Asia Gift & Aquarium

Negative experience: PLEASE UPDATE YOUR HOURS. I have come one 2 separate occasions, different days and you are not open the days/times that you have posted.

Fantastic experience: Great selection of goldfish. Friendly owners. Parking in the back. Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: By far my favorite place to buy fish in Tacoma. The owners are soo nice!!!

Fantastic experience: The owner is very respectful and helpful.

Fantastic experience: Very cool little store pretty unique. The owner said he's been running it for like 40 years, and that he retired years ago but still runs his shop cuz he has nobody to take over it. He was a really sweet man. I really hope he finds somebody to save these kind of stores. There's not a huge selection but there is some more rare things that I haven't seen in other locations. The tanks could probably be a little cleaner but the fish seem happy he also has some rarer items when it comes to accessories and he's always willing to cut you a deal. I will definitely be back in supporting this business their little koi pond is amazing even the Fish are friendly.

Fantastic experience: I’ve learned a lot about the fish keeping hobby from the owner. Husband and wife are the owner/operator of the store. Unique fish.

Fantastic experience: I’ve purchased numerous cherry shrimp, crystal red and back shrimp, rasboras, aquatic plants, fish food and supplements and accessories. Definitively worth a look if you are just starting the aquarium hobby or looking for specific fish.

Positive experience: Lots of interest little gift items and healthy fish. I'd come back here if I was in the area.

Fantastic experience: What a unique fish buying experience. You tell him what you want, then he culls the tank for the best and most healthy fish. The fish I took home are among the most beautiful and healthy I have purchased. I will NEVER buy fish from Petco or PetSmart again. They are a little more expensive, but so worth it. I am quite pleased with the experience and my new fish!

Fantastic experience: Amazing fish at reasonable prices plus very knowledgeable and friendly owner. Definitely would purchase fish from here again in the future. Two thumbs up !

Fantastic experience: Phenomenal shop, nice selection and caring/very knowledgeable owners. I buy fish from here all the time, have never had a issue with any sick fish.

Fantastic experience: My kind of place. Condensation running down the windows and healthy tanks.

Negative experience: Came on a Saturday morning at noon and the business was closed. Called several times and no one answered. Business hours said it was supposed to be opened. I don’t think this is a serious business. Don’t recommend to visit this place, even if it says it’s open.

Fantastic experience: We get our fish there. Mr. (The Owner) I'm Sorry I don't know his name is a wealth of information and is a very nice man.

Positive experience: I love this place it's great the owner is super nice and helpful they have a godd selection of fish they were all healthy the prices are a little high but Ive gotten 3 fish from here and all were in good shape and it's just a lovely place I would recommend

Fantastic experience: They have some cool unique fish and household items. And they've been taking extra Platys off my hands for months :)

Fantastic experience: Very nice!! Super helpful and willing to answer all our questions. We found our fish friend! Will be coming here for all our aquatic needs.

Fantastic experience: This guy loves his fish. And his business. He treated us so well. And when i released his fish in my pond they were so happy they began to eat. His advise his food his fish my smile thank you.

Fantastic experience: I went in for plants for my fish and he answered all of my questions and was very patient and kind! I will absolutely go back for more fish supplies! A ton of other cute things there as well.

Fantastic experience: A fun, friendly shop to visit in the Lincoln district. We found parking easily, though I'm sure it's typically more challenging . The owners were very helpful and friendly. Prices were fair. We had a nice time during our visit, though we didn't buy anything, we will be back to purchase an Asian statute, or other items, of which there are many.

Fantastic experience: Love this place! Very nice owners, always a pleasure visiting.

Fantastic experience: Grew up in the area this store has always been there and it was tho only place I bought my fish from if I lived closer I would go there for all my fish stuff.

Fantastic experience: Owner is very knowledgeable and loves fish. Great service.

Fantastic experience: We just popped in to get some live plants, gravel, and to ask a few questions about our beloved betta. The owner was super friendly, knowledgeable, and super helpful! We will definitely be back to support this small business

Fantastic experience: The owner is very knowledgeable about fish and always very helpful. Best selection of fancy goldfish

Fantastic experience: Best place around for exotic goldfish. Owner has the hook-ups for importing good fish. Very helpful and nice too.

Positive experience: Nice selection of fish,. Friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: Omg! A hidden gem! The owner knows his stuff and works with customers! Prissy people see the aged tanks and call the place dirty. U can tell the water quality and care of fish if u know what fish stores deal with. This is not a chain store that focuses on appearance vrs quality. Some chains give u bad fish from bad water quality but the look and seem clean. This mom n pop shop gives u well cared for fish with good water quality. Don't judge this book by its cover! Our arrowana we bought is big and healthy for a fair price. Will visit this shop more now that we found it.

Fantastic experience: Came back to unlock a long lost childhood memory when I came here about a decade ago with my dad as a kid. Exactly how I remember it. Great selection of more exotic fish than the ones You’ll find at a petco.

Fantastic experience: Every what time we go there we get what we need they're always very helpful very nice

Fantastic experience: Interesting selection of fish and gifts. There are bonsai miniatures which is a plus for anyone doing bonsai.

Fantastic experience: Knowledgeable and kind, I had a great experience and came home with a couple kuhli loaches! Very much looking forward to my next visit. I should mention that their selection of fish food is amazing and their well stocked with filters, media, heaters, and so forth! Highly recommended!

Fantastic experience: I love this place. The owner are very pleasant people to interact with. Recommend ppl to go there to shop...

Fantastic experience: Super friendly mom and pop store with a big variety of different items. Truly a gem! They're very knowledgeable and super helpful, especially with fish!

Fantastic experience: Great, knowledgeable owner. Healthy fish. He’s helped me with a lot of questions along my journey into this hobby.

Fantastic experience: Owner is very personable, helpful, honest, and knowledgeable. The Koi selection is excellent. Top notch!

Fantastic experience: Won't buy fish anywhere else

Fantastic experience: Every time my husband and I come here, we go all out and buy multiple fish and gifts! Sweetest couple ever and very helpful.

Positive experience: Fish and Asian gifts and more! Not a huge selection of anything but lots of random stuff. I wanted a comfertor set. It was priced way to high. I asked him what he could let it go for and he didn't answer. Wouldn't deal. Judging by how old the price tags looked it had been there awhile. Oh well. Not spending 100 on it. Wasn't like it was well made. Selection of fish is good but nothing super rare. I went there for flower horn food. Specifically for that breed of fish. Not a easy find in a physical shop so I bought 2 and I'll be back for more.

Fantastic experience: This is the only place my husband goes to buy fish. Nia is very knowledgeable and helpful.

Fantastic experience: Very nice man that was very knowledgeable and attentive to us. The fish are healthy and doing just fine. Unlike other aquariums I've been to that sell you sick fish. I will definitely come back!

Fantastic experience: Came in lookin for fish, good variety and they were super friendly! It was great coming there. Will be visiting more in the future for sure!

Negative experience: Overpriced. I bought a 5-gallon fish tank for $95 just to find it at $65 at Petco hours later when I came to Petco to buy some stones (I have all receipts and photos to prove). They have a 2.5 gallon tank for $75, which is more than 70% than what Petco sells for similar tanks. This is ridiculous and a very bad business practice.

Fantastic experience: Always has great fish at great prices. He has a great selection of African Cichlids, fancy goldfish, oddball, and hard to find fish. I love to support local businesses, so if you're a fish keeper, you need to check them out.

Fantastic experience: Great knowledge of the fish! Super helpful.

Fantastic experience: Great place to buy fish and accessories. The owner seemed like a really nice guy and was great with my 8 year old.

Fantastic experience: Great place to get knowledge and fish.

Fantastic experience: Beautiful Asian clothing and an amazing variety of fish! Best place to go for outfits for weddings, proms, and any other formal event! You should honestly stop by yourselves to see the wide variety of exquisite Asian items and fish!

Fantastic experience: I got tired of going to the big box stores in the area and decided to visit a few local stores, the gentleman in there was so helpful and informative and wouldn’t sell me any fish that was too small or too skinny. I let him pick out most of the fish and each one is beautiful and healthy. The assortment of fish in this store is amazing and you can tell he really cares about the hobby. I’d recommend trying this establishment out before going to a big box store.

Positive experience: Nice little Chinese mom n pop gift shop n aquarium store. Pretty interesting store. Worth checking it out.

Fantastic experience: My favorite place to get fish, always helpful and really nice. I'd definitely recommend this shop over any of the others I've been to.

Fantastic experience: The couple that runs the store are so helpful and just amazing. They helped me pick out bamboo for an assortment and even were kind enough to show me best how to arrange it. The array of fish that they have is astounding. They are all healthy fish and it shows how much effort and love they put into this store. They don't deserve 5 stars, they deserve 6.

Fantastic experience: They have all types of koi, goldfish, tropical fish, etc that are very healthy. Nice helpful staff and reasonable prices. They also have healthy aquarium plants and items for outdoor ponds. If you aren't looking for fish they have tons of oriental gifts, incense, and jewelry. They also have a FB page

Fantastic experience: Good selection and healthy fish.

Positive experience: Cute little store. He has a few things that are a rarer find. Some have said that it wasn't the cleanest but I feel like most aquarium stores with rare finds aren't immaculate.

Fantastic experience: I've been looking everywhere for aquatic plants and they had a few! Also a bunch of cool fish and fun gifts. Also the owner was so sweet. I'll definitely be buying all my fish and plants here in the future.

Fantastic experience: Bought these 2 beautiful dumbo betta fish today. Cannot find this style at petco or petsmart! Soooo many to choose from and are healthy! So hard to pick because they are all soooooo pretty! GREAT SELECTION! Duper nice people that run it! Will definitely go back!

Fantastic experience: Has a few things other stores dont seem to have. Prices are a bit high; but I understand it is tough to compete with big box stores. The man that runs it is knowledgeable and genuinely cares about the fish he sells to customers!!

Fantastic experience: Really nice and helpful people. They helped with some recommendations for our tank and future koi pond. We have already planned to return.

Fantastic experience: The guy who works there is super nice, friendly and helpful. Also great prices.

Positive experience: Nice little shop divided into two halves, one being an aquarium and the other a gift shop with Asian housewares and clothing. If you’re looking for a housewarming gift or wedding present you could definitely find a gem here. I didn’t come here for aquarium supplies but can never resist the hypnotic lure of watching fish; I spent more time staring at the tanks than I probably should have. The fish looked very healthy and well fed. The co-owner (it’s a literal mom & pop business) was very friendly and upbeat.

Fantastic experience: The stock was very low the owner choosing to wait untill after the holidays to bring in a shipment of fish and plants impressed me I did not get what I needed but I will return as I was impressed by his care for his aquarium section of the store.

Negative experience: Place needs updating. Large variety and selection of fish. Overcrowding? Tanks need to be a bit cleaner. Prices are not competitive vs other pet stores. Sometimes more expensive even. Hardier stock due to importation?

Fantastic experience: I loved this store and great fish too.

Fantastic experience: Nice little mom and pop shop they have fish and supplies and other asian type gifts

Fantastic experience: Friendly store owner and rare/ unique fish selection

Positive experience: Some of the tanks could be better maintained but overall I had a great experience in this shop .I only went it to check it out and left with a beautiful paradise betta and a couple floating plants I can wait to visit again to get a female for my paradise betta .and definitely some more plants

Fantastic experience: Such a great visit with the owners today! So knowledgeable and kind.

Fantastic experience: Small but nice. Great selection of fish that other stores don't always have.

Positive experience: The store owner is such a sweetheart. The store is fun to go into. I miss the talking bird though. All in all a great experience to go inside. The store is not the most clean and tidy but still worth stopping in.

Fantastic experience: Cool fish

Fantastic experience: I've been here a few times over the years and highly recommend it. Over the past three years, I've set up three aquariums with fish from this store containing about 20 fish and live plants and have only had one fish die (which I will admit I probably had something to do with me) and the owner was extremely fair in giving me a discounted price on a replacement. The best feature of this shop is the knowledge. The owner has operated from this location for nearly 30 years and clearly knows what he's talking about. He's especially great at knowing how different fish will cohabitate and can talk forever about their characteristics. All of his knowledge concurs with countless reputable resources I've read regarding tropical fish care. I absolutely trust his word, and my happy fish are living proof. You won't find this knowledge at a chain store with high turnover where most employees don't even have a year of experience (and they're trained to sell/upsell, not to worry about your fish or their reputation). This shop also has an exciting assortment of fish, some of which I believe are bred by the owner. It may be a lot smaller of an aquarium shop, but the selection of fish is very intriguing. He has more live plants than artificial ones, and if you're a pond person, he has fish, plants and supplies for you too. To address the bad reviews here, I've read them and they're irrelevant. If you read them yourself, you'll notice not one complaint of a dead fish, bad customer service, or any CUSTOMER dissatisfaction; just a lot of "judge a book by its cover" type reviews from people who haven't shopped there. - Yes, some prices are high, but this is mostly on smaller items and is offset by savings on more expense items; tetras cost a bit more here than PetCo or PetSmart, but Tiger Barbs are less (and bigger) AND you get better value for your dollar. I've also noticed that replacement filter media is less expensive than elsewhere (for my filter). And keep in mind, this is a small business, he doesn't have the bulk purchasing power corporations do to "pass the savings on to you." - No, the tanks aren't dirty, in fact the water quality is great. The tanks are just old and have seen years of commercial use; if anything, they're a realistic preview of what your tank will probably look like if you don't lose interest and get rid of it after a couple years. Keep in mind, a fish tank is nature in your home and nature is never "clean"--a healthy fish tank is filled with bacteria and microscopic life we usually sanitize. - No, the fish aren't mistreated. They're genuinely happy! I've never bought fish from elsewhere that seem so unafraid of and interactive with humans--any time I put my hand in my tank, the fish come up to say hello. When you're actually in the store, a lot of the fish will come up to the glass and follow you. - No, the building isn't stale. It actually just smells like a healthy aquarium and if it smelled any different I'd be concerned. - Yes, it's a bit dark inside, especially toward the back where the fish tanks are. Have you been to an actual aquarium and do you know the first rule of a fish tank? There's supposed to be less light outside the tank so you can see the fish, AND TOO MUCH LIGHT GROWS ALGAE.

Fantastic experience: The same guy has ran this store for 29 years. His fish are good quality and have a bigger price tag then the major pet stores, but the man knows what he is talking about. He grows his own floating and plantable aquatic plants too. But thats only half the store. The other half is full of house gifts a d decorations, jade jewelry, fountains and even those kimono dresses.

Positive experience: Great selection of Asian chotskys and fish for the aquarium..

Positive experience: The gentleman the owns the place is very nice, the fish tank are really dirty.

Fantastic experience: I was impressed with the very healthy fish! Active and vibrant! Yes, they are higher then the box stores but the quality and various species of non common fish is well worth the couple of extra dollars! Parking is challenging but still worth the walk!

Fantastic experience: Owner was super cool. Nice selection of fish good prices.

Negative experience: They treat the fish really poorly, there was some beta fishes living in red cups (some of them were probably dead). The tanks just look disgusting

Fantastic experience: I LOVED going here today! Great help, beautiful fish. I purchased two exquisite koi fish and I cannot wait to go back for freshwater aquarium fish. This is a great place to go. Parking is a little tricky but well worth it!

Positive experience: Very friendly and informative. I've been going here for years. Great fish stock. Some unusual specimens. We've had our clown knife for a couple of years.

Fantastic experience: This is a great fish store. The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable, and the selection was wonderful. If you're looking for a local store, not one of the machine-like chain stores, this is the place to go!

Fantastic experience: Lots of great fish

Fantastic experience: Very friendly owner. They have a great selection of fresh water fish . Fish were very healthy and packaged really well. Really good price

Fantastic experience: They have a great selection of fresh water fish for a good price. Fish were very healthy and packaged well. The couple running the store are cute as can be! Huge gift selection too.

Negative experience: So overpriced it makes me think the store is a front for something shady.

Positive experience: Friendly owner and interesting things here.

Fantastic experience: I'm not sure what the other people problems are, complaining about the quality and fish and so on. Got a few plants and supplies from this place and it is a wonderful place. Yes it may be a bit dimmer then the "popular" pet stores, but it's better then other small businesses. The fish and plants are amazing, and the owner us very kind and friendly. I'll be going back there more often when I need something In my opionon, if your looking for exotic fish, betta, turtles or just good deals on plants and supplies that are in excelent quality and condition you should really stop by there. It gives a warm welcome.

Negative experience: Don't buy fish from here. All pets for sale in really bad condition

Positive experience: Has A-lot of exotic fish and very affordable like Clown Knife and red tail catfish and others for less then 30$

Positive experience: In response to the reviewer who described this place as dimly lit and stale smelling...of course it is. This is a 30 year old business in an area with a "Chinatown" type vibe. I don't know what they were expecting but it won't have the polish and sterility of a newly constructed strip mall. What it DOES have is a very nice owner who runs a gift shop with half a store dedicated to his hobby of fish keeping. While he does not have the vast selection of a typical fish store, he does have an eye for quality. He had one of the nicest flower horns I have ever seen and excellent fancy goldfish. I picked up a calico oranda and a red cap that were show worthy. Also, his selection of half moon Bettas is outstanding and his prices are better than the chain pet stores in most cases. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for traditional Chinese gifts or quality tropical fish.

Negative experience: They had some unique fish that other fish stores don't carry but the place is very unpleasant. There was a stale smell that made it almost hard to breathe and the lighting towards the back of the store was quite dim. The entire time I was in the store I was uncomfortable and was very relieved when I left. It gave me a very sad feeling for some of the fish.

Fantastic experience: I pass this store everyday for 20 years. I decided to stop one day to see if they had any real plants for my aquarium, WOW! did they, they had many kids of plants, and fish. They had fish that I have never seen or even heard about. The prices are better then your big box stores. This may be Tacoma's best kept secret.

Fantastic experience: Great store with friendly management! They carry fish that not a lot of other pet stores have such as Rummynose Tetra and Cardinal Tetra. They're picky about the supplier so they only recieve the best fish. The Asian gifts are also highly notable. Very intricate and beautiful at decent prices.

Fantastic experience: i enjoy this place the bettas and varies is amazing the owners are friendly i will support this shop