Pure Fish Works

I visited Pure Fish Works for the first time this week. I was impressed with the variety of fish, plants, and supplies. I also appreciated Shawn's patience with me. He was happy to answer all my questions and then fish out the exact fish I wanted. I was excited to find some long-fin plecos, and they're now happily eating green beans in my tank. :)

Shaun and Rob are great! If you have fish or thinking of starting an aquarium or terrarium, this is the place for you! These guys a very knowledgeable and friendly. They have a great variety of fish and are continuously getting new types in. Thank you Pure Fish Works for your help getting our new hobby off the ground, our cat loves her new show! 🤣

This store is an ideal example of a local aquatic store. I was greeted as soon as I walked in and the owners were super kind and personable. They've got more variety of plants, fish, and other stock than I've seen at any large chain pet store, and I mean that wholeheartedly. From small neon tetras to adult plecos, African Dwarf frogs to eels, snails to shrimp, freshwater to reef, even reptiles and tarantulas, it's truly like a library of creatures and plants you can get lost in. It's more expensive than bigger chain stores, but to someone who values ethical practices and small businesses, the extra price is so worth it. Even if you're not an expert, still a great place for the aquarium and reptile enthusiast. Update: their stock changes over time, and they've got more reptiles than l

Shawn and his shop are awesome! He is super knowledgeable, friendly, and spent lots of time answering my questions and helping me pick a beautiful pair of Apistogramma Cacatuoides for my tank! He's got tons of rare, unique fish, including several that are brand new to the hobby and I'd never heard of before. He's passionate about the hobby and about helping people select the best possible fish for their particular aquarium. Highly recommend!

This place is honestly amazing. It's well stocked, well filtered (with sumps, skimmers, and sponge filters) and with a huge variety of schooling and showpiece style fish. The owner is very helpful and answered a lot of my questions about my 55G community tank. Price wise? It's great all things considering. Yes it's a little more, but that worth the price honestly. At big box stores you're more likely to get deformed or infected fish, but at most LFS they take better care of their batch before selling. Sure you can go online, but by them you're paying shipping. Not to mentione you could deal with the potential delivery delays that can kill your big school or already expensive fish.