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    Finatics Aquarium

    4.8 (23 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Kenji from Finatics

    My Awesome Betta named Kenji. I bought him from Finatics in Jan. He's an extremely social Betta too.

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    Ron G.

    Really nice shop has a large variety of freshwater and saltwater fish definitely will return. Got a great deal on a fish and food is affordable as well. Nice owner and staff lots of parking.

    Alyson E.

    love this new edition to springtown! located right in the middle of a shopping center with lots of parking available. huge selection of livestock, some plants, corals, feed and equipment. it's a great place for beginners and experienced aquarium enthusiasts to pick up from your local store. i love how organized and well cared for this place is. the staff are friendly and inviting. they give you great recommendations for your tank! i stop by every so often just to see what new items they have coming in. my kids love that's the tanks are low and they can also enjoy the fish while i am busy shopping. they have such a great collection that it makes me want to set up multiple tanks! i highly recommend this place!

    One of the many fish I picked out. Gorgeous and healthy.
    Leila M.

    I was drawn to Finatics after a Google search for an aquarium near me on the way home from SF. I stopped by purely based on the name, I had to go check it out. Walking in, I was instantly blown away by the beautiful clear tanks. I was looking for tropical community fish and I was not disappointed. This aquarium had amazing fish to pick from. The store was clean and full of very helpful and friendly people that were very knowledgeable and were great to work with. I live almost two hours away from Livermore so I was initially worried about transporting a bunch of fish home. Let me tell you... these fish were packed up so well they could've survived a plane trip Japan! I am beyond happy with my new fish and will definitely be back to this aquarium. Thank you for the great experience.

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    6 months ago

    Great service. Large variety of fish and plants! And located in a strip mall with Tesla and non-Tesla fast charging stations!!

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    1 year ago

    Great to have this story in Livermore. Come check them out! Great selection and knowledge staff. Beautiful store. Welcome to Livermore!

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    7 months ago

    Great customer service and friendly. Willing to order what you need Love having something like this so close

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    Thanks so much! Stop in anytime! :)

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    8 months ago

    This is a nice store. The staff is super friendly and welcoming. I wish them continued success!!!

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    Thanks a bunch! We hope to see you again soon!

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    1 year ago

    They helped us pick out many fish and helped with all information. Very friendly people please go support this place.

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    Finatics has everything - freshwater and saltwater fish, shrimp, vampire crabs and much more than any other store in the area.

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    Pet Food Express

    Pet Food Express

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    If I could give 100 stars, I would. But I can tell my story and I hope that the management…read morerecognizes the staff who helped me that day, because they exhibited compassion, kindness, and truly supported my family and I when we worked to save 2 abused pups and afford them relief from horrid circumstances. We have shopped at Pet Food Express for at least 20 years. The Livermore location is our "go to" store. The person who has consistently helped me the most over the years is Linda. She is knowledgeable, offers informed opinions, is perpetually polite and positive, and she understands dogs. Fortunately, she still works part time there and I always look for her when I go and the reason I shop there for my many rescues. I spend a lot of time and money there. The long story short: I picked up two 8 month old siblings from Bakersfield from a foster situation who needed a new situation. I did not expect to find two filthy puppies, weak, dehydrated, emaciated, terrified, and covered with fleas and ticks. When I say ticks, I mean at least a thousand on each dog! I drove to Livermore as fast as I could to my usual Pet Food Express hoping to find Linda working. My luckiest day! She was there. My husband met me to help manage the situation. I bought 4 tokens, an excellent brand of flea/tick shampoo, and treats. I knew this was going to be stressful for the pups ( who never were exposed to anything new, were exhausted, and overwhelmed I'm sure). Without Linda's positivity, support, constant check ins for more towels/an extra hand/ encouragement, photo documentation, and communication I'm not sure we would have accomplished relieving those two pups of the misery they were in. I'm posting just a few photos so you can grasp the situation and I can tell you, not everyone is cut out to help abused dogs but Linda- she is a gift. The photos reflect just how many ticks were between their toes, in their ears, attached to the anus, between the pads, clustered all over these poor babies. We pulled dead ticks off for days ( my husband is a retired surgeon). I'm going back today for a second bath and to treat their bone dry fur and skin. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Linda. The manager, Phil, definitely supported Linda while she helped us. Not many businesses would do that except one committed to animal welfare and supporting their customers and staff. Thank you, Pet Food Express. Linda deserves Employee of the Year(s) and thank you for employing people like Phil. If you read this, look for Linda and recognize her when you stop by the store. Her rescue German shepherd dog is posted on one of the banners outside the store (R.I.P.). She an amazing human.

    So I was down to my last poo bag for my dog Lola and wrote myself a note to stop at Pet Food…read moreExpress to pick up a supply of bags. I usually shop at the store in Pleasanton but decided to stop by the Livermore store on the way home from work. Wow! What a pleasant surprise. This store is really nice. Very clean and organized. Great products. The self service dog wash area is really nice too. Staff was much friendlier than I experience at the Pleasanton store.

    Lau's H2O Habitats - Maintaining 125gls saltwater system

    Lau's H2O Habitats

    (14 reviews)

    Outer Richmond

    I contacted Cesar for a "custom" set up including base stand, basking condo, and filtration system…read morefor a 5-year-old red eared slider turtle. I could have saved a lot of money (and time after the results) if I had purchased everything myself with tips from turtle forum sites and YouTube DIY videos, but I was willing to pay for a "professional" to have peace of mind and support a local small business. While Cesar was nice and knowledgeable about general tanks and filtration systems, the outcome of what we received shows that he is not an expert on what turtles fully need- he's more a filtration and fish expert as shown mostly on his website and Yelp photos. The setup we received was not adequate and required extra money (over 2k) to fix cosmetically and functionally for us to have good access from the basking condo to the tank. Let's start with the pricing issue. I had called Cesar to get some ballpark figures which he had provided with a guess. But when the final quote came ... it was around 1k higher than the ballpark pricing (a big difference!). Knowing the new higher prices, I still contracted him to help me since I wanted an expertly set up and permanent home for our 5-year-old red eared slider. Cesar presented himself as a knowledgeable trustworthy professional. The base stand was the first to arrive (about a month after deposit was paid). Please note that we never told Cesar to do a rush job as we were more focused on moving into a new home at that time. The base stand was about 40% of the total cost. He provided photos of the stand prior to delivery, and I approved it by looks only. When the stand arrived, it did look like the picture, but it seemed very basically put together despite Cesar's claim that the manufacturer said it was polycoated to help with waterproofing. I knew it wasn't stained since I didn't want to change the color. At that time, we had a contractor on site at our new home for remodeling who looked at the stand and confirmed that this was an incomplete unfinished product, with the front portion being anything of quality and purely cosmetic. Upon arrival, the stand had doors that did not open properly. The magnetic closures for the doors were cheap and crooked. The top and back was just plywood. The back and inside had many splinters and open drill holes. The overall wood was not smooth to touch and did not seem it was coated enough to be considered waterproof. Please see provided photos and note that the photo Cesar posted himself on Yelp on Sep 24, 2021, is NOT an accurate depiction of the quality he provided us. The blue stand pictured in his photos was AFTER our contractor spent 3 whole days having to sand down the door and paint it blue. Had I known the door would have been that big of an issue, I should have let the manufacturer fix it prior. But overall quality of the stand would probably have remained the same. The door would have been just rotated to match the grain, which would have caused less work for our contractor, so that part was my fault. During our initial complaint (before we put our own contractor to work), Cesar said his manufacturer was willing to fix it but at that point we didn't trust them to do so since there were many issues we had complaints about. To add fuel to our fire, Cesar initially claimed that he did not use his regular guy for the job (why did we get a 2nd tiered manufacturer when we paid the same rates as others) and later said this guy also does stands for him all the time. Then why did ours come so incomplete compared to what he shows online? After our initial complaint, Cesar did help us discount us a few hundred dollars but ultimately it wasn't enough to justify the amount of money spent after our contractor worked for days to make it right. However, we tried to be a good sport and continued to entrust Cesar to complete the rest of the contracted turtle filtration system and basking condo set up. When the condo arrived and filtration was set up, we were so excited to be able to transfer our red eared slider into his new larger home. The condo itself is good quality in materials but was not a custom structure. At first, we did not notice any issue with the condo but contacted Cesar after a few days. The ramp length was a bit short, and our heavier, older red eared slider turtle had a lot of trouble pulling his weight up to get on top to bask. This will only get worse as time passes and he grows larger, and turtles should bask comfortable daily for their shell health. The other issue was that we could not get our arms into the tank to move anything around which presents a HUGE ISSUE FOR SAFETY. It is also not easily able to be lifted off during emergencies. If you research custom turtle basking condos in forums, you will find that the ones that sit on top of the tank are mostly 50% in length so that you can still place your arm inside the tank to clean/move things around or perhaps save your turtle if stuck. Or the ones that have a full 100%

    Cesar and Jarrod are amazing. We have three (3) different tanks that they set up and service for…read moreus. A community tank 30 gallons, a cichlid tank 160 gallons, and finally my Flower Horn who lives in a 75 gallon tank. What started as a hobby has become so much more. My husband and I have learned a lot and recently our cichlid tank just had some fry!!! How amazing and how they are all thriving. Cesar over communicates and has been fair and upfront from the start. Honest, direct, and kind as he has a lot of wisdom when it comes to the fish world. We are very thankful for his service and time and looking forward to the future. Thanks Cesar!

    Finatics Aquarium - aquariumservices - Updated July 2026

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