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In Awe of a Queen Angel
The Waterloo Chronicle, January 25, 2012

EXCERPT: After one look at a Queen Angel, with its shimmering blues and yellows, I could only muster an awestruck "wow." "Queen Angels are considered by many to be the most beautiful fish in the ocean," Stace Bleich, owner of Aquariums by Design in Waterloo, told me recently when my family visited the new store in the Canadian Tire plaza at Erb Street West and Ira Needles Boulevard. Read More...

PLEASE NOTE: The Queen Angel mentioned in this article is no longer in our store. You can see her beauty (and learn where she is now) by watching this video: Queen Angel at Aquariums By Design, Waterloo.

EXCERPT: The first aquatic creatures people encounter when they walk into the new Aquariums By Design store in Waterloo are the ones the proprietors probably won't sell many of -- sharks.

A big shark and stingray pond is at the front of the store, complete with small sharks suited to aquarium environments. Read More...

EXCERPT: Stace Bleich's love for fish and aquariums came at an early age because Stace's father always had fish tanks in his home. His first part-time job was at an aquarium store in Cambridge and, after graduating from school, Stace worked full-time at a fish supply store in Kitchener. He eventually left the store and created Aquariums by Design.

Today Aquariums by Design is Canada's largest aquarium maintenance and design company serving most of central and southern Ontario. The company has six employees that service, design, and custom-build aquariums for residences, nursing homes, banks, and retail locations, including dentists and professional offices. Read More...

EXCERPT: As Stace Bleich was growing up, he often tended the four or five colourful aquariums in his house that were kept as a hobby by his father.

He didn't realize it then, but the knowledge he was gaining would eventually become the basis of a thriving business. Read More...