One of the Top 2 saltwater aquarium stores in Tampa Bay!…read more Staff and selection are amazing

Temporarily closed and moving locations until spring 2020. drove long way, wish I would have…read moreknown, so heads up!

We stopped in out of the blue and were pleasantly surprised by the amount of salt water fish tanks…read moreand snakes there were. My daughter loved it. It was like a mini Nemo/Dory aquarium along with numerous snakes. David, the owner, was very nice to us. Even though we were only there to pass the time as we were waiting for the guy next door to open, he was still welcoming and courteous. I appreciate his kindness. He seemed very informative about everything. If you're an avid owner of saltwater fish and snakes, I recommend it!

Five stars does not do this place justice. I am so grateful to have found this place. If you are…read morenew to fish tanks and want someone to actually truly help you, this is the place!

Had Clearwater Reef Design come out to check out my 20gallon saltwater tank due to algae issues. I…read morecould not be more appreciative of the service and professionalism. Ryan talked me through the issues and I have plans to work with him on upgrading my tank. Highly recommend Clearwater Reef Design if you need maintenance.

I purchased a waterbox all in one aquarium with stand. The company emailed me and said that they…read moremade an error in pricing, but we're willing to give me $100 off the price. I graciously accepted. Then they sent me an invoice that showed a 3% transaction fee and added on $250 in shipping when my purchase and their website clearly says free shipping. (He told me that only is for orders over $2500) I asked them to either honor their price that they sold it to me for or to honor their free shipping. They instead have ignored me and canceled my order. This is definitely a bait and switch. I would not trust this company as they do not appear to have any business integrity.

Nick just might be the Koi Whisperer... he provides great service and has been instrumental in…read morehelping us to keep our Koi Pond in great shape! I really appreciate his advice, counsel and enthusiasm... the guy knows his business!

Nick took good care of our ponds while we were on vacation. We will be using his service for some…read moreupcoming maintenance on our ponds.

I have been a customer of this business since 2002 when I started my first 29 gallon tank. They…read moretaught me so much that I even had them build me a 120 gallon fish tank back in 2005. They came and set it up for me, and it served me well for six years, until I took it down and moved out of state, lugging this tank with me all over the West Coast of the U.S. where it stayed in storage for the past 13 years, but now that I am back and all settled in, Bryan helped me get it back up and running. It looks great and held up really well, and we started adding some fish. I definitely recommend this place. Bryan knows what he's talking about. He is patient and very helpful and doesn't try to upsell you. It's been a great experience working with Bryan and the staff at Marine Warehouse.

I went to the store yesterday and asked the guy with a beard at the front to test the water. He had…read morea bit of an attitude and asked me what for. After I explained that I've had a new tank up and running for about two weeks, he immediately said there's nothing to test for because there have been no fish in it. Another associate near the tanks asked if I needed help, and she offered to test my water. She took my water to the front, where the bearded man saw my container and glared at me like I was bothering him. I didn't see them do anything, but she came back after a few minutes and said my water was fine. So, I proceeded to buy three fish and acclimated them to the tank as you're supposed to, but when I woke up less than nine hours later, everything was dead. Yet, my water was fine?!? Today, I will be visiting Petsmart, where the staff is always willing to assist their customers. I was hoping for a better experience here, as they have a great variety of fish.

This place is in a very unlikely spot. Hidden away from the road but what at treasure. Doug, who…read moreowns the place , has an extensive and I mean , extensive selection of corals that he grows himself in the back. Very knowledgeable and friendly he will advice you on what to get and not to get so you don't add some invasive coral to your tank and regret it. He also carries a good assortment of fish. Small in size but large in selection this is the place to go for a good selection at good prices.

Looked for a Trustworthy aquarium store for 2 years in the Tampa area, and finally happened upon…read moreDrysdale aquarium, I have been in the hobby for 25 years so I know quality frags when I see them, designer frags at great prices, if you have been staring at a 200 dollar piece on eBay, he might just have what you have been wanting for a fraction of the cost, the only reason he didn't get 5 stars is his selection of fish and his selection of sps is a little small, but inverts, cleaners, softies, palys, zoas , lps, he is top in the area.

Dan Calvo and his company Little Oceans is a scam!!! I paid him $10k in full and he never supplied…read moreme with the lights I paid for and several other items. Plus the tank has a leak he could not seem to fix and now has ran from backing his product! I will be going after him in small claims court. It's not ok for Dan to take payment and not fulfill what was agreed to in writing. We are talking about more than $1600 in just lights that he did not deliver on and now won't answer calls. I've never gone on yelp until today and that is because I want people to know the truth of how greedy and unprofessional Dan Calvo is and his company Little Oceans! See you in court Dan!!!! PS I have the truth, your invoice and much more to present to a judge and the court system.

I have used Little Oceans expertise for several years with mixed results. I've had previous bad…read moreexperiences, which included a broken aquarium, which was replaced, and today's visit has left me very upset. Today the filter was to be replaced and Dan was apparently missing one or two of the pieces to finish the job correctly. He rigged the aquarium with extra pieces, as he was missing a clamp, and the aquarium was running so loud that one could not even be in the same room. It sounded like it was about to blow up! After conferring with Dan via text I told him I was going to just shut the filter off because the entire filter and the tubing and pipes were shaking and vibrating and water was spreading out the back of the aquarium and has response was, " okay I'll come back tomorrow." 5 minutes later there's 30 gallons of water on my floor! When I called him immediately to set up him to come back as an emergency his response was basically that he doesn't want to deal with it... It is not his fault ...he's not coming back.. he's not going to take any accountability for what happened even though he has just installed the filter and added the extra pipes which created the back wash of water which led to the leak. He also said it was okay to turn it off when I wrote him about it. My issue is less about the water leaking than about his attitude and saying I'm not going to deal with it it's not my problem ..I did what I could do at that time so I have a serious issue. He now refuses to come out and fix the job that he himself started and has left me with a completely broken aquarium after just paying him another $130. So yes I'm very irritated and people need to think twice about employing him. Additionally he showed up an after 30 minutes of already being in my house told me he has an infectious illness, a fungal infection. Which is contagious from person to person. He also then proceeded to use my bathroom without permission and it already used it by the time I I knew so I would never have given permission for that, and all with an infectious disease which he should never have shown up with that already. So I resent being put in a situation where I could contract an issue and being left with 30 gallons of water on my floor and paying $150 for a filter that he didn't install correctly. Think twice before using this company please because they will not take any accountability and Dan is very rude unpleasant to deal with.

The people here are very knowledgeable about fish . I have had situations in the past where I…read moreneeded tips and advice from the staff. The staff helped me work through the issues, and they seemed to understand exactly what I needed to do. Although I did not make a purchase, they still attended to what I needed and didn't oversell me on what I needed. I really appreciate their help.

My husband and I have shopped here for YEARS, and we love coming here. We've shopped from Jana the…read moremost-- she is so helpful, and we appreciate how honest she is... she cares about the fish and the customer and will make sure the fish is being sold to the right home. They have a great selection of healthy freshwater and saltwater fish. We have never had parasite or sickness issues with fish we have bought from here too.

First time at this shop after going all over the Tampa and Lakeland area for a good fish store…read more Livestock was very healthy, not a single dead fish in any tank. All the tanks were extremely well maintained and clean. All fish and coral were clearly labeled, and very fairly priced. John was knowledgeable and had great customer service! This shop is over an hour from my house, but I will definitely be bringing my business here regularly.

Very knowledgeable very honest, and great livestock! I have purchased from there many times and…read morenever disappointed. If you have any questions regarding your aquarium, talk to John!

What a great aquarium store! We're in the process of setting up a 20-gallon freshwater tank and…read morewe're incredibly thankful for the helpful & knowledgeable staff at A Tropical Reef. Not only does this store have great, healthy products for your fish, they play great music. I could spend hours here & highly recommend!

This place is awesome. I loved how they took care of their fish, all the different types of fish…read morethey had and the different plants that were in the tanks. The reason for the four stars is because the fish we purchased didn't really get along and 90% of them died within the week. I'm not sure if it was the fish being sick, or what happened between the fish. We got fish from another store and they have been good.