy, Ladybird and Elmer the turtle. How about a small art section devoted to paintings/prints of these cuties and more?! Cartoons too of them would be so fun...just a thought. Humor/beauty is medicine for us all, lol. USA
Thinking of visiting America at the end of next year, ive watched your videos from when you had your tanks on cinder blocks in your backroom of your old house, I miss your massive gold fish tank you had in your background of the early day streams. Looking forward to seeing great content in the future!
Hope you guys love this one. Cory and I have done this for so many years so we always try to shoot these tours differently. It’s been awhile since we showed the retail store off so.. here we go! If you guys and girls love to see things differently please let us know! I’ll be checking the replies.
These are great videos. They are just easy to watch and enjoy. I know here in Oklahoma we have nothing close to this. Petco and Petsmart is really as good as it gets. So this is nice to see.
I love that you treat your employees so well. I absolutely loved working in an LFS in my younger years but found out it wasn’t something I could support myself long term doing even managing the stores. I’ve always said if I could make a living wage doing it, it would be my dream job. Congrats to you on all your success and congrats to the lucky few that get to join you in it!
Right there with you! Managed a rather large fish department way back in the late 90’s through 2010 when I was in high school and college. Now I’m in my 40’s and make 6 times what I did as a manager at the pet store and I STILL miss those days. I just loved that job, it was a pleasure sharing my love for aquatic life with other enthusiasts! I would do it again in a heartbeat if the money was better. The demise of the “local fish store “ which my store was a victim of as well really makes me sad. The hobby is worse off for it!
Cory your combination of knowledge, dedication, determination, work ethic, and total love of every aspect of the aquarium hobby. Has only grown with the years. Your courage and commitment to educating and improving the hobby is unmatched.
Those Gold Rams are the healthiest looking Rams I think I've ever seen at a store be it local or chain. They look great! Great video guys! I really like the way you do things for the hobby and business as well.
Following you for several years has been a delight. I have truly been blessed watching you and the coop grow as you maintained your integrity and priorities. Such a rare thing in today’s world. Thank you for proving you can make a company based on molding it to your values and not Vice versa.
I love watching the process of y’all growing and all of the behind the scenes of the expansion. I’m always into seeing quality footage of the fish in store tours. I am most excited for the new Murphy tank! He’s gonna be even happier and more handsome💕
I plug this company and Cory's show virtually on a daily basis on the FB fishkeepers pages I'm part of. By far the most helpful videos I've watched. Sometimes I even have the shows on as background while I'm doing chores or just visiting. And quite often find myself rewatching videos even. I see the shirts hanging in the shop with the aquarium co-op logo and I WANT at least one. A large part of my passion for this hobby is due to Cory and aquarium coop. How do I get one of those awesome shirts??
I really appreciate you being honest about stuff like “ I would never buy that” most people would try super hard to convince us it’s a crazy cool fish but you are honest and that’s awesome
I REALLY enjoyed this video. LOVE seeing all the fishees and Cory's commentary. I have learned the hard way, to pace myself when working/cleaning fish tanks. Fish fascinate so many of us and we like to see them happy. Taking time to stare at them and just enjoy them often really helps balance us out. Keeps burnout at bay. LOVE this kind of video, Cory and Jimmy!! Made my day!! USA
Always love seeing Murphy. Hes adorable. The store is absolutely amazing. Love seeing what's going on, really appreciate these tours. Great stuff Cory and Jimmy. Appreciate you guys hard work and taking time to show us the tanks and the amazing fish. You have really helped and educated new fish keepers like myself. Thank you P.s just leave me in the betta section. I'd be in my element🤣
Once the store expansion is all wrapped up I am going to make a trip and come visit. This looks incredible. I always enjoy the store tour videos. Wish we had something like that around here. Kinda inspires me to one day open my own.
Great video! I also love the Aquarium Co-Op commercials, but especially today! I loved when Zenzo threw the air pump. Made me laugh! 🤣 Gonna try that new air pump!
I'm so excited for the store to get a big makeover, I'm a local from Bothell and I've visited Aquarium Coop a few times and I'm always impressed by the quality products and the upkeep of all the tanks! Many of my plants and almost all of my drift wood have been sourced from you and I can't wait to see how much awesome stuff you'll have when the store is expanded
Greetings from Scotland.🏴 I thoroughly enjoy watching your channel & listening to your podcasts. Wishing you continued success with your expansion. Such a pity we don't have anything similar over here. Good luck. 👍
Awesome! Largest lfs in the world?? Man i gotta come visit👍🏻😂 how do i tell my gf i wanna take a trip to the United states… just to visit a fish store😂😂😂
I love your store and video's, it's ashame I live 3,000 miles away. My son used to live in Edmonds Washington and I know it's beautiful. I'm in a wheelchair and have had to change how I do thing's, but I'm considering a nano tank. Well best of luck to you.
I have a low-light planted 30cm rimless cube that houses about 60 blue shrimp and one fat pond snail. It’s been the easiest tank I’ve owned in the last ten years. I think that any low-light tank under 10 gallons could workout well for you. Any tank under 12” high really. A 20 gallon long might be a nice compromise between a tank with a nano-tank hight but with a larger footprint for more stocking and scaping options.
The number of species you carry is just amazing. Plus, you have done so well, you have expanded by leaps and bounds. I wish you guys continued success.
They silicone Seams on the tanks is getting a little old might need to re seal the tanks with fresh silicone in the future. Also would you ever consider putting QR codes on the tanks with care guides of the fish inside of them? Because that would be awesome!
Wish I was closer... Sarasota, Florida is almost as far away as possible, "with that being said" my orders generally arrive in 3 business days & that's AWESOME...! Congrats Cory...! And ALL of the gang that makes it possible...! Thanks & keep up the awesomeness...!
once my tank is cycled I am going over there and buying one of your bettas- I could literally cry seeing them so well taken care of, its such a stark difference from the dirty and dying ones in petco/petsmart. I literally can't wait to bring my new friend home!!
Just a little fyi. You guys pay your workers more than the NHS pays us newly qualified clinicians for our first 3-4 years. You're an absolute gem of an owner
Those mirror walls make incredible backgrounds for display tanks. Water World in Pensacola Fl used them on both sides of the room and it made the tanks seem endless.
I just stopped by yesterday, such a cool store, Murph is such a cool fish! Super interactive with people near the tank, I bought some shrimp and a Scarlet Badis, your staff is incredible!!! Can’t wait to come back again.. Edited to add: I live about an hour north but y’all are definitely my LFS now haha
Footage of the Corydoras amandajanea is HILARIOUS. I can’t stop laughing at that fish’s “expression” when Cory says, “I gotta be honest, at that price I would never buy this fish.” “Umm…get outta here man…I’m worth it!” Great job editing that, Jimmy!!!
Was so happy I was able to get a couple of aquarium co-op items off Amazon in Canada. I hope you will make more items available for us north of the border.
Congratulations, Cory, on your big growth. I have no doubt that a lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into your business to get you to this point. I wish you continued success, and am deeply appreciative of all you give to each of us in this wonderful hobby!
I watched your videos and learned so much and just connected that you guys are only 30 minutes from us. We are definitely coming in to get some more fish! Amazing variety!
I realize that you can’t spotlight EVERY fish, but those Roseline Barbs are beautiful! I only recently discovered them and they are my new favorite fish. I wish I’d known about them sooner. I would have filled my 125 with them!!!! ❤❤❤
New beginnings. Wow, what an incredible space. New place going to be amazing. I enjoy your video store tours. Provides me an chance to see all the great tanks & work that was involved to get them looking great. Wish I can visit in person. One day.🤞 Good luck Cory & crew!!
AHH! That's so cool to see the store expanding so much! There's been SO MUCH character packed into a little space that I'm excited to see what's in store! Glad to see someone who's put so much energy, time, and passion into this hobby succeeding!
So happy to see you're stocking gold barbs! I've got into them recently and hoping to breed outside in a mini pond over the summer. When fully colored up they are stunning and definitely underappreciated.
Hello, Cory an Jimmy. Congrats on your success. And all your coop crew. I've seen most of your videos and all of your store tours. I loved the one with Hank. It was tough for me to watch also. Who said starting a business is going to be easy. You persevered and look where you are now. Anther video people should check out is when your store got flooded. And how you had to deal with neighbouring stores duribg that time. You and your crew are great for the hobby.
I really love this type of video. I noticed this type plus the employees open new stuff coming into the store have not been posted in quite a while, and, I do appreciate the information, but, at the same time, once a month, I'd like to see the human and fun part of the store and staff behind.
On the subject of opening new fish store, my good friend of mine opened one up RIGHT BEFORE the pandemic which obviously was worst case sensitive for not only fish On the subject of opening new fish store, ť good friend of mine opened one up RIGHT BEFORE the pandemic which obviously was worst case sensitive for not only fish store but any business. Unfortunately for me I have been in the construction field (license plumber for 6years, home remodel 5 years, asphalt/ concrete about 4-5 years) and needless to say during covid it got harder and harder to travel for work. Long story short on a very nerve racking decision I changed careers and partnered up with him. I've been selling aquatic plants for a while and got a decent clientele built up over the years in the greater Houston area. He was doing OK but together I'd like to say we are pretty successful. I've watched aquarium coop forever which has helped me in soo many different aspects of fish keeping to where I just down graded to only 28 tanks haha. Your advise has helped not only on my hobby but our fish store. We pride our selves not only to be one of the few lfs that actually medicate our fish before they get sold but more importantly we always try to keep atleast 1 oddball/rare fish in each tank at the store and there is no better feeling/hearing people say" omg I've never seen that before", or " I can't belive you have this fish I've been looking for this fish for years!!!" My fish I'm geeking on is our exodon aka "bucktooth tetra" pineapple pleco, and our TRUE altum angelfisj!!! anyways THANKS for everything you do for us and the hobby as a whole. Your a legend and an inspiration for all of us and I'm successfully living my dream and love doing what I love for a living so thanks for all the informative videos and helped give me the confidence to go against the grain and changed the way I keep fish for the better. (Sorry for the crazy long novel just felt has to say this) PEACE!!!!
I can't wait to see the new spaces open up! Last time I was there, which was just a couple weeks ago, I was telling my boyfriend about the spaces next door that will be opening up. I hope to be able to make it to the grand reopening.
I don't know if I commented yesterday somewhere or not, but you guys rock on delivery. The plants I got yesterday were in the best shape and super good and healthy. 5 guppies.
I am so happy for you for the wonderful expansion!!! This is so exciting! I love that someone so caring about the hobby and has worked so hard is having so much success!
Congratulations on the expansion! That's so exciting! Bummer about having to tear down the brand new wall. But the expansion will be so good for you. 💖 Can't wait to see how it all turns out!
Great videos on the channel. Everyone has a passion about aquarium keeping on all your videos. Great watching all of the informative videos. Also great video editing as well! Keep up the great work.
VERY exciting!!!! Every year my daughter gives me a $100 gift cert for the store. I've been torn about what I want to get! I know whatever I get will be healthy and happy and ready to go home with me! (that's the main thing) I have a four year old Amazon Puffer here, from the Co-Op, who's living his best life still!
I just wish you shipped live fish to the northeast (Boston). Amazing fish, and everything I've bought from you arrived almost instantly! Great, great service. Love Murphy!
The one you guys are calling a Galaxy Oto looks like it’s actually Parotocinclus haroldoi. Slightly different care needed for those than your standard Otocinclus. They’ll need a little more protein in their diet, and they breed differently. Basically feed them like they are a Bristlenose and breed them like they are Corydoras.
Dear Cory, I've always seen that, the larger a fish store, the more that the tanks & their inhabitants go uncared for, it's just so many hours of work for the upkeep; cuz even with auto water changes, you have the dead fish, icky glass, feeding & gravel vacs that need to be done. When your expansion is done, please don't be "that store". Sincerely, Sand
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