King Aquarium

They have a lot of cichlids and some of them are rare and hard to find. The only problem here is the hours of operation which starts at 12 noon and sometimes later than that that’s why I only gave them 4 stars. I came here one time and waited for an hour until I decided to leave and come back some other day. My suggestion is to call them first to make sure they are open and ask specifically for what fish are you looking for so you don’t waste your time. Just be ready with your budget because it’s not like the cheap aquarium shop locally. The owner in this store is very firm with the price but other than that I liked how healthy the fish looks like. Highly recommended place for fish hobbyists.

This store has a ton of large fish breeds and insanely large fish. There's a decent amount of community fish. They seem to be a $1-2 more than a big box store. Unlike a big box store they don't have dead fish in every other tank. The fish also seem to be more mature. I asked for 6 zebra danios. I told her there's a couple leopard danios in the bag. She said no the purple stripped ones are zebra. I said I know but that one has no stripes and I don't think that one does either. She said they were so I took her word on it. Turned out I got 4 leopards and 2 zebras but the store was too dark to tell. Update I was able to take the leopard danios back and get zebras. For the hassle I was given an extra zebra.

Great fish store. No saltwater like before but a great selection of fresh water. Some of the prices are a bit higher then the commercial chain but you can see the quality. I recent purchased some beautiful shrimp as Im putting together a new tank. My daughter needed some dog food so she took me with her to Petco. I headed to the aquarium section and saw they had a few shrimp. Prices cheaper do got a couple. After adding them to the tank the colors were pale compared to the ones I purchased from Kings Aquarium. Quality vs. Quantity for me.

Kings Aquarium is the best fish shop in my opinion. Crystal the owner is very knowledgeable about her fish. The tanks are clean, there are no dead fish floating in the tanks like in other fish stores and even her goldfish tanks are clean, and well kept. Her prices are a little bit more than other fish stores but I would rather pay a little extra to get some quality fish that are disease free and plus I’m all about supporting a small local business! Go down there you won’t be disappointed!

King Aquarium is the only lfs that sells the beautiful Electric Blue Jack Dempsey's. I'm so glad that a lfs in San Jose knows that there is a select group of hobbyists that adore this beautiful fish.