Aqua Star Pet — Local services in New York

Small independently owned pet shop by a pet loving senior citizen. This mom and pops business type is now long gone. Her is probably the last remaining hold out. He has a variety of small cichlid fishes, tropical fishes, and a good selection of fancy gold fishes peppered with an occasional flowerhorns and cat fishes p look us a turtle or two. He sells feeders like worms, crickets, and small fishes. He also sells birds. He uses every square inch of his narrow shop. The price is reasonable and he is fully stocked like a big pet shop chains, except in a space less than a quarter the size of petlands. Call ahead to see if he has what u are looking for since he is 10 minutes walking distance away from the...

I first went into the store when it was on Mulberry Street in Little Italy many years ago.

The owner is so knowledgeable and so friendly and so helpful for free and I've told him he has to go up on his prices, after my purchase.

He has a lot of stuff in his small space and all the tanks are shiny and clean and recycled as soon as necessary.

There is a wide variety of fish and assessories. You will not be directed towards the most expensive. You will be shown what is right for your pets.

You can not lose by going to Aqua...

I'm really not a fan of the cramped conditions the fish are in. I get that an aquarium shop needs to stock up but this is Really cramped. I don't know too much about the care of specific fish but I know about red ear sliders and how they need heat bulb, basking light, a tank to swim in. Their two red ear sliders were just sitting in a plastic tub about the size of a shoe box and maybe 7 inches tall. Felt more like a fish/seafood market for food than to buy a pet...