I love coming to Blake's! The service is always friendly and the staff are always happy to help. They have fresh and salt water fish, as well as anemones and plant life. I have come here many times and always leave with something in hand! The move to the bigger store really makes a difference! The store is inviting with a variety of fish, accessories and cleaning supplies for your tanks I can't wait to see what Blake's continues to add. Their supply of exotic salt water fish is limited, but there is a variety of fresh water fish to choose from read more

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Great places to grab all your aquarium supplies. Staff here is friendly and knowledgeable. Prices are fair. Always buy my fish here. read more

Blakes Aqua Den - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

Amazing experience every time I've gone. This time, Liam went above and beyond in taking the time to help me pick some wonderful corals and fish (even going past closing time just so I'd have the right ones for my skill level and tank sizes so we'd all be successful and happy with one another for years to come at home!) You cannot ask for better service or cleaner pets! read more

Really great store; staff (Alex was great, gave me the dime tour) is exceptionally knowledgeable, courteous, and considerate. Selection is far greater than other LFSs I've seen in the area. Some oddities and rarities, but most impressive to me was the quality of the livestock. HUGE gold rams, great looking apistos, variety of rainbows, and neocardia more vibrant than I've seen most other places. Browsed the saltwater side as well, though that's not my specialty. Lots of fire fish, tangs, angels; a couple of the most impressive lionfish I've seen anywhere (commercial aquariums included). Hard good selection is impressive. Great selection of driftwood and hard scape pieces (both large and small). read more

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Beautiful store! 11/10 the employees are amazing and so are the prices and stock. Now I'm just adding characters read more

Without a doubt, the best fish and aquarium shop in the Wallingford area! Staff are always helpful, courteous and friendly. Livestock and plant selections are very impressive, and their tank and hardware inventories are diverse and solid. read more

You will likely spend a pretty penny but it's worth it if your fish survives. They get a lot of rare and unique fish but depending on who assists you, you might not get special care info if there is any. No returns, even if your fish dies within 24 hours. read more

I went here to buy emerald dwarf rasboras to add to my school because I breed them and wanted to add some genetic diversity to my breeding school. Also bought spotted blue eye rainbows. Great customer service, tanks look great and fish look healthy!! They also had a raffle going on when I went there, I told some friends about it and sent them there to buy fish and participate read more

I got interested in setting up a 20g aquarium for my home study after getting my son a few frogs and glo fish in a 10g. I had never had an aquarium before. I have loved taking my son and shopping at Blake's. The owner and staff are all knowledgeable, engaged, helpful and friendly. They do not try to up-sell, but work with you to figure out what you want to do while offering as many suggestions as you need or want and then work with you on making it happen. If they think something you're interested in won't work with your setup, they will let you know. Both owner and staff recognized us from our first trip when we went in for our second. We have had a great experience and will keep going back. read more

Blake and Brandon are the best but the whole staff is wonderful. Quality and variety of fish is amazing.

Where to start, I went into this store curious with what they had there and I was impressed. Their selection of aquatic life is amazing! The Owner of the store is very knowledgeable, pleasant & answered all of my questions. I ended up purchasing a beaaauuuuutiful pair of Fancy Killifish, however the female passed a day or two after I put her in her new home. I explained this to the owner of the store and without any fuzz or headaches gave me a replacement for the one I lost. I HIGHLY recommend this store to anyone specially if you are a fish enthusiast like myself. read more

I Was Recommended This Place By A Fellow Fish Lover To Come Here To Purchase A Betta. Let Me Just Say, I Was Highly Impressed With Their Bettas (And Other Fish As Well) And How Healthy They Looked Compared To Pet Stores That Just Let Their Fishes Get Sick. Overall This Place Takes Nothing But Pride In All Their Beautiful Fish :) 10/10 read more

Blake's Aqua Den has got to be the friendliest place to shop for Fish. I love my saltwater fish from Blake's and I am always buying New tanks weather it be brand new or slightly used from him to fit one in every room. Recently I haven't had luck getting the right Clown Trigger (see photo below). I was able to watch him in store so I knew he (clown trigger) was the right fit for me. This is by far the best clown trigger I have ever owned in ten years. Beautiful colors and amazing attitude/playful. I was so upset when other fish stores wouldn't tell me where they got there fish from and what's it's eating habits were. This is why I love small owned fish stores. The prices are unbeatable and he always makes things work out. read more

Blakes Aqua Den - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

This is the best LFS in the area! They've got the best fish I've seen so far, offer the best prices and have the best customer service. Really knowledgeable staff who will give you tips on any inquiry and really want to see success in your own fish tank. Highly recommend this place, for fish, plants and general questions. read more

This is a new store in the middle of Meriden-a former employee of One Stop pet shop opened a fish only store and it has a lot of cool stuff. Cool place to look at rare tropical fish salt and fresh and nice to see new businesses in Meriden. :edit: they moved to East Main street read more

Blakes Aqua Den - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

Have been a customer of Blake's since they were on High Street in Meriden. The owner and his team are always helpful and are extremely knowledgeable. The store is neat, clean and organized and all their tanks are well maintained. I highly recommend all goldfish, freshwater and saltwater fish lovers to check them out! read more

Nice selection of fish. Went in there and said I had an algae problem. They sold me a scooter blenny saying that he would eat the algae. I looked him up afterward and I found out that he's a dragonet and requires copepods. Also realized he was already very hungry when I got him since his stomach was caved in. Called them to tell them a week later to ask if I could return the fish, and they said no and that I was wrong, that scooter blennies are not dragonets (which they are: https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/96/?pcatid=96) I tried getting copepods to add to the tank and target feeding him mysis shrimp with an eyedropper (he would eat it too!), he lived for about a month or two then died of starvation (he was so incredibly thin despite these regular feedings!). Perhaps this is a rookie mistake to trust what's said at a local fish store and not research behorehand, but it especially bothered me that they told me the wrong information twice and a poor fish died as a result. read more

Blake's a solid honest guy, with a great selection of fresh and saltwater fish. He also has hard and soft corals, and invertebrates. Everything is super healthy. Have purchased multiple times, and never had any problems. He just told me that he is relocating the store to Main Street in Meriden, not sure of the new address, but sounds like he will be in the new location by the end of January. read more

Don't believe what Gianni from Waterbury posted...they are either from a competing pet store or well probably from a competing pet store. My son and I go to Blakes every week to check out the cool and unusual salt water fish and invertebrates. Blake and his son are always helpful and have lots of information. Their prices are fair and they have plenty of healthy and well fed fish to choose from. We only shop at Blakes and we like to support the last of the small time fish stores....great people there. read more

What an amazing store! Lots of fish I've never seen before and looking very happy and healthy. Also, super helpful staff and very reasonable prices. read more

Store is stuck in the past not to mention quality and quantity of selection. Dirty and overpriced. Fish all look like they haven't eaten in weeks. Do yourself a favor and just keep driving by. read more

Place could use a little tidying up and modernization but I wouldn't go anywhere else. Hands down great guy and very knowledgeable. I got referred here, and now I refer everyone here. Quality fish along with expert experience. Decent prices too. read more

Blake's Aqua Den is well worth the trip to visit. Fresh water fish and great assortment of Salt water fish all from around the world. Great deals on corals and frags. Dry goods at great discounts. What more can I say than this place rocks. read more