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| - While driving around, my husband and I happened upon RMS Aquaculture one evening and decided to check it out the next time we were in the area. We visited today, 1/21/18, and had fun exploring the place.
First, there is a good variety of fresh and saltwater fish and aquatics. They have your usual neon tetras, guppies, cichlids, and various types of mollies, as well as more exotic fish of both water types. We found two types of beautiful lion fish, tiny horseshoe crabs, sea urchins, corals, eels, and more. In the freshwater tanks, we found red bellied piranhas, gold nugget plecos, dwarf pufferfish, and a number of other interesting species. They also have a captive bred baby dwarf caiman, which was really neat!
When we left the fish area, we came across a reptile wall with different types of snakes, iguanas, lizard-type reptiles, and my favorite-bearded dragons. A friendly staff member helped us and let us hold two beautiful baby coral snakes, as well as a baby bearded dragon.
Towards the cash register we discovered some more animals. There were parakeets, love birds, a chinchilla, and a few guinea pigs. Nearby, there were many rows of an impressive amount of different size fish and reptile tanks and accessories.
The most important thing to me at a fish and aquatic store is the State and health of the animals and plants. All the animals looked very healthy and happy, nobody looked sick or stressed out. The birds were merrily chirping and communicating with each other. The guinea pigs were piled up napping when they finished playing, and the chinchilla was curled up in his little house. The place is very clean inside, and the staff seem to take pride in working there. When we get a fish tank set up, we'll be sure to come back for fish!
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