Great place to buy fish and I've definitely been around to all the aquariums nearby. I'll be honest - the Vietnamese man who runs the place doesn't do customer service. You want fish? He'll grab it for you. He doesn't do advice, or niceties. But if you know what you want at a really good price, they do nice fish. I find that consistently, their fish have lasted way longer in my tanks (I mean years) than fish from some other places around Sydney. But, set your expectations. I'll be going there for my fish.

Have been to the store several times and had, had a good experience, bought my tank and start up, noticed after getting home once I was overcharged by $2-3 dollars and let it slide, mistakes happen, but today I was shortchanged by over $15 and didn’t notice until going to the grocery store after. Have spent $100’s with these guys and they’ve now lost any future business from me and my family over $15.

This aquarium shop is ok when the owner's son is running the store. If owner or his wife are running the store then don't expect any great detailed advice as English isn't their first language and they come across as abrupt. Tanks aren't spotless and could do with a wipe down and their aquatic plants have seen better days. Great if you're running out of fish food and need more in a hurry.

It is small shop but I got what we need We satisfied with the prices, all the shopkeeper the know their product

Absolutely rubbish shop. I would love to open my own shop and put them to shame! Such a good location servicing a large area. Owners don't care about the fish or customers.

Overpriced Aquarium...Someone needs to open up a new Aquarium to put this shop to shame

This Vietnamese shop knows their fish aquarium business.... Friendly n not expensive...They will teach u the ropes of keeping an aquarium

Staff were extremely unfriendly and when approached for advise and help were just quite frankly rude, based on service alone I wouldn't give them my business.

I actually had good shopping experience in this aquarium but I Should’ve brought a translator with me could hardly understand the woman working there.

Great service & all Marine prices are very competitive

Dirty environment for Fish and Customers. High Risk of spreading disease.Price is good though.

Affordable

I got what I went there for, 2 gold fishes for my son. They have all the usual stocks as an aquarium and I'm happy with what I got. But I must say that the shop looks like it is still in its very original setup probably 20 years back... It is run by an oldly couple and I do feel sorry for them that they had to compete against all the big chains out there with all the up-to-date shop fittings. The business must be hard for them. I think I'll go back there again

Rudest people ever,don’t bother

We purchased 4 fish here 2 months later all dead. Pre existing fish are fine. I suspect they were sold to me with “white spot”. Put my tank at risk!

Great variety of fishes and marine life. The shop is a little unorganized and the fish are overpriced as I have done my homework. Also, their products are much more expensive than franchises like Petbarn who have a much bigger buying power than these small businesses that are trying to survive by overcharging people who don't do their research before their final purchase. Sticking with Petbarn or Majestic Aquariums.

Worker here was very rude, as he seemed much more interested in talking to his friend than serving me. When I asked him about a fish he briefly told me about it then resumed his chat. Decent fish, but they were not looking great. Tanks were disgusting and full of algae. Only good tank was one at the front full of shrimp which only has a little bit of algae . Dark place, no lighting. Fish were cramped in their tanks. When I came up to them most of them begged for food, so it seemed that the workers do not feed them nearly enough. Whole place was stuffed with tanks. The place seemed like it had been like that for the last 20 or so years. Prices were unclear. Most fish seemed infected with disease and were eating the remains of their tank mates, but this didn't seem bother the workers. Hard to navigate your way through the tiny store. When I came out of the store, it took me a few minutes to adjust my eyes to the light. If I could give zero stars I would, this store leaves a bad impression on the aquarium industry and should not turn away as many people as it seemed to.

Bought my Siamese fighting fish here and he is healthy and happy 👍🏼

Went in there smelt disgusting and looks like they never clean the tanks even saw a fighting fish on top of a tank swimming in green water which appears to be its waste owner doesn’t even care hope to see this place shut down! 😡

Smell and disorganised. Only freshwater

Dark and dank shop; it feels like going into a dungeon. The fish look ok, not much variety and not really anything to display as a centre piece to make the shop very appealing to customers.

I went here looking for aquatic plants (which they didn't seem to have anyway), but changed my mind when I saw how sad the fish were. Betta fish were sitting in small plastic containers they could barely stretch out in, let alone swim in. These plastic containers had no form of heating or filtration, both of which Bettas need. A few were dead, and looked as if they had been for a little while. Lots of overcrowded tanks with no substrate/plants/decorations etc. Large oscars crammed in small, empty tanks. Please do not shop here.

Went here and it was dirty with a few sick fish and just couldn't wait to get out. Not recommended.

DO NOT GO TO THIS AQUARIUM, I was sold a catfish with hole in head disease. It has affected my whole tank and I have spent over a thousand dollars on meds over the past six months. On my subsequent visits I witnessed a lot of sick fish. The worse was a small oscar who had been attacked, an eye was missing the other cloudy with infected wounds covering its body. This fish needed to be desperately put down humanly but when I spoke to staff he told me "I was cazy" and refused to sell me the fish as I would have humainly put it out of its misery. PLEASE DON'T GO THERE THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEY'RE FISH

Great help

Poor hygiene and service. Was told one thing over the phone and they didn’t have what I asked for in stock when I went in person. Betta fish were also poorly looked after in tiny containers instead of tanks.

Good selection of fish. Cheaper than the others.

It was well stocked ....but a language barrier very strong Vietnamese accent. The owner was helpful and friendly though. He took a tropical fish off me that a flatmate left behind. I am ignorant how to care for fish I'm grateful he took the fish

It’s okay. The shop needs to be more open so more lights could go in. I would recommend people to shop here but don’t ask questions because you wouldn’t understand anything from the shop owner. They’ve got heaps of varieties of fish so yeah. Perfect for a gift.

More fish but less hygiene. Hard to understand to Shop Owner.

Good Range, Healthy Stock, good prices, not the most helpful with advise. However don't listen to the other reviews, the tanks do have algae however this is not bad for fish.

Reasonable range of equipment but the health of the fish is inconsistent.

it is ok. They have a fair few fish but like other comments here, the place is dirty, disorganised and if you get the old man, he knows very little about what they're selling.

Great Aquarium, with large selection of healthy, quality Tropical and cold water Fish, as well as good live Aquatic Plant selection, and all accessories needed.

Betta fish are so pretty and get new stock often, nice owner share lots of tip when I ask. Great choices for fish

Great service the owners were very friendly and helpful

Bought a Betta fish and aquarium here. Fish is still going strong after a year!

Great variety of fish and equipment.

Very rude and doesn't know what his talking about

It helps if you know what you're looking for. So best you know what fish you want, do your research etc. However the shop does have some nice fish Mostly priced ok Have purchased quite a few fish and they're fine.

The tanks are clean . All the fishes look good . But it was my first time getting fishes for my son and I find it hard to ask questions. The owner said yes yes and seems a bit rushed so I didn’t manage to ask much

Went there today to get pleco's, shrimp and some supplies and they had already shut at 4:30. Shop says it's open until 5pm. What a waste of my time.

Cheapest red cherry shrimp ive found in sydney.

Same rudeness and indifference, but 2 to 3 times the price of last year. You think people /I will buy more?!?

Marrickville Aquarium

Sadly, poor hygiene in this store. Occasionally interesting goldfish can be found but every so often, the goldfish have diseases. Today was white spots on Orandas!

very rude owner, his son is better.

I also shopped at this shop and did not like it at all. I did not ask for the discount even I bought with 80.75 bucks. He said to me 80 bucks, but then when I used my card to pay, he still typed in the machine: 80.75. I did not want to say any word to him, just wanted to finish and walk off and reminded myself that I would never come back. Everything is very pricey there and not worthwhile. . . I dont trust the owners, they are not reliable. Dont know if our fish/fish tank lasts long. Not recommend at all...

Good enough..

Staff are helpful though a bit unfriendly and most things are priced fairly. Stock is good quality

Been a customer for 20 years and the owner is an ass, lady and son are ok....Guy tried to charge me $15 per yellow shrimp today...i bought crs of them 3 years ago for 8 for 80 told him straight to his face he is a rip off artist and that i will never be going back....wanted $15 ea for shrimp that looked the size of sea monkeys

Very dodge place!!!.... fish aren't treat well!... very smelly!... they wanted to sell me fish not compatible for my tank!!!... they could say anything to sell!!! I wouldn't suggest this shop to anybody!!!

Store owners have been here for decades.

Old school shop. I got some great blue dream shrimp for a good price and some awesome dragon guppy. Shouldn't be so many bad reviews

Do not shop here! My fish is now dead. Owners sold me a fish that is incompatible with my tank. I asked many questions of the process of introducing the fish to the tank. They gave me ill information and the fish died. Owners will say anything to make a sale. They gave me a refund on the fish but will never shop here again.