New Wave Aquaria

Chris Wendt a month ago

Jen the owner is very experienced. I consider myself quite experienced and I needed a second eye. I utilized their aquarium services to come out and help me. I didn’t really need continuing services but I couldn’t figure out my problem. Jen arrived with a bucket and siphon. Went right to business focusing on what was important and spent zero wasted time. The price was really fair considering I had feelings of wanting to give up on the tank. I took all advice given and my tank hasn’t looked this good not only a week later in almost 2 years!

Scott Barber 3 months ago

Amazing "little" saltwater shop! Although its small by sq footage its huge in quality and sheer awesomeness. If you want to see a Conspicuous Angel in person stare into one of the amazing display tanks long enough. I was in town from Kansas City and stopped by. But I would make the drive up there just for corals. The selection of Torches has to be the best in the midwest. Also dry goods are well stocked, well priced. They carry things like BRS supplements, full line of Red Sea stuff, Hanna reagents and even Polyp Lab genesis blocks. Guys working there were super nice and even gave me a little cooler to get my corals back to KC. Looking forward to making another trip soon!

Stock Aviator Edited 4 months ago

Jen and Doug are fantastic and New Wave is by far the best LFS in the twin cities. They specifically won multiple awards recently for best LFS nationally. Side note....if you are a serious reefer, have them install one of their custom water changing stations. It will change your life! Side note #2.....Regarding a previous review.....the only "coral eating starfish" are the crown of thorns starfish. If the rock was infesting with them.....that must have been one big rock. They are the size of footballs. lol. Also....If you are seriously into this hobby, you know the cords are a problem. Dosers, pumps, controllers, lights, etc....It can turn into a real mess. If you have a mess on your hands like I did, they have a guy named Ceasar who is a genius at organizing cords and making the back end of your system look amazing. Hiring him was some of the best money I have ever spent!

Kelsey Bowers 4 months ago

They have nice stuff and beautiful coral but I have been here three or four times now and every time can barley get anyone to acknowledge me...and then when inquiring about coral prices I get completely inconsistent info and talked to like "I probably couldn't afford it anyway." They dont know how much I have to spend or my experience level. I finally decided to drop a pretty penny on some coral and feel a bit swindled. Last time I was in this orange mushroom was $25 and now it's $50 and less than dime sized. Same with the orange Ricordea, asked last time and they were $45, today $49. Ok I will take them anyway. Then she saws off the tiniest one from the rock to sell me. Really not a great experience. Also the small amount of rock the corals were on were completely infested with tiny coral eating starfish!! Yikes!

Becca Garcia 7 months ago

The whole crew here is just amazing. We started our tank because we fell in love with this store. They have helped us out every step if the way. Jen truly takes care of her customers and we have nothing bad to say. Plus we have a gorgeous tank thanks to The New Wave Crew !