Total Fish & Pets — Attraction in Alhambra

1-Year Later Okay Ken, I'm updating my review! haha.

So I've been going back consistently to get fresh R.O. water and salt water from their source in San Diego. Apparently a really good salt water mix.

All the tanks are up and running and they have much more fish and a really great frag tank for all you coral addicts. Decently priced at about 4 frags for $100 for their standard corals. I wish there would be more diversity in the corals and price range from $10-$50+ corals like larger saltwater based stores though.

They have 3 very large, VERY beautiful salt water tanks with the mother colony corals in which they fragment their smaller corals from.

I bumped their rating from a 2 to a 4 because of all the effort they've put into a great store. It's not quite a 5 star store yet because they still lack the great prices and large diversity of coral and fish like some of the stores down south in the OC, but they are definitely one of the top stores east of downtown! Great service! Keep it up.

They've actually moved to a new address about a month ago and are currently still setting up the new shop at: 137 East Valley Blvd. Alhambra, CA 91801

I probably should give this a 3 star, but because they were in transition and setting up phase, everything is still kind of a mess at the shop.

Their freshwater selection seemed to be pretty decent also, with about a row and a half of different cichlids, gold fish, and koi.

The small amount of salt water fish that they had didn't seem to happy or healthy but I hope that turns around in the future. Their selection of snails, anemonies, and crabs aren't that great either.

I'm looking forward to seeing what their coral frag tank will turn out to be like, but until then it seems to be your average LFS.

They also sell salt water (.75 cents a gallon) and R.O. water (which is not...

I went to Total Fish & Pet on July 23, 2020 and purched $56.00 worth fish pellets and brine shrimp for my more then foot long grey & white Gobi. At that time I asked if I could bring in the Gobi to sell, due to its large size. I was told they had to see it first. Today, October 27, 2020, the sales person said that I had to talk to the " big boss." I showed him the Gobi, he then said he would only give me $10.00. I then stated that I had paid $35.00 originally & knew that he could re-sell Gobi for at least $100.00. "Big boss" then offered me $20.00 after looking in some book. Then says just a minute and starts waiting on another customer. In the meantime Gobi starts gasping for air and when I mentioned this to him, he said that "he knew what he was doing" and continued waiting on the other customer + another. He eventually came back to me and I ask him to, atleast, I was just give $35.00, the original price that I paid. Finally, an assistant came took the Gobi and put him in a bag of water with some oxygen. Personally think " big boss" needs to learn respect his customers and treat each of them equally. I will never tell anyone to shop there! ( Sorry, I don't have...

Great place to shop for all your aquatic needs! They got everything you need to get started on a new tank, and all the workers will take their time to help you through the process.

Fair warning. Theres times they get extremely busy, but dont worry, someone will help you! I came on a busy afternoon, and didnt mind waiting to be helped. Gave me some time to browse their selection of fishes and decorations.

I wanted to start a little fish tank, and knew the basics of what i absolutely needed. But the workers helped further explain to me which aquatic plants would suit my tank size, why i can't use certain rocks in my setup because it will throw off the pH and kill the shrimp, different types of cycle methods and how to do them, how to go about a filterless setup, and preparing my rocks and wood for decoration. (They suggested to soak the rocks in water to get rid of all unwated dirt residue. And rinse the wood in boiling water multiple times)

The pricing on equipment along with fishes and plants were fairly priced as well. You arent paying an arm and a leg. Everything is high quality. They even carry plant tissue cultures!

Id highly recommend this shop if youre...