If you're not looking for this place, it's very easy to miss. It's next to chinatown ice cream…read morefactory but it's below street level. Once you walk in, you can see the entire store. It's not huge but there's a decent amount of fish, and I even saw some plants. The owner was pretty helpful in addressing some of my questions. I bought some balloon mollies and some cardinal tetras. The fish are fairly priced, For the cardinal tetras they were a dollar more than what I would spend in Queens. I like that there's a fish store here. Will come back for sure

Visited the store with my son, we didn't touch anything but went to look to check out what they…read morehad. Planned on buying a small tank but two workers there, don't know if they're the owners, completely ignored us. No hello, no "may I help you?". Just completely didn't even acknowledge us. We looked around for maybe 2 minutes and still neither of them even acknowledged. So I decided to just leave. On the way out walked past the guy at the register and again nothing. I figured let me just ask them how long they've been open and he said a few weeks-- I don't think I'll come back here unless I have to.

Great choices and service, availability of merchandise corals and fish. Live rocks …read more Great choices and service, availability of merchandise corals and fish. Live rocks .

Horrible business ethics.... I came from far away to this store.. the website says open till 7.. I…read morecame and it's closed.. another customer posted a similar complaint.... really bad for business ethics.

I love these guys. Elliot and Gil are the most patient, and helpful professionals…read more During this summer, my boss just had a sudden urge to have, "the best guppy aquarium ever." Haha, yes, those words are verbatim. And so, being his trusty right hand, I had to get him the best help. And the best help meaning these guys. Mark (my boss) started out with 3 guppies and within a month (I kid you not) he had 34. I don't know if we just bought horny fish or what, but Mark was happy....which made me happy, because he gave me a raise. =)

It's a charming shop with very wise owner who knows everything about fish. He has lots of…read moredifferent kinds and is a charming man. This is the kind of shop where you get a vibe from the days when shops were run by Moms and Pops.

Now that Petland Discounts has closed down and is out of business, we need to help and support our…read moreindependent Mom and Pop pet stores that carry out our needs. Here is a small and a bit cramped but well stocked fish store in the middle of Henry street that doesn't have much foot traffic. Sam is the owner of this one man shop and I remember him as a kid when he had his store on Mulberry street decades ago. It's good to see that he's still in business and he told me that he will do it for as long as he can. This store has a good mixture of tropical fish and goldfish. Different sizes, breeds, types and colors available! The owner takes good care of this stock and the fishes are swimming lively in each tank. His prices are pretty reasonable as I've compared them to other places like Petco, Petland Discounts and other local independent pet stores in the neighborhood. He also sells turtles, crickets, beta fish and the famous Parrot fish from Hong Kong! Aqua Star also has a variety of water filters, air pumps, chemicals, medicines, accessories, rocks, coral pieces, gravel, tank decorations, fish bowls and different types of fish foods at the counter. When purchasing fish, Sam puts them in a double plastic bag and fills it with pure oxygen from a cylinder tank rather than just grabbing it and create a pocket of air like other fish stores do. Your newly purchased fish will last a while inside the bag until you get home! Please support your local independent businesses and visit often!

My siblings and I hired this company to install a premium aquarium for our father as a retirement…read moregift. It was something he had wanted for a long time, and we wanted to surprise him with something he would truly enjoy now that he'll be home more. They were very professional, knowledgeable, and clean, and the installation was done with great care. The aquarium looks amazing and is clearly top of the line. Most importantly, our father loved it. He's beyond happy and excited to have something he enjoys and that will keep him busy. We're very glad we chose this company and highly recommend them.

They claim this torch was damaged during shipping. No minor wasn't. All I asked for was a healthy…read moretorch and my order was refunded....interesting

Place is so dirty, poor Axolotls no oxygen save your trip to this place drive to njread more

This experience was honestly heartbreaking. I was trying to adopt a cat called Onyx back in October…read more2025 and was fully ready to provide a stable, loving home. I even offered to complete a home visit and go through every step of the process. Instead, I was denied based on the opinion of the previous owner, someone who had already given the cat up because they believed Onyx should go to a home with another cat. That felt completely inappropriate. Once a pet is surrendered, decisions should be based on the current situation and the adopter, not someone who no longer has the animal. And a rescue should keep that in mind. What made it even more upsetting is that I wasn't even given the chance to meet him or be properly considered. Meanwhile, Onyx remained in a café environment for months, despite concerns about how it was affecting him. He didn't get adopted until February 3, 2026. It's heartbreaking to think he could have been in a loving home much sooner. I ended up adopting another cat shortly after, who is now thriving, which only confirmed I was more than capable. This process felt overly restrictive and not truly centered on what was best for the cat. Do not recommend this rescue at all unless unless you happen to meet their very rigid and limiting criteria.

I adopted my kitties from this rescue a little over a year ago. I've had cats most of my life but…read morehad just gotten out of a housing situation where I had to watch a cat die and another be left to be neglected (no opportunity to rescue that cat). After a very nasty divorce, I lost the cats I'd had with my ex (who didn't deserve them considering he knew zip about them and didn't even care about his older declawed cat when trying to take in a younger clawed cat who'd been living on the streets) and vowed to get my own cats that no one could take away once I got my own place to live. That took over 8 years but finally happened so I looked into finding maybe an older but not super old cat. I felt getting kittens would be unlikely in NYC. These two were about 6 months old when I found out about them and I'd wanted a cat who looked like my first kitty Blink Eyes. I saw Coral first, learned she had a sister and after seeing how sweet they were on video, asked my building if I could have 2 cats. They said "sure" so I decided to pursue it. Having never previously dealt with a rescue and having heard horror stories about criteria and screening at some places, I felt I'd be rejected based on finances or having too small a space but I guess my getting window screens, having references who could speak well of me as a cat mom and the kitties themselves voting for me after meeting me in person got me these two. Now they're 18 months old and living a happy life, as you can probably see in the pics. I still have no clue how these 6 month old kittens didn't get snatched up in a second (they were found at 3 months) but I guess when it's meant to be, it just happens. Their foster mom even told me they'd have to go someplace else if I didn't take them so I felt I had served my goal of helping a cat who really needed it. I had my apprehensions at first but they talk now and definitely seem to be happy; they are my furry children and according to my mother, completely spoiled rotten.

Words cannot say how grateful I am to the owner Jerry. I went into the store about two weeks ago…read moreshowing him a picture that my goldfish were hanging out on the bottom of the tank and had this white stuff on them so I assumed it was ick , but Jerry told me that it looks like my pH was too low. So he gave me these rocks or gravel in a bag to put into my filter and told me to do 1/3 of a water change and then put the rocks in and within 30 seconds my fish was swimming around as happy as can be!!!! Thank you so much Jerry

First time, probably the last time, the person working was knowledgeable but the place was a little…read moretoo dirty for me. Boxes everywhere, tripping hazards, lighting was horrible, and as mentioned before, the stairs are an accident waiting to happen. There are other places nearby and in long island much better.