liquidation sale at Aquatic World

[rica5tully]

Hi all,

Today I drove over to Aquatic World in Oconomowoc to pick up some things. When I got there, it was a strange situation. They said they had been robbed, new owner, old owner had gone bankrupt, etc.

In any case, they have 50% off on about everything. VERY LITTLE livestock, but they have salt, dry goods, etc. And all their tanks and setups are a good discount too.

They said they'd be there until 6:00p and I'm not sure after that. They're selling everything, furniture, their tanks, etc. Trying to get rid of it all.

ET

 

[steve414]

did they have the bulkheads that you needed

 

[rica5tully]

they had one of them. I'm still looking for the second. It fits a 1 and 3/4" hole in the tank. But my standpipe is an odd size. Maybe I need to go to a plumbing store with my pipes and see what I need.

ET

 

[sticky]

whats left

whats left

How much of there inventory was left? Where there alot of tanks and equipment left?

Thanks,

I know of a couple guys looking to go bigger.

 

[rica5tully]

Yeah, they had a LOT of tanks left. Lots of stands, strip-lights, etc.

The store is in a bit of disarray, and is currently staffed by volunteers, so you should probably know what you want when you go in.

 

[sticky]

sweet

 

[techigirl78]

Anyone know if they still have their doors open this week? I tried calling, but no answer.

 

[carpediem360]

they disconnected the phones. The guy told me that they didn't pay the bill.

 

[ozz1116]

I stopped their and the owner was being pretty tight

 

[techigirl78]

I stopped there too. I agree, for liquidation, that guy is tight. I guess from a close neighbor to the business is that the current owner bought it a year ago and has run the business into the ground.

Got a lawnmower blenny for $15. Not a really good deal, but I felt sorry for the little fish and he looked in decent shape, so I got him in QT now. They had some other fish, but many dead ones in the tanks. At 5:30PM, we asked about the tank lights as none of them were on the guy said he forgot. The tangs looked like skeletons. Made me a bit mad. If he doesn't want to take care of the livestock, mark it down a lot and get it into decent homes. Even corals and anemones were left without .

Also, asked about a 75 with no overflow and one with one. Prices were $90/$150 - respectively. Not great savings at all, but some off normal retail. The 120 with overflow was over $300. For 2 of those, he would have to order the tanks and I would need to prepay 100%. I thought he was kidding me. What idiot would put 100% down on product being ordered by a place going under? Seemed way to fishy to me.

 

[ozz1116]

I was one of the guys right behind you on those 2 tanks,I agee 100%
Yeah the fish looked bad

 

[mungus]

Just for the record I bough a canopy from them not to long ago. I brought it back to the store and reordered a new canopy because it was not tall enough to fit my halides. I had to prepay an additional $130 for the canopy and then the charged me another $80 for shipping it. $210 total on top of what I had already paid $199. Thats a lot of money. I picked up the new canopy (still in box) and brought it home. Upon unpacking the canopy I realized it was the exact same canopy just with different molding. I called them and they would do nothing for me. They said it was the one I had ordered. Funny how the one I ordered had doors on the front and the one I got did not. BTW I live in Sheboygan so the drive is pretty dang long to get ripped off. I would not recommend prepaying for anything from them!!!! Thats not the way it was run in the past!!!

Brian

 

[techigirl78]

Sorry to hear about your problem. Those types of things are probably why this guy is going out of business.

 

[prugs]

I bought a 210gal tank when it was under the old ownership, just before the change.
They checked out the tank, & loaded it onto my truck.
When I got home they left one piece of cardboard on one of the corners. When I removed the cardboard, there was a flaw in the glass seal. Pretty tricky those guys. I only live 2 miles from AGA, so I paid them a visit. They said they would warranty the tank, & not to worry. I to live a long ways away, & should have paid better attention. I ended up with a factory second.