Ocean’s Above

Great customer service from Vu and his staff, even though we had an item that was old he still let us exchange it for new products and offered very helpful information. Great experience oceans above thank you!

If u ever need anything for your tank, this is the place to go! They have everything you need to get started and can get whatever you need to maintain your tank. They always have a good selection of fish and other things like anemones and so on. Vu the owner is very easy to deal with and Chris is the best in the business.

I want to begin this review by saying that I have never written a review on any business, restaurant or any other reviewable service because quite honestly no matter how good, bad or indifferent I feel about my experience at said establishment I just can’t seem to muster up the emotion to actually sit down and write a review about it. That all changed today… here I am at 10:30pm after a long day writing a review about Ocean’s Above. I wandered into the store around lunch time hoping to find some sort of magical turtle device that I could buy that would make my newly rehomed turtles, Pikachu & Squirtal, hate me less… I was also hoping that whatever magical device I needed wasn’t going to cost me some absurd amount of money. I honestly wasn’t hopeful because pretty much all the information I had read said that my turtles hated me because their habitat was too small, didn’t have the right lights and I wasn’t feeding them headless locusts and legless crickets, but I’m not a quitter and I’m pretty sure you need more than two turtles for turtle soup so I decided to give Ocean’s Above a try… I kind of felt bad for Chris because I think I asked him every single possible random question about turtles and also told him all about my depressed, hateful turtle duo… he handled everything I threw at him. He shared his knowledge of turtles with me without any hint of arrogance. I very much appreciated the time he spent sharing his own experience with turtles. I left the store with rocks, gravel, sand, some tasty turtle food and a lot more confidence in my ability to not kill my son’s new pets. During the time I spent in the store I learned that Ocean’s Above really specializes in saltwater tanks and ponds, but they have stuff for all types of fish and aquatic type animals. Ocean’s Above embodies the standard of service that enriches our community and it will be my first stop for my aquatic needs from now on.

Chris is awesome! My boyfriend is starting a salt water tank, and Chris has by far been the most helpful in helping him start it. We visit the store maybe once a week and he always has what we are looking for. If you’re starting or thinking of starting a tank come here!

My Fiancée and I went into Oceans Above to do some research about salt water tanks. We wanted to get some more knowledge about the subject and find out if it would be suitable for our lifestyle. We were in the store for 4 hours speaking with Chris about all of our concerns and getting as much knowledge as we could get. He was absolutely amazing with us, very patient and very clear in explaining all the components and all aspects of the hobby. We have not fully decided yet if this is right for us for the time being but we couldn’t have asked for a better experience. This is a very expensive hobby to get into, but he benefits seem to be worth it. If we decide to start a salt water tank we will definitely be going back to Oceans Above for all our live purchases.

Chris is just great! I need a new pump, he had it for my ancient aquarium and he said if it didn’t work to bring it back. Then I need new hoods in 20″ size. He gave me a phenomenal deal from ones off the new tanks in the store so I could have them right then. ALWAYS very personable and helpful, no matter how busy it is in there, and it seems to be busy a lot. You leave knowing you become more informed about your own tank and always with a great deal! These guys are the BEST!!!

I have been doing business with them for a long time and are always very helpful! anyone that wishes for the one on one personal level service should go there. they have plenty of selection on aquariums and fish.

Chris is the man! He has helped us start up our 20 gallon saltwater tank. We’ve had a death probably from the mysterious Brooklynella O_​O but we have recovered with amazing force! Chris and Vu have helped us out and hooked us up they are the best HANDS DOWN ever!!! They have the best saltwater fish selection I’ve seen in all town. They are still adding more fish too! Tropical! there are some now, I love the giant Oscar fish, wish I could take him home! haha. Heading down there today to pick up a new fish, so far we have a Yellow Damsel and an Azure Damsel. The yellow chases the blue a bit, but we added more rock (now at 18lbs) and it’s gotten a lot better :)
Thank Jah for Oceans Above! Salinas finally has something I love!

i walked in here to pass some time while at a job site. they greeted me and let me browse around. this place has some very cool set ups. i liked how they didn’t hover over me and just let me look at things at my pace. they have a great selection of fishes and equipment. really cool guys here

We stopped by this store on our way back from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Pretty cool little store. We ended up falling in love with a 7 inch blond naso tang. hes beautiful and healthy and they gave him to us for a reasonable price. Naturally we named him Monterey. Monty for short. Vu, the owner and his brother (?) are so nice and very enthusiastic. They are very very nice guys. I would shop here again, for sure!

A few days ago my boyfriend and I went onto Oceans to talk to Chris (one of the Managers) and he hooked it up and got us into our first Salt Water aquarium! He has so much knowledge and made it an enjoyable learning experience! He really knows what he’s talking about and wants everything to be successful!

If you are sitting up a salt tank and don’t want to drive to the sf bay, come here. They always know what they are talking about and they won’t screw with you if you are new to the salt world. I have been here a few times with a my bf and he is always impressed as it is his tank he should be. We went in a few months ago and they had «live rock» that they had just gotten in. However he told us that he could sell it to us right then but he wanted to make sure that it «cycled» for another week before putting it out. That is just the kind of service that you want in your fish store. They could sell you crap but they want to make sure that their customers are happy so instead they tell them the truth. Well we went in today and they had great already «cycled» rock ready to sell. We got 25 pounds worth. The guy gave us 10% off and got us some pieces that weren’t as heavy so that we could fill the tank more.
I know I don’t know all the lingo of the salt world yet but I am learning.