Fish Stores in San Francisco

There's a place..I think it's called Ocean Aquarium. It's a freshwater only place. Guy's name is Justin and He really seems to know his stuff!

I heard ocean aquarium is cool. Albany is great! IF you want to check out some ADA stuff go to AFA or aquaforrestaquarium.

I was thinking of going to that area tomorrow, but I think I spent enough on my tank this week.

Are you really driving from arizona?

I went to a place around 30mins from SF, it was really cool. Can't remember the name though, all I know is that it had a huge cylinder type SW tank and a huge arch thing with giant gouramis in it. Check out the local aquarium there also, its a must see.

if you see a chubby asian guy with a asian girl thats short thats me lol dont be afraid to say hi.

are you just going to go see aquariums? If you guys want to have some fun, academy of arts is cool and there is a flower garden area on the other side....exploratorium is ok. Then of course the pier that everyone goes to. also berkly oh and also the japanese tea garden

after tgat tgeb go to fentons ice cream.

All those places are great! Albany and AFA being the best. Abanys hella small but I've never been more impressed with a fish store. The store catons talking about is called aquarium concepts in Dublin,a lil farther then a half hr I think depends on traffic. Don't go to 6th ave!

Don't plan on buying anything from Justin without a water sample...not gonna happen. He's weird but definitely knows his stuff and If your waters no good or not a good match he WON'T sell u fish.

accordztech said:

if you see a chubby asian guy with a asian girl thats short thats me lol dont be afraid to say hi.

are you just going to go see aquariums? If you guys want to have some fun, academy of arts is cool and there is a flower garden area on the other side....exploratorium is ok. Then of course the pier that everyone goes to. also berkly oh and also the japanese tea garden

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LOL if i see you, i'll make sure to say hello. These are times when those TPT T-Shirts would really come in handy!

We're only going to be in San Francisco from Friday afternoon-Sunday morning i think, so i don't know how much extra time we'll have. But i'll definitely make sure to stop by those places if we have time. Thanks for the suggestions.

PUMPKINHEAD said:

All those places are great! Albany and AFA being the best. Abanys hella small but I've never been more impressed with a fish store. The store catons talking about is called aquarium concepts in Dublin,a lil farther then a half hr I think depends on traffic. Don't go to 6th ave!

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Yeah I've heard that both of those stores are amazing. I'm hoping that i'll be able to find a lot of cool plants to ship back to AZ!

Just looking at pictures of 6th ave aquarium creeps me out, lol. It looks like a scary place TBH!

PUMPKINHEAD said:

Don't plan on buying anything from Justin without a water sample...not gonna happen. He's weird but definitely knows his stuff and If your waters no good or not a good match he WON'T sell u fish.

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Wait... so if i don't have a water sample with me, he won't sell me fish?!
Let's hope that he doesn't have any honeycomb catfish then, because those are the only fish that i would purchase and bring back to AZ with me.... lol. I'm hoping that i can find around 6 honeycomb catfish in one of the 4 stores. They're fairly uncommon in LFS's in Phoenix.

I just went to Albany Aquarium and loved it, I also love Aqua Forest in SF

Its kinda his thing I guess. He "reads" you and usually requires h20 samples as "protection". Just doesn't wanna sell u fish that don't belong in your water params. Albany and AFA are definitely gonna make you drool and BROKE,but you'll definitely be happy.

After a year ago in august, I finally got the name of the aquarium store we went to. Little far for you to travel though:

6920 amador plaza rd, Dublin, CA

Name: Aquarium concepts

Its is pretty cool, great SW and FW selection

The fish stores worth going to are Albany, AFA, and Ocean aquarium. I know there's alot of bad reviews about 6th avenue, but I like going there cause you'll never know what your gonna see. I saw a Nautilus snail for sale. Some horseshoe crabs. A lot of other fish or creatures you don't really see at other stores. Personally I would never buy anything live from them, but sometimes they have good plants for sale. The plants may not look all that in there tanks, but I know when they reach my tank they'll be doing a lot better. Didn't have that much luck with plants from Albany and AFA. Its because I believe they dose a bunch of different ferts in there planted tanks that when they reach my tank at home its like a total shock to the plants since I dont dose ferts at all. Hope enjoy your time out here.