Francos Aquariums

Sept 14th- It is such a shame to write this review, as I had nothing but a wonderful shopping experience BUT I feel is important for potential buyers to know what kind of accountability this stablishment will take if there's issues with their livestock.After many months of debating, I was finally ready to get some dither fish for my many pleco colony tanks. I got a 55 gallon tank ready for quarantining and planned on getting schools of 15-20 of each dither fish. Despite my best efforts, I had a hard time finding the number of fishes I needed and still needed like 10 more galaxy danios and small numbers of cardinals and rummynose tetras. So, one day, I decided to go check this place out. Got the bit of the fishes and then some. Come home immediately. Follow my proper acclimating procedure, put in the tank with the other 50+ fish that had been quarantining there for almost 4 weeks ( with no problems). Checked for ich and everything looked fine.Night comes and the new fish were dropping like flies. Performed a 50% water change immediately, checked water, temp, filters, etc. Couldn't figure out what was wrong. Spent a very late night working on that fish tank and watching how the fish I had there originally were starting to get sick as well and a few died. Researched and researched and thought it was neon tetra disease at first but then my 9 year old talks to me about the new funny looking fishes" I got and shows me the pictures of two of new galaxy rasboras ( that costed me $10 each btw). Looked at the pictures and it was obvious these two fishes had a horrible internal parasite. This parasite has to be the worst I've ever seen ( and I am not an inexperienced fish keeper)I was upset but never mad at this stablishment because I understand s*** happens. Heck

Came in to get my 75yr old grandma her first fish tank set up for her birthday, Linda was absolutely amazing. She made us feel so welcome and provided such a wonderful crash course on becoming a first time fish parent. This experience was one we will never forget, I will be a lifelong customer. Definitely the place to go in Calgary for all your aquarium needs.

Good selection of freshwater fish, super satisfied with prices as well. 6 dollar loaches, tetras 4.50, excellent shrimp collection. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Visited every aquarium in town and this is one of my favorites

If you haven’t gone there before, I just want to suggest Francos Aquarium for freshwater fish! I showed up there with 3 kids a husband and myself and no real plan and we left with some starter fish and a plan for what we wanted to build up to in our community tank! And bless Lulu for patiently answering all my questions and offering her experienced guidance. I really just got a fish tank from someone and assumed I would be good to go! Lol! I had to run out a couple times for basic stuff that I didn’t even know I needed, but now we have a really great tank started up! We will be back for more fish soon!

I always enjoy stopping in at Francos. Linda is great to talk to and I have had great success with the fish that I have purchased here. It's a smaller store but has a good selection of fish. There are a few basic accessories and such in the back corner, but the focus is certainly on the fish themselves.

Great family run business. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Fantastic prices and healthy fish. Will definitely go back

I absolutely love this aquarium shop. It was my first time visiting and the lady that helped us was an absolute riot. She was barely knowledgeable about all of the fish she had and was very funny and conversive. I would definitely recommend this aquarium store to anybody new or experienced.I picked up three male fancy guppies 3 Giuli Coreys and to my suprise some Subwasertang that I've been looking for in local aquarium stores for quite some time.

Very friendly atmosphere, and she gave some treats to my dogs as i picked up a Koi. Looking forward to my next visit

they have a good selection of fish but it’s upsetting seeing some of the tanks. a lot of fish are sick and lots of tanks are dirty and definitely not a good condition for a fish to live in. clean your tanks properly

Outstanding dedication to the excellent dissemination of knowledge. Linda was endlessly patient and answered all our question, regardless of how many time we asked the same question!! She took a lot of time with us to make sure we understood how to set up the tank and which fish were good together. All the fish and plants were so healthy! Thank you so much!