Pet Zone Tropical Fish

4266 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92105, USA

Address:	4266 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92105, USA
Phone:	+1 619-283-1812
Site:	petzonesd.com
Rating:	4.6
Working:	Closed 10AM–6:30PM 10AM–6:30PM 10AM–6:30PM 10AM–6:30PM 11AM–6:30PM 11AM–3:30PM

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Reviews 18

Rod Linzman

Was just in yesterday and they have very clean tanks with very healthy fish. Of all the stores my wife and I have been to in the San Diego area, this one had the cleanest tanks overall. Not a single dead/dying fish in the entire store. Not an easy feat for any busy store. They have a great selection of Cichlids and seem to specialize in Flowerhorns and Red Dragons and had a ton to choose from. Picked up a nice decent sized Chocolate pleco for a very fair price of only $15. A great indicator of this stores expertise is the preferred PH of each species was right on the tanks, to help people not mix the wrong kind of fish in the wrong PH water. I cant remember seeing that at any other fish store Ive been to and I was impressed. Little warning, the neighborhood looks a little rough, but everyone we encountered was friendly. So dont let that stop you from going to a great little fish store.

Phuong Nguyen

I bought a Jardini arrowana from them online back in October 2016 and i contacted them and told them the fish died 2 days later due to the poor condition that the fish was in. The fish would not eat anything. I tried pellets, flakes, dried bloodworms and frozen bloodworms but the jardini would not eat anything. They responded and told me to contact them back in 1 month when they had more available. I contacted them exactly one month later and they said they can not do anything for me due to fish death. I will never buy anything from this company again. Poor customer service and bad company to deal with. Buy from this company at your own risk. 8 months later i am still upset over this disgusting and poor experience with this company. If i could give negative stars i would. I buy all my fish from other companies online now and havent had a problem with those other companies.

A Private User

The prices at Pet Zone are very good. They have lots of quality tropical fish including Discus, Flowerhorns, and Arowana. I have bought several quality Discus from Pet Zone, ranging from 3" to 5", all at a very reasonable price. All were healthy and easy to acclimate. I also purchased a German Blue Ram that is doing great and one of my favorite fish. The staff there is very nice and always takes time to answer my questions. They will feed any fish in the store before you buy them, if you ask. They seem to know their stuff fairly well. I plan to return to Pet Zone in the future. I have been very happy with their service all the way around and would recommend them to my friends.

Kim Hom

Been a week since I bought a nice 5.5in delhezi bichir from here and hes been doing extremely well! They had many bichirs and a few extremely gorgeous endlicheri bichirs as well, but I preffer the cuter upper-jaw bichirs. Very reasonable prices for the bichirs size and hes beautiful compared to some other LFS. All the fish here seemed very healthy. It gets along well with my sengal bichir even thou my other is much smaller, very peaceful fish. This store has a nice variety of cool big fish if thats what your in to such as plecos, arowanas, bichirs, and the couple who own it are the nicest folks!

John Schultz

Pet Zone is by far the best fish store in San Diego! Ive been to both locations, City Heights and Kearny Mesa! Every time I have gone to Pet Zone they greet me at the door! They have an excellent selection and variety of fish! I have bought every fish in my aquarium from Pet Zone, including my Arowana, Redtail Catfish, and Tiger Shovelnose and every fish is still healthy and happy! I go to Pet Zone at least twice a week and each time they have made me happy with new fish and excell customer service!

Edward Solis

This place is awesome. Decent selection of fish. Its one of those local hole in the wall gems. The couple running the store were very helpful. I walked away with a "wave" maker, fish, and accessories for my pond. The fish I purchased were feeder goldfish and comets that are living happily in my pond. I would highly recommend this fish store!

A Private User

I bought 3 Arowanas from them last friday. Sadly the 2 did not survive. The owner gladly replaced what I bought and is very helpful and understanding. I will definitely recommend this store to any fish enthusiast (Beginner or Pro). They also have a lot of selections at a lower price and delivers a very customer oriented service!

abuman44

I got 3 silver dollars. All 3 died in 3 days and to top it off they had ick! They already had nipped fins from the tank i bought them from. Kinda my fault for not quarantine them before i put them into my community tank. So now im healing 15 fish... Besides that the store has variety of fish and the employees are friendly.

O B

I would recommend Pet Zone to anybody, have been numerous times to both locations and theyre both great and not just the great selection and quality of fish but the owners and staff are great as well, from the lady on University ave up to the guy on Convoy st, very helpful and have great knowledge of what theyre selling.

Minh Do

PetZone San Diego, my go to local fish store. They have a nice selection of bettas from halfmoon to plakat. The nice ones are kept in storage so ask ma or pa to see them. They are nice peoples, just ask them anything and theyll provide you with the accurate information you need. Prices are fair. Go check them out!

seanxwarp

Petzone is my number one place to get large tropical fish such as arowanas. All the fish in the tanks were very healthy unlike the ones in a petco or petsmart. This is the only store that was selling freshwater moray eels. This is my go-to whenever I want to get a large carnivorous fish. Thank you Petzone

A Private User

i went in to buy a betta fish & i only had abut 5 dollars and right at the front they had the bettas and the owner was sitting at the checkout so i was looking and they had beutiful bettas blue,red,WHITE,i got a red mixed with blue and its very active and im very pleased:)

Bogart OfMiraMesa

We had to buy our fish tank an Arowana and we stop by at this store feeling a little skeptical. I had to say when we left with a new Jardini Arowana with a lot of free advice about taking care of a fish, we just found our pet store. Thank you.

Robin Hansen

This is my absolute favorite fish store in San Diego. This store is family-owned. They have healthy and hearty fish, the owners are friendly; and have excellent customer service. They just opened up a 2nd location in Kearny Mesa!

A Private User

Best tropical fish store in So Cal. Way better selection of fish to choose from then other large chains such as Petco. Fish are always beautiful and never sick, they take great care of their tanks and filters!

Pedram Dabiri

This place is amazing, decent prices and very friendly customer service, compared to this place, Fountains aquarium is a trash dumpster with overpriced sick fish!

Vincent Martin

Fiest time in a fish store in over 20 years after deciding to get back into the hobby. Great friendly service, highly recommend this privately owned store.

Danny Danh

Purchased online for 2 True Giant Gourami, received fish in 24 hours, super healthy. Mr. Ma is extremely helpful, thank you very much.