The Aquarium

This is one of my favorite tropical fish stores in Los Angeles. The staff is extremely helpful and they have come to my rescue several times. I have made purchases in both saltwater and freshwater, and they have all gone smoothly and have been worth it.

They had some decent selection of plecos! I’m always looking for some rare plecos but they have what I had! They have a great selection of shrimp if your into shrimp! I would come again to check out the stock in a couple of weeks!

The store was nice and spacious seemed like they had a decent selection of livestock. I came in looking for foo small enough to feed my new twin spot goby and the guy who helped me seemed knowledgeable enough to help me out. I will come back.

The service here is not very friendly or welcoming. I had purchased two Koi fish here several months ago. I brought them back to the store (about 400% larger then when I bought them, which should make them more valuable) because they outgrew my tank, and were harassing my other fish. The clerk in the store didn’t even offer to trade me for other smaller fish, he just took the two large koi to dump them in a tank. Not even a «thank you». I ended up buying two new small fish, and paid full price for them, but I think I’ll look for a new place to get my tropical fish & supplies. Someplace where customers are valued.

Been coming here for the past few months, the service is great and don’t mind answering questions. I’m a loach and exotic pleco type of guy and i love how they always have something different, found myself getting a pleco every time i stop by.

Nothing is worse than trying to buy something and the staff is so negative that you walk right out the door that’s exactly what this place has become it used to be better but no help from staff and the help that you do get ends up being negative well I’ll gladly take my money else where

Ok so we just left this place and both of the guys have shitty attitudes, to you sir in the black shirt that told us the sea horses prices are on the glass, your attitude stinks and will never come back here and I will tell my friends to never come here. Your attitude is disgusting. Learn how to put your sea horses in a good tank not with other vicious tank mates. I wish I could give you guys negative stars. Never felt so uncomfortable in a store. And wear underwear please, don’t clean a Tank, with half your crack showing in front of kids. Gross

This is a wonderful community shop. They are so knowledgeable and helpful and the prices are reasonable. I once saw them turn someone away because ethically they couldn’t sell a big fish to a woman who’s tank was too small for it. I was so impressed.

They have a lot of stuff for your salt water tank. Huge selection of fish, live rocks, anemone, etc. It’s really clean in there and the guys who work here are really helpful. They did have some dead fish in their tanks, which was pretty sad. And they charge $ 1 to test your water (Bob’s Tropical does it for free). If I have a reef tank someday, I’d come here just for their anemone selection. Otherwise, I’m pretty happy with Bob’s for my every day tropical fish needs.

Very very knowledgeable staff. I love how the staff was not bug by all the questions I had, and I had a lot. I will definitely be back.

Terrible parking lot in their strip mall. One way lane, not muck parking, so sometimes you have to park near the alley. Anyway, they have a small selection of fresh and saltwater fish, tanks, lights, filters, accessories, pond stuff, etc. their prices are higher than most, and their tanks seem dirty most of the time. They always have a problem with aptasia, and red slime so I usually don’t buy stuff from them. They have a fairly decent wave system (old school) that holds frags, clams, anemones, etc., but when they’re busy, there’s no one to turn it off so you can see items to purchase. The workers come and go, but they seem pretty friendly over there. It’s a good place to visit just for comparing prices, but not much else, unless there’s some decent frags on sale.

Great staff and everyone working there are friendly and nice. Angel is always helpful and takes the time to explain things to me. Tons of small frags to choose from and colonies are also available.

My favorite fish shop. Staff is friendly and helpful.

Staff seems a bit lost on what they say and never seem interesting in helping the customers … However I will say they have great variety of fish and the price is reasonable

The Aquarium has a lot of salt water fish selection. It also has the nicest reef pieces I’ve seen in a store. You can purchase small fragments of reef for cheap. They also have fresh water fish. But definitely a place to visit if you are interested in salt water fish.
The Aquarium staff are very helpful. The manager is very knowledgeable.

this is a great store for fish. I definitely find everything I need and then some more. The layout of the store is great and makes me want to come back. Very clean and organized.

I would leave this place 0 stars if possible
Its over priced. The customer service is bad roger is the only decent person that will actually try to help you, but is rarely there stay away .if your looking for coral at super low prices as well as fish look up ellis aquatics i ditched the aquarium co and only deal with jason from ellis aquatics check it out you wont regret it.

This is by far my favorite aquarium store in so. Cal! The staff (Ruben Harold Angel and Allan) is very friendly. Eager to help and very knowledgeable about the fish and corals. I’ve even special ordered items and had them in my hands in a matter of just a few days! This place rocks!

I got their medium-​sized black oranda for 25 and still alive, while Nature Aquarium in Santa Monica sells the black oranda for the same price but larger.
Ranchus looked good compared to the ones @Nature Aquarium. Very healthy and lively. Selection was light for fresh water, and can only assume they will get new shipments.
Sales posted on their facebook page occasionally, 20% off freshwater.

Just returned to this store after a 1.5 year hiatus from fishkeeping — what a treat. They’re still just as helpful and friendly as ever, and most of the faces I recognized as people who had worked there before. Service guy Peter, who set up my canister filter, made a cameo, and although not the warmest/​fuzziest individual, he’s really helpful. Angel helped me with the freshwater plants, of which there are a bajillion to choose from. I got some really cool fern-​like plants on a rock, some moss, a moneywort plant and an acrylic fish tank scratch buffer kit.
This place always has cool special events, «customer appreciation» or whatnot, so it’s fun to come when they have sales on livestock and aquariums. This store is the obviously better choice for aquarium enthusiasts over Petsmart across the street. In fact, I had originally wanted to go to Petsmart when I first spotted this place 2 years ago, and went in on a whim, and it’s awesome! If it were closer to where I lived I’d probably go more often.