Fintique has been located at 701 West Ave. since 1975. Please use the web or call us at 210-735-2829 to acquire driving directions. During this period we have seen many fads come and go, but we have remained steadfast in our goal. To provide you with the best selection, highest quality, and unsurpassed prices on tropical fish and supplies. To accomplish this we believe in...

  Yes, we could sell you items you don't need to make high dollar sales like some pet shops but why. At Fintique we believe that understanding your aquarium will guarantee a successful aquarium. Spending allot of money on non-needed or 'high-tech' items might not. If you do not understand what and why you are buying the item, it will probably create allot of major problems later .

Spending  large amounts of money on your freshwater OR saltwater set-up will not relate to how well your aquarium will do.

     Understand your aquarium and think like a fish. Do fish get intense lighting 10-12 hours per day ?  (i.e.. think, sunrise-sunset, not mid-day all the time). Would you like to swim in a sewer ? ( not doing regular partial water changes ) ? No filtering system is a miracle - 'no-water change' - filtering system, unless that is your buying the cities sewage plant as your filter. Swimming in to much or too little water flow ? These and other factors will affect the health of your fish. 

   Another benefit is we say Should or Might for advice we give. This is because for "mandatory" advise someone gives you, I can give an example of someone else doing it another way and being just as successful. Don't buy expensive items just because a salesperson told you; you must  have it for your fish to live and prosper.  For over 20 years in our holding area we have used only two sponge filters  per 29-45 gallon aquarium and have kept fish extremely well and for long periods. If you try to understand HOW your aquarium works, your aquarium will do better without fancy and costly items. Most high tech items cost more than old tech and generally contain more pieces that can break. Understand the biological cycle instead of loosing your hard earned money to a good salesperson.

   We highly recommend undergravel filters. Most aquariums do better with them, even allot of saltwater aquariums. We sell all types of filters, including, canister, hang on external, internal, sponge filters and others. We carry over 10 types of chlorine removers and hundreds of other chemicals and supplies Yes, we sell high-tech items and chemicals, plus allot of the must have fad items. We have been told we have the best selection of ornaments in south Texas.