All About Fish

I really liked the place. I am a frequent visitor of Concord Aquarium and Fin-​Tastik. The guys seem chill and cool to me. However I would recommend that you come in with a sense of what you’re looking for/​what you’re doing. A place for the more experienced enthusiast I would imagine, judging from the reviews of their customer service I am reading. I had no problems at all, that being said I already knew what to look for in a fish and consider myself an «advanced aquarist». I came in and saw some beautiful angelfish. I bought a bunch in a couple days. I can say they certainly have some high quality angelfish stock.
I personally can’t comment on the saltwater, as I haven’t ventured into that land yet. I looked at all the other freshwater stuff and they looked good also. Decent amount of plants too.
If you’re into buying corals at a store, this is the place to do it. Ridiculous amount of corals.

Great store, have the must for any hobbyist, they have an awesome variety in either fresh water and salt water, also a good selection of corals. Support the local so they stay around, even. As I buy a lot online, I will buy what I need like supplies and fish food, as well as supplements for my reef aquarium. I seen a lot of stores disappear and I want to see this store say around.

You will either like this place or you won’t. We went in today determined to buy our first saltwater reef tank and yes we had a wait for a few minutes as several other customers were being helped. Anyways, an older Asian guy named D’Tal (spelling?) came out to help and asked us a lot of questions about what we wanted in our aquarium. He spent a generous amount of time teaching us about what we need, step by step how to set up the tank which I learned can take several weeks as part of the cycling process. Price wise, I do think you can save some money buying the tank and equipment at a chain store, but after so much assistance I didn’t mind paying a little extra knowing they are a local business. By comparison, we went to both a petco and petsmart and I asked at both stores if anyone knew about setting up salt water tanks and no one did. So… my new tank is set up (step 1 anyways) and I never would have made it this far without help.

Very rude and very dishonest customer service they have lots of nice and rare fish but zero customer service.

Just picked up a couple fish from here. Always helpful suggesting the best foods for my little guys! Very good selection as well.

I don’t really see why all these people are rating this place so low… It was my first time here and after living in San Francisco for my whole life I’m wondering why I’ve never given this place a try.
Customer service was 5 stars. all my questions answered without hesitation. and when something needed to be looked up, Omar went out of his way to check on the pricing for me.
The corals will literally knock your socks off and everything is FAIRLY priced compared to all the other stores in the Bay Area that will charge you up the a**.
They even threw in a free styrofoam box for my trip (:
Omar if you’re seeing this, this is Jordan! Thanks for all your help and hooking me up (;

I love fish and have a salt water tank. The selection of fish is amazing, which is why i give them such high stars but the man that works there can be very rude! I keep coming back for the selection not the service.

Dropped by again recently… and was greeted warmly. Nice… Observed lots of livestock, from coral to fish, and a decent dry goods section. Very nice selection overall… No dead fish this time, and most of the livestock seemed happy
Not bad at all

If I could give this place 0 stars I would! We were on a hunt for a small yellow tang to add to tank. We came across this place after calling around for the smallest tang. We also brought in our healthy bi-​color angel fish for store credit. Used the store credit towards the tang. The owner brought us to a fish tank that had three yellow tang, we chose the smallest one though it was skinny and had some scratches. Owner said it was from fighting with the other two tangs, so we brought it home thinking we can get it healthy. Two weeks later we started noticing black spots on this fish aka ‘sunny’ and our blue tang that hangs around sunny started looking fuzzy-​not healthy. We separated the yellow tang and it die. Now two of our fishes are dead. Our other clown fish is probably headed the same path and maybe our blue tang! Lesson learned! Never will we ever buy fishes or anything from this store again! If we get a new fish, we will make sure to quarantine it before introducing it to our healthy fishes. So angry!

Called to ask about salt water fish… worst customer service ever. Haven’t even attempted to come here yet nor will I! Especially after reading other reviews and all there fish die. Smh

If I had a niece or nephew and I was too broke to take them to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, All About Fish Etc. will do just the trick. Just kidding. I’ll be a nicer auntie.
I enjoyed taking the time to look at the variety of fishes they have to offer at this fish store. I feel like their specialty is based on salt water fish as opposed to fresh water fish. I enjoyed finding Nemo and Dory swim around in their salt water tanks. I also loved how Brian and I roamed around the store and talked about fishes we used to have. Most of the fresh water and salt water fishes looked extremely healthy. The only thing I have to complain about is not having a bathroom available for customers. I had to the pee pee dance while roaming around the store because I heard water dripping from the left to the right.

This place is lucky I am giving them a star. My family and I were looking for some really cool fish for my daughters 45 gal tank. My daughter had seen these little Bumblebee Goby Factoids. First time I’ve ever seen them. Cool looking fish. The amount was 3 for 10 $. Now that’s not a bad price if they stay alive! I asked about them and the guy gave me false info on these fish. They have to be kept in half salt and half fresh water! We were wondering why they didn’t live so long when we have only had the tank for 4 weeks. Never and I mean NEVER will we buy fish from them!

Walked in today with $ 100 cash from Christmas to get some gear for our 2 tanks and asked lonely guy behind register if I can use the bathroom before shopping and he said we don’t have bathrooms for customer use. You have to go somewhere else like Wendy’s down the street. Guess what guy you have a store, customers need a restroom while shopping. Walked out and went to Wendy’s to use bathroom then left and went to petco off Morello in Martinez. First rule of business 101 is provide a place to potty in house and stop sending you customers outside to use a bathroom. When you figure it out maybe we may come back and patronize your store… Maybe…

This is a pretty big warehouse of fish tanks with a big selection of salt water items like coral. This place is generally overpriced but they have little deals here and there. The employees are pretty knowledgeable and I enjoy their display tanks a lot (both fresh and salt!).

Poor customer service
I have a tank with only African Cichlids, and they don’t seem to be very knowledgeable and they make u feel like they don’t have time for you. They have a display tank of Cichlids and a different guy has let me purchase fish from this tank before, which I told them and they refused to sell me any Cichlids from this tank. My son has given them them probably at least $ 600in business then 2 days later 4 fish die. THESE GUYS SUCKS WILL NEVER GIVE THEM BUSINESS EVER AGAIN

I bought a frag and didn’t see the red slim algae on it. The algae took over the frag. I went in to talk to them politley about it, and the short Hispanic lookin guy looked at me and said «I don’t know what to tell you». After that I just left. These people ate unprofessional, rude, and don’t Care about there costumers. Not to mention all the dead fish in the tanks. And dirty tanks. I will not be going back to this joke of a store. I would give them negative stars if I could

I am a new to the hobby of keeping a Reef Tank. I came in on a referral from a client of our company. It was about a month ago I 1^st visited All About Fish. My 1^st contact was with Datel. I asked a lot of questions and spent close to an hour and a half with him. I made some educated decisions based on our discussion and came back on Fathers Day to purchase my 1^st tank. I am learning this in phases so each time I come in to the store, I ask certain questions to that phase I am currently in. GREAT educators they are! You need to ask the right questions and care about what your doing…
These guys are AWESOME: Datel, Bill & Oscar are who I mainly see and talk to.
I want to thank you guys for the patience you give to the new hobbyist. You have earned a customer for life!!! There is a reason when you come here you have to be PATIENT! They give each person their undivided attention. We live in such a «I want it now society» that some don’t really understand that when you have passion for something it can not be taught in 5 minutes. Be PATIENT people, you will end up getting the same level of customer service I do.
Thank you again: Datel/​Bill/​Oscar you guys rock!!!

This place has a pretty good selection of fish I give them that much. Sometimes the fish are not in the best condition. They can easily put a bit more effort to keep fish a bit more happy looking. They use to have a good coral selction, not so much anymore.
If you ate looking for a new tank they have a large selection just do your reasearch first and stay away from that cheap pine wood stuff. Not worth it in the long run. Dry goods is fairly good. What turns me away the most would have to be the staff. They can seem very cocky at times and make you feel lije you are stupid. Like they dont got time for your dumb questions. Ohh and prices are kinda of high for the quality of products you receive.

I like the store, but I’m disappointed in the way I saw a couple of bettas displayed.
I came in here looking for a light for my 5.5 and of course being a huge fish nerd I decided to wander around and check out the fish they had. The tanks were all clean and well-​lit and the fish seemed happy.
However as I wandered closer to the counter I saw a couple of bettas being displayed in very tiny bowls that they couldn’t even swim around in. I watched them for a few minutes and all they could do is float. Since this is a fish store I would think they would know better than to keep bettas in such a horrible way.

This place, located in a sleazy corner next to an adult store and kitty corner from a casino, should be avoided if you care about fish.
I came in because my pet goldfish are sick — and I needed advice. The guy at the counter was rude then pointed me to a young guy who he said could help me, when I asked for help. The young guy was also bored and rude and obviously didn’t know a damn thing about sick goldfish or the difference between the different products they carried.
Some people think of them as «just fish». Marge and George are family. They came with me cross country to California and I have nurtured them from little little Petco feeder fish to magnificent 7 inch brilliant orange mini-​koi. They used to play and chase each other and provide everyone who saw them a lot of joy. They are funny and used to enjoy life when they waited for the different treats I would give them. I love these damn fish!
And now my family is sick, may die and I really really needed some help. F you, All About Fish. You were rude and mean.