The Fish Store

lori B.

2024-04

Small business and great customer service. The staff are all really knowledgeable about fish and go above and beyond to take the time to answer the most obscure fish care questions. Absolutely would shop here for any and all aquarium needs.

Jennifer Haggerty

2024-04

A decades reliable fish, aquarium & supply store. Always clean, established animals. Excellent, knowledgeable feedback from the people that work there. The angel fishes we have from them are delightful!

Aidan Lawrence

2024-02

An awesome local fish store! Very knowledgeable and friendly employees. An incredible selection, and definitely have you covered no matter what your fish/aquarium needs.

Andrew Bowerman

2024-03

This store is super awesome. Inventory changes almost weekly on fish they have for sale. Love the staff can’t go wrong

Yasmeen Hussain

2024-03

The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, and the fish are just really cool. Really can't go wrong coming to the Fish Store!

R J Ranola

2024-04

Nice place to shop for fish. Floor was a little wet and the aquariums a little older, however they know how to care for their fish. They have a good variety of fish. I bought two bala sharks, two silver dollar fish, and a bristle-nose pleco. Will have to go back and purchase some discus fish when I get a chance.

Nyela Jacobs

2023-06

I bought 2 fish from here tetras, employees are super nice and helpful .one of my fish died on the way home and they were willing to give me another one for free ! I definitely recommend coming to them if ur in need of a fish .

Yolanda Elsie

2024-03

I stopped in to buy my nephews fish food but I was not sure if my nephew had the right kind of food for the eco aquarium tank that he had built. The stuff was expensive ordering in bulk online through another vendor so I thought that I would check it out. I walked into the shop and walked out with more fish frozen food than ordering online. Plus, I was educated on what the fish should be eating and related it to my nephew. My nephew was upset and I took him to the shop and he was told, “how to tell if a fish is eating enough to look at the eyeballs sockets and their bodies. They also informed him on the best foods to eat saving him money because the two different foods complemented another fish that my nephew did not have. I LOVE THIS LITTLE SHOP! It’s a working shop so its not petco looking store but they have a friendly knowledgeable store.

stephen whetham

2023-11

The gentleman who helped us first time customers was extremely helpful and listened to both of our questions and gave each of us respect. My wife felt he listened to her as well as me which is a nice change of pace from other fish stores. This is worth the gas to drive an hour from home to visit. The store had a variety of both fresh and salt water. I’m excited to enjoy the new blue trigger we took home. Thank you so much!!

DK L

2023-05

Knowlegeable, nice staff. Have a good selection of freshwater and saltwater. Need to streetpark no parking lot readily available. A little more expensive but learn a lot. 15 day return policy

Lisa Gaspar (Lisa GG)

2019-05

I've only been in twice so far, but both visits have been great! The staff were very helpful and knowledgeable. They were friendly and offered information without asking. I bought a couple of shrimp for the first time in my tank and we are enjoying them immensely. We also purchased some female bettas.

Anna Strygina-Kay

2024-03

Best fish store with knowledgeable people that really do care about fish.

David Lee

2022-05

Love the small mom-and-pop feel of this store. Brings back childhood memories. Not a fancy store but has most of everything you need for fish and supplies. I support this store because it is the only fish store in the greater Seattle area that takes in orphan fish that I know of. I live on the Eastside and whenever I'm in Seattle, I try to stop by. I have 3 tanks, largest one 55 gallon tank. Been there almost every weekend past 3 months as I take my son to Lynnwood for rock climbing classes. I would get few fish at a time to try out this store, and now almost completed my 55 planted tank with 3 angelfish, 16 Cardinal tetras, 5 flam tetras, 2 siamese algae eater and an otocinclus. The algae eaters are from different store before I heard about this store. I heard about this store when I got tired of my 15-20 convict cichlid species tank and need to give them away. When i dropped off the cichlids at the store, I was grateful that the store will try to find homes for my fish. I have also adopted some of the orphaned fish there during my subsequent visits. They also support local breeders and you can consistently find locally breed angel fish, guppies, swordtails, and even cardinals there. They also have wild caught cardinals if that is your preference. Pricing of fish better than most stores in the area. The fish are very healthy. Have not had icks, fin rot, dropsy so far. About little over half of the adopted orphaned fish survived but I don't hold this store responsible as was not their fish to start with. I noticed that the adopted ones that survived were ones with good appetite. Make sure you quarantine, especially the adopted ones.I know there are other good fish stores in Seattle and the Eastside such as Aquarium Co-op and Danny's Pet World. I know those stores will do well, especially Aquarium Co-op with its amazing You-tube presence. I hope you give this store a try and support another option in Seattle. I have enjoyed coming to this store. Here are coupe pics of my 55 gallon tank with fish from this store.

Chandler Dettling

2023-10

Very knowledgeable and enjoyable to talk with staff. I bought an Anubias Nana petite with a 7 inch rhizome! We will be back, very reasonable prices, some wild caught fish, aquatop tanks for amazing deals. Love this place!

Erika Carrillo

2023-11

Love this little fish store! Lots of variety of tropical fish, plants and aquarium supplies. They are very knowledgeable and will let you know if certain fish will work with your specific setup.

Craig Lee

2023-12

I have been a customer for over 20 years. They are extremely knowledgeable, the more importantly, it’s easy to tell that they are totally dedicated to the hobby and the fish themselves.

Marissa G

2023-11

Love these guys! Super high quality fish and merch. Worth the extra little bit re price for how well they care for animals

sixeyedslothbear

2022-05

These guys are chill and really helpful. Good suggestions and friendly to answer questions. Wide selection of tanks, filters, plants, food, and fish. Not to mention they are not overpriced for plants and fish as some of the more boutique aquascaping stores are.

Stephanie Boen

2018-05

I love this local fish store. The staff are very knowledgeable and they take very good care of the fish that they sell. I tend to always get my fish from them because they are healthy from the get-go. It is worth the extra cost to make sure that you get a healthy new Resident fish. My guy is named Poseidon by the way.

Frank Ming

2024-03

WoW. Great selection. Huge quantities of each fish. Well maintained.

Brandi Masters

2023-06

So awesome!! They truly care about the fish. I bought a bunch for Mother's day for my mom. Since I was in a hurry and had my dogs in the car, I called ahead and they had them ready to go, when I came in, just had to pay and run back to my car! They Koi and goldfish are still doing great

Lily Baldwin

2023-09

So help me; if you're getting into aquarium keeping, go here. All employees are exceptionally knowledgeable, the variety of fish is unmatched, the fish are healthy and well cared for, and if you're doing a price comparison to other local small businesses OR big box stores, the prices here are either on par with competitors (prices of neocaradinas, neon tetras, etc. are abt the same) but the majority of the time, the prices here are two or three times lower than competition.I currently have a set of 5, 10, and 20 gallon tanks, and over 20 fish between them and all of them came from this store. From where I live, it's over an hour drive to get here and there are a lot of other aquatics stores nearer to me, but I always make the effort to come here because it's worth it

Alice Yau

2024-01

The only place I will buy fish from. They are knowledgeable, friendly and great selection of fresh water as well as salt water fish

Gisela Sarmiento

2023-05

Very knowledgeable staff. There's a great selection of fish and plants. Plus reasonably priced.

Barry Morgan

2020-05

Great personal service, actionable advice on all things fish, wonderful selection of plants, equipment, and fish both fresh and salt. If I got my way, I would have loaded this Fluval Flex 32.5 tank and stand purchased yesterday with all of them, but alas the kiddo got her castle for Fluff & Fluff Fluff; and the savannah cat got his heated fish viewing platform.

PhilE Sloniker

2023-08

This is a fun nice sized shop for fish located on Lake City Way. I was looking for certain fancy goldfish and did not find what I wanted. But I was not disappointed there were a lot of nice fun fish to look at while I was in shop. I would definitely come back if I need a different types of fish fish.

Subhay Manandhar

2024-01

Low key great store. Has a lot of fish selection. Probably not a lot of plants.

Kelcey Shelton

2023-05

I love this place! The staff are super knowledgeable about fish and aquarium setups, as one would expect out of a long standing shop. They helped me choose fish that would do well together instead letting me flounder (see what I did there?) around until I figured it out by trial and error.I like that they're open until 9pm because I work later than usual these days, but if I need something for my tank, they're here for me.They helped me build a biodiverse tank with several plants and aquatic species. I'll definitely be back!

brandon kalbfleisch

2023-05

I was Having a problem with an anemone I bought their. I was told to feed it and then come back and talk to him. I also purchased a lawnmower blenny. When I got it home I noticed it was extremely skinny and was definitely not the one I saw in the store. It died less than a week later. I also won't be going back cause he kind of had a smirky attitude about some questions I asked. I'm sorry, you're a very knowledgeable group of people but your customer service skills have little to be desired.

Joe Paschke

2023-07

I drove across the city to give this store money because my first experience was a positive one. It was not busy but I spent 50 minutes quietly standing waiting for help in a conspicuous place making eye contact any chance I had without any acknowledgement from any person that works there short of a hello to which I said hello back but they kept on walking... They helped 3 people in front of me literally as they walked in the door. I left and called the store to ask if I needed to make an appointment. The woman that answered the phone tried to say it was my fault I wasn't helped.Do not give this business your money.The rude superior attitude of the woman that worked there has earned this review and the loss of my business.