Fish City - Gardena

Location: Gardena, CA USA
Shop Address: 15900 Crenshaw Blvd
 
Reviewed By: Eric
August 2005
Overall Rating: Very Good
 
Times Visited: More Than Ten Visits
Freshwater Selection: Excellent
Saltwater Selection: Very Good
Stock Selection: Good
Staff: Fair
Prices: Fair
 
Comments: This is small, family owned fish store across the street from El Camino community college. They have very robust, healthy, and well-bred stock. Ranging from beautiful fancy guppies to 4 foot arrowanas, all their fish are large, healthy and robust. No breeding rejects here. They have a pretty good selection of supplies, although the store is mostly livestock. Prices are fairly high, but healthy, disease-free fish are well worth it. Anytime you're looking for livestock, this is the place to come.
 
One thing to note - the owners are apparently 1st generation immigrants, and thus do not speak English very well. They are eager and able to help, but are sometimes hard to understand.

I really like the new location of this place, not nearly as cramped as the previous one (it's just down the road a bit more North). HUGE selection of fish--healthy, really great prices, TONS of them. I echo the original comment, this is a small family owned business but the owner is really knowledgeable and a is honest. They also have a good selection of supplies, inlcluding great set-ups, but mostly it's livestock.