As I'm finally getting back into the hobby and venturing into reefs for the first time, I've been…read moredriving around visiting LFSs. I'm lucky to have Oceanlife not too far from me. This is a smaller LFS that focuses on saltwater/reef tanks. They have quite a few frag tanks with various softies, LPS, and SPS corals that all seem healthy and fairly priced. The staff has always been super patient and helpful when I have questions or when I just want to browse. They've been nice about letting me be particular when choosing specific fish/inverts/corals. They're also very knowledgeable and helpful, especially as I'm still new to this side of the hobby. It seems like Oceanlife is a staple among reef keepers in the area and they've definitely built relationships with folks. People get greeted by first name and seem to be able to special order things as well. All around, it seems like what you look for in a LFS!

I can't say enough good things about this place! I recently got my first 10 gallon reef tank and…read morethese guys test my water every 3 days to make sure it's ready to go before allowing me to purchase anything. Even with the new adjusted hours I unknowingly came in a minute before closing and to my surprise, Nick still took the time to patiently test my water thoroughly and refused to sell me any fish or corals because my water still wasn't ready. Fast forward a couple weeks later and my water is finally ready and they will be seeing a lot of me! What attracted me to this place is that the store is super clean and the prices are generally better than any other marine-life store in the Houston area. The staff is always super friendly, professional and knowledgeable which I am so thankful for as an aquarium novice such as myself. If you're looking for anything saltwater tank related- ocean life should be one of your top choices!!

5 stars because I said so. Joke aside solid place for the stuff petco/petsmart "may" not have…read more Let's get real, if you want to risk it, go ahead and buy fish from big commercial pet stores. If you want live stock that doesn't die in the bag before you even make it home, come the the warehouse. Tell them Cye sent you so I can guilt them into more discounts than I already get lol. Life to date fish balance- 37,570$

Updating my prior review. A bunch of the fish I got died…read moreover time, a few weeks after I put them in my tanks. They had some sort of bacterial infection. Not sure what was going on, but it could have been a problem with the new fish, as none of my fish got sick. I will likely still get fish there as they have a great selection, but will definitely quarantine them first, and may treat them prophylactically. Which may not be a bad idea wherever you get your fish from.

Very cute birds and mice , guinea pigs, and hamsters and big variety of fish and small amount of…read moreturtles. The employees were nice and theirs also a big section of pet home accessories

Friendly customer service. Ive gotten fish here before and they have never been sick. Amazing…read moreselection on fish. They have rocks for aquascaping and even chicken deed that you can buy by the pound instead of a big comercial bag. Great atmosphere.

WARNING. Called and spoke with Mr. Wright, I told him I had 2x75 gallon fish tanks and then it had…read morebeen six weeks since they had been clean. Mr. Wright gave me an estimate over the phone that I thought was much higher than normal almost $600 for just cleaning when I asked him about the charges. He became very upset and stated if you don't like the price you can call somebody else. Normally, I would hang up the phone and call somebody else but because I was extremely busy and my wife was out of town I made the appointment The middle aged lady who came out to clean the first tank, was very soft spoken, had a lot of knowledge of fish and water, I had made a comment about how the owner spoke to me, and she had stated that this was not the first complaint and that the owner is extremely arrogant who walks around with a chip on his shoulder". But he writes her checks so she just looks the other way." How very sad to live in a world like that, I thought it was important to share with you people who the owner really is She did a great job, but I will not be calling this company again.

I submitted a web inquiry after a quick gooe search on nearby aquarium services. We have a 92gal…read morereef tank which was under a bad case of green hairy algae. Our once purple rocks were completely covered. We were at the point of wanting to hire someone to help get rid of it. I received an email response from John within a day and promptly addressed our problem. He recommended a product and in within a couple of weeks, our problem was no longer! Our tank is back to looking excellent!!! Next time we need any aquarium work, we will be sure to give them a call first!!! Excellent customer service and they are truly pros!!!

Would not hire this person on the mere fact that they are a worthless driver. The owner was…read moretailgating me down the street and when I told him to back off he said he wasn't doing anything wrong. Way to be a good person. And yes I did yell at you

Xtreme Fish & Pets is a family run business in Chinatown - exactly what I remembered a pet store to…read morebe when my parents used to take me as a child; and I went to lots of them cause my little brother wanted pet everythings growing up. You walk in and they have tanks and tanks of exotic fishes, a few reptiles/snakes, some bunnies, etc. I was here because we were looking for some koi fish for our outdoor pond - I called a few times and they gave me some odd answers every single time. The first time they said they had kois and they couldn't give me the price cause it depended on size and if they were domestic or imported. The 2nd time, he said he was all out. I came in that same day and they had a tank full of them - he makes you pick the ones you like and determines a price as you pick them. Apparently the bright gold and colorful ones are more expensive cause they're imported from Singapore. The really large ones can be up to $400. I bought 1 since we already bought 11 that morning from a distributor - smaller but more colorful than what we got for $10 each. The smaller ones range from $6 I believe to $25 for the imported ones. Their tanks were fairly clean and the store was cleanish - though we spotted a jumper fish who tried to commit suicide on the floor. We informed the lady and she picked him up and threw him back into the aquarium. Our pond was really green so we came back here for some pond bacteria to try to get rid of the algae. I also bought some algae eaters - 3 for $10/ a piece. They gave us $5 off for 2 different purchases on 2 different days. The family was literally in the back room, which is how I know this was a family run business. Hopefully our fish survive and we can come back for some more colorful ones! Some advice to the owners/staff - your mask doesn't protect me and isn't helpful when you don't wear it or wear it under your chin! Please use it when talking to customers! Seems like this store is pretty popular and there were lots of customers when we came both days! We will probably be back at some point for more fish!

Smells bad. Reptiles have no lights. Very messy. Went to four pet stores in a day and it was by far…read morethe worst one