LiveAquaria Under New Ownership Following Sale by PetCo
LiveAquaria is one of the oldest online marine aquarium livestock companies that has been setting the bar in the United States for over twenty years. Five years ago LiveAquaria was acquired by PetCo as part of the Drs. Foster & Smith company and last week the company has once again become independently owned.
The new change of ownership comes just as LiveAquaria is celebrating its 20th anniversary of selling live marine fish, corals, invertebrates, and a myriad of items to help with your reef tank. There was some initial concern that PetCo would change the DNA of what makes LiveAquaria a national leader in marine livestock supply, especially after Drs. Foster & Smith itself was shut down earlier last year.
The Peppermint Angelfish at LiveAquaria
Despite all the worries by the community and customers, LiveAquaria has stayed true to its reputation of offering rare fish and exotic corals peaking last year with its offering of the first holy grail peppermint angelfish to be sold online. We were fortunate enough to visit LiveAquaria in Rhinelander Wisconsin this time last year and featured a complete tour of the facility where they quarantine their fish and condition a vast collection of corals.
The Best Tour of LiveAquaria You'll Ever See
When smaller companies are purchased and acquired by much larger ones, as LiveAquaria has experienced a couple times over its history, there's always the chance that the new owners will decide to either shut down the division or dramatically change it for the worst. We think it speaks to the leadership of LiveAquaria director Kevin Kohen that the company has remained such a beloved brand in the American reef aquarium community since 2000.
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Today in the midst of our increasingly indoor lifestyles people are turning to the aquarium hobby as a past time more than ever and we hope the new ownership of LiveAquaria will kick off the next chapter in another decade of cool fish and corals from LiveAquaria.
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Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor's degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.
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