Local Fish Stores - Chicagoland (Updated July 2021)

icedearth15324 · Jul 28, 2021

Updated the list. Removed the following due to inactivity on Facebook: Aqua Visions, Golden's Tropical World.

As usual, if there are any stores missing, please let me know.

Quicksilver · Jul 28, 2021

Only a few months old but opened by someone who has been in the hobby for a longtime. The owner actually helped me move and setup my first saltwater tank
The Little Reef Shop, Aquariums Done wright
1525 Ogden Ave Suite G, Downers Grove, IL 60515

Mjl714 · Jul 28, 2021

Quicksilver said:
Only a few months old but opened by someone who has been in the hobby for a longtime. The owner actually helped me move and setup my first saltwater tank
The Little Reef Shop, Aquariums Done wright
1525 Ogden Ave Suite G, Downers Grove, IL 60515

Thanks for the heads up.

icedearth15324 · Jul 28, 2021

Quicksilver said:
Only a few months old but opened by someone who has been in the hobby for a longtime. The owner actually helped me move and setup my first saltwater tank
The Little Reef Shop, Aquariums Done wright
1525 Ogden Ave Suite G, Downers Grove, IL 60515

Is it The Little Reef Shop, or Aquariums Done Wright? Or both, with the ADW name being their service company?

Quicksilver · Jul 28, 2021

You are correct, it's both. The Little Reef Shop for the retail store. Aquariums Done Wright is the existing business name for the service side.

Wolf J Flywheel · Nov 9, 2021

I am staying in Elgin for a couple days. Are there any good aquarium shops close by?

xmoji · Aug 31, 2022

This list needs some updating!!

What lfs are you all shopping for coral these days?

LatinoHeat · Sep 1, 2022

Nick's Reef went out of business

98silverado · Sep 1, 2022

Chicagoland aquariums closed as well

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LatinoHeat · Sep 2, 2022

Marine Concepts in Wheeling I didn't see.

coral49 · Sep 2, 2022

Seven Seas is gone :-(

icedearth15324 · Sep 6, 2022

I'll try and work on updating it sometime this week.

xmoji · Jan 7, 2023

Happy new year all. Maybe some of you know already but I thought I’d mention I unexpectedly noticed a new aquarium store called Big Fish Aquarium on North Ave and Oak Park. I stopped in and met Eddie the owner who was very welcoming. They’re selling both salt and freshwater livestock.

jamo130788 · Jan 10, 2023

What happened to xzotic aquatic world in Nile’s ?

Deezill · Jan 11, 2023

I came on to mention Big Fish Aquarium, but I see Xmoji beat me to it. I grabbed this from the search engine.

Located in: North Oak Shopping Center
Address: 6816 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60707

Hours:
Closed ⋅ Opens 3 PM

Phone: (773) 295-5175

JimXRS · Jan 27, 2023

Sho Tank Aquariums Kenosha has closed. The one in Mundelein is still open.

SkunkerX · Sep 16, 2023

I just went to Aquatica today for the first time in a few months and it is under new ownership and now for the 1st time in 7 or 8 years I can get down all the isles and see

everything product and livestock and move around freely in my wheelchair with out running into anything or anybody!!! The new owner seems very friendly

and knowledgeable and has cleaned up the place nicely not that it was a mess just very cluttered.

Brian60077 · Dec 4, 2024

There's an awesome store in Morton Grove Illinois called the Local Fish Store. Awesome people, nice fish and corals, as well as freshwater and a plant section. Very helpful people there and extremely friendly as well. Also have an awesome shop dog as well. They used to work for Old Orchard Aquarium in Skokie before they closed, and opened their own shop.