Picasso Exotic Aquatics

Clean nice store… Over priced. Two guys working in there were nice & offered assistance. Really nice location.

Tanks are clean and fascinating to observe, but that’s about it. I was clearly an inconvenience to their store and day. Waited for 30 minutes to buy plants and multiple discus ($ 70+ fish). While I was waiting I noticed the majority of their freshwater fish had ick and were dying, but I figured I would give their discus a chance. Finally got tired of waiting and left. Doubt I’ll go back. Freshwater buyers be aware of the ick they have circulating in their tanks.

Have since become a maintenance client and am very happy with the level of service we are receiving. A good partnership and I highly suggest Jason and his team for your maintenance need!

Went in here a couple of weeks ago with my son on a Friday afternoon, they were somewhat busy so I didn’t expect much attention based off of my previous experiences here (I haven’t visited this place prior to 6 or 7 months ago). They seemed to have hired some new staff, which is a good thing! I was greeted this time with a smile and a «Welcome to Picasso exotic aquatics!» by a young lady nearby that was cleaning the tanks. This by itself completely changed the atmosphere in the room, she asked if there was anything I had questions about or if there was something she could help me find in a very courteous way. After just finishing a movie with my son, we were really just wandering around town center looking to have a good time. So in all honesty I was just browsing as my tank is already pretty well stocked! However Sam, the girl that made a great first impression (for herself and picasso) seemed very passionate about the hobby and the industry. The prices are still very steep and some of the corals could be in much better shape. Good selection of fish and inverts. I did see some familiar faces working as I browsed the store, and was hoping for a little better experience from them, but again they really just came off as arrogant. If they could get a crew that was as friendly and helpful as Sam, I wouldn’t hesitate to pay a larger price. I’ll be visiting again when I begin my 40g fluval tank build, and I know who I’ll be consulting with and buying from when the time comes to make the big purchase!

I’ve brought my kids in here a couple of times in the past to look at the fish and decided we would buy a small aquarium. I was blown away by the extremely arrogant employees there. Maybe I wasn’t dressed up enough, as we had come from my kids baseball game, but it took 10 minutes (timed it) for someone to check in on us. Once I did, I started asking questions about maintenance, tanks, fish assortment to get idea of what way we wanted to go but the gal seemed to have little interest in our discussion. After that interaction, I spoke to someone else and they told the first person owned the place. Just blown away. Guess those spots on Good Morning America, the Today Show and channel 9 are doing well enough to keep them a float.

Fish for the 1%!
Seriously, this store is ridiculous! It boggles the mind that there’s a market out there for $ 50,000 fish tank sets. Who’s buying these things, b/​c I’ve got some student loans I could really use some help with. This place just screams «New Money» and the businesses that pop up to help people part with it.
Alright, I’m not going to judge a store solely on the tax bracket of their target market. They have some very nice stuff, particularly their coral farms (for lack of a better term). It’s interesting to look at that and imagine how something like coral is cultivated, and thus MAYBE worth their super high price tags? I don’t know… I walk around this store with a medium level of interest, but the entire time I’m simply thinking to myself «why?»

Cool set ups on the tanks… but kinda weird that not a single staffer said a word to us. $ 40 – 50,000 for a fish tank… wow. They do have even cool small beta tanks that I would’ve actually liked to hear some information on, but… couldn’t find anyone to help me. Their salt water tanks have a wide variety of sea life and even has a smaller, younger section. Cool store, but maybe just went in at a bad time.

Not impressed. It is not your average fish store but not because it’s being overly artistic…it’s their larger than life pricing. I figured I was going to spend more because we moved from Florida back to KC but when I see other local stores at half the price I realized something was up. There are stores in business for the business and those in business for the hobby. The store is clean and the staff is relatively friendly when the snotty female owner is not in. The problem is the rent in that area must be astronomic for what they are charging on items. The selection of fish is just average for what any other store would carry instead of some real nice pieces that have your standard fish items. I went to Paradise as well and they are pretty decent and have a few different types of fish to offer. As far as the best in town I believe that Aquariums Wholesale takes the cake. That store was very cluttered and not the cleanest but the staff was friendly and down to earth. I even got a personal invitation from a local sw website.…my wife and I went to check it out and dropped a few hundred. Chevron Tang, African Flameback Angel, and they were successfully keeping a Moorish Idol. I suggest going to the shop that knows fish and wants to promote the hobby not these yahoos that just want to be expensive to make a profit. Waste of time to browse at this store.

Wow! We just went in here for fun and ended up having a very pleasing experience. I am a novice aquriest, and they were very helpful. They were not condescending just because I am not an expert. They also offer maintainance if you are not a DIYer. They have little and large tanks. They will sell you just the tank or the display set ups. They had both fresh and salt water fish, and the place was immaculate. It is high end, aquarium art. This is NOT your average fish store. The owner was trying to take a different approach to aquarium keeping; she was fusing art and fish, and she was successful. I suggest a walk-​through, even if you are not in want of a fish or tank. It is a very pretty store.