Fishy Business

We are so fortunate to have Fishy Business so close to every part of Columbia. The staff, Kevin, Richard. Kat, and Chuck, amongst all of the others are simply wonderful! They work closely with the client to ensure everything from the setup, the live stock, and all of the repeat visits are professional and amazing. Besides all this, they are always well stocked on inventory and have loads of knowledge. Fishy Business is a great company stocked with great people! Thank you, Fishy Business, Kevin, and crew for more than 30 years of awesome fish keeping knowledge and experience! Thank you for being the best!

Me and my girlfriend started out in the hobby with the help of fishy, and we still return to fishy over a year later. I will say for the sake of a honest review the livestock in store tends to be a bit more expensive than online, but with any purchase you get the guaranteed refund if it dies within 48 hours after purchase (make sure to bring a water sample back to them and the dead fish in a ziplock that’s how it works, it’s a family owned store you can’t possibly expect them to refund fish or corals that have died due to your poor water quality, honestly no one will) and the fish they carry tend to be in better health and much easier to put through QT than alternatively purchased fish. The staff are all very knowledgeable on majority of the hobby and I have noticed they care on levels other stores don’t. If you are having a issue and they don’t carry the best option to fix said issue instead of trying to sell you something in store they will be honest and tell you exactly what you need to fix the issue you have, even if they don’t make money off of it and have to recommend you go to another store that carries the specific product that would work best for you (all though that has only happened once out of the 50+ visits we have had because they have a huge variety of stock for basically every issue) Richard is so knowledgeable on everything reefing and saltwater it’s kind of freaky lol, while his wisdom is a mixture of old and new school information he is almost always able to identify the issue or answer a question accurately in a way you can understand, and while I’m not saying follow any one persons advice or guidance in this hobby, Richards advice has saved me more than once on time sensitive situations. these guys are honest and the store is a great place to get all sorts of information sometimes so specific you can’t even find the answer online and can only get it from someone who has gone through it themselves. They have a $50 annual membership that is 20% off anything living, if you plan on getting a few tanks setup it’s 100% worth picking up. The glass tanks they have for sale are a reasonable price ($1000 for a 220 gallon tank is reasonable) and while the tanks they carry that are drilled with stands can be up there in price the stands are hand made locally not assembly line made junk so you do pay a bit more in store but with that the stand lasts alot longer. I’m going to close this review by saying if you buy fish or coral from this store (ANY STORE) you still need to go through a proper quarantine with each and every fish and coral, no functioning aquarium store can do this for you and you cannot blame anyone but yourself if you introduce a sick fish into your tank and inevitably crash it because of doing so, but I will say if you are practicing ich management rather than ich irradiation I will say you can pretty safely acclimate and add these fish straight out of the bag because I’ve personally witnessed on multiple occasions the staff at this store shut down entire towers because something other than ich got into them and they hold new arrivals for a while to observe for extremely fast acting and lethal diseases before listing the fish for sale. For example velvet and brook because they don’t want that in their systems anymore than you do, So at the end of the day no one but yourself is to blame if a disease gets into your tank through fish purchased here because they do take precautions since most people do not quarantine but it’s not practical in anyway to run a fish store while quarantining and treating all fish for every disease they could have, not to mention the noticeably larger price tag they would have to sell the fish for because of labor, medication cost, etc. overall this store is much more than just a store they will give advice to the best of their ability and they won’t intentionally sell you a disaster. we have spent thousands here and don’t regret it at all, and of course will be returning consistently.

I just want to say that I am so fortunate to have this fish store within a 30 minute driving distance from my home. I am also very fortunate to have an establishment that has such wonderful employees and owners. I have bought 2 beautiful setups and have had them both delivered into my home by Fishy Business. They also support their local dirt car drivers which is few, far and in between these days from businesses. Besides all this, they are always well stocked on inventory, have loads of knowledge between everyone and are just great people. So to all my peeps at FB, Thank you for being the best.

Fishy Business was great! First of all, it's a lot bigger of a store than you'd think from the street. It really stretches back. The first inkling you get of it is when you walk in and there's a giant cycling fountain. The staff is very knowledgeable and courteous. When I went in, no one was wearing a mask so I didn't either. The shop let me trade two aggressive fish we'd bought for in-store credit and didn't hassle me about it. With my salespersons help I found two awesome fish and bought a t-shirt, too. Great store. Also there's a Captain D's in front of the store so you know one of the two businesses is crushing it. If you like fish, I say check it out!

The coolest Fish store ever ! I went for the first time today and not only was the selection of fish incredible, the staff was so fun, friendly and EXTREMELY helpful. They all helped, but Trevor was the main staff member that assisted us and he was down to earth and very helpful and great with explaining things to my kids and myself. I've also chatted with them via Facebook messenger and they were quick to respond with answers. I will absolutely be coming back for all our fishy and aquarium plant needs. Thanks Fishy Business!

If I could give a 4.5 I would, but I can't. Either way, first time coming here. The place was set up nicely, you could tell they were still fixing up the set ups. I loved the variety of fish. However, some of the tanks were pretty gross and some had some dead fish. Which happens, but I think they should be removed immediately, not good for business in the sense of display. But anyway, loved going in and looking around. I bought me a calico fantail goldfish, two purple mystery snails and mother plant. They were pricey, but well worth it. I love what I got, and I hope to go back. Also, the staff was very on top of answering questions and asking if we needed help. So, that's a plus!