Law Office Aquariums

I won some nice sps frags at an auction at a crazy low price. Richard gave me some pretty good tips and advice on where to keep my parameters to be able to keep sps successfully. Totally recommend this place for high end SPS frags.

Richard and this shop are awesome! LOA is one of the best shops in all of SoCal. He has a huge selection of corals and a least 90% of the corals on offer are aquacultured in house. This is a huge deal for the longevity of the pieces you buy because they are already accustomed to tank life and are actively growing right up until the point you take them home. Hardier corals plus reduced transportation stresses make these much more solid pieces to bring home. The selection he has on hand is vast. He has everything from old school OG corals to the newest and brightest grafted ultra corals. Not only are the corals awesome, the procedures Richard takes with fish are amazing! Because of space requirements and the risk involved with storing fish, LOA has a limited selection of fish at any one time. Richard can source just about any saltwater fish you ask for though. Unfortunately, fish disease is extremely prevalent in the hobby and it should be assumed that every fish you buy has a high chance of carrying disease. Many diseases like ich are relatively harmless but I have seen more and more fish nowadays carrying truly nasty diseases like uronema, brook, and velvet. I have even encountered velvet that was resistant to 2.5ppm of copper power. These diseases if introduced to your display tank can entirely wipe out multi thousand dollar fish collections and cannot be eradicated from a reef tank. Even by going fallow. Richard’s approach to caring for fish gives me huge piece of mind when buying new fish. There are several things he does that make LOA exceptional for fish: 1st he sources fish from Quality Marine the best wholesaler in SoCal. 2nd he treats the entire fish system and fish with Formalin repeatedly. This is one of the only treatments for nasty uronema. 3rd he treats the entire fish system and fish with praziquantel and metronidazole. Great for flukes and other diseases. 4th he typically treats the entire fish system and fish with copper for velvet and ich. 5th he tells you where in the treatment process the fish you are looking at are. If you see a fish you like that arrived recently. He will recommend you come back a few weeks later so it can finish treatment. Fish disease is crazy and no fish can really be guaranteed disease free. But these 5 things Richard does at LOA make purchasing fish from him a much safer bet. It’s also crazy that Richard charges normal retail prices for them. I’ve purchased fish from boutique online fish QT websites and the fish are often 3 - 6x the price. Richard’s fish prices are still on par with other LFSs in the area. The only other brick and mortar shop in California that takes this level of care with fish is High Tide Aquatics 400 miles away in the Bay Area. Law Office Aquariums is truly an amazing LFS. It’s very rare to find a shop that does both fish and coral this well.

On multiple days I call no answer, i show up on the times they say they are open and no one is at the store. Take your business elsewhere not worth the time.

Super healthy fish and corals. Richard is super helpful and there’s tons of selection. Would highly recommend!

First, I wanna start out by saying this review is long overdue. Richard is one of a kind, standup guy if you’re looking for a truthful, honest no bullshit local fish store with more than fair prices and beautiful corals look no further I have been to just about every store in the inland Empire and I can honestly say Law Office Aquariums is my favorite and I will continue to do business with Richard. you have to see it for yourself to believe it Richard is not just another salesman trying to sell you everything under the sun. He will tell you what you need and what you don’t need. Thank you, Richard for always making my experience pleasant.