Coral Fish Hawaii - Aiea, Hawaii

Nicole D.

Super friendly knowledgeable staff and I would rather go here than any pet store for my fish related needs.

Merritt

A very good fish store if you are looking for more of a selection outside of PetCo. The staff was helpful with answering our questions regarding what species they can get and what they can't get. We were surprised to find that no invertebrates are imported and that no live rock is collected (however it does make sense for keeping people from self collecting from Hawaii waters). The freshwater section had some interesting fish not seen in other stores too! If I decide to setup a tank in Hawaii - I'll get my equipment and fish from here.

Robert P.

I'll stop by on my last day in Hawaii this store is apparently a middleman for a lot of the Pacific and they ship to local fish stores on the mainland because of the volume they sell fish for almost wholesale price but even though they ship out fish by the hundreds they only ship wholesale and do not ship any retail I wish I would have found them before my last day so that I could have arranged to have got some of these beautiful fish ship back home

Dorreco S.

Fish was purchased on Friday and it's been downhill since I got it,it's l Iike he never was comfortable,hopefully they can help me out when I revisit.

Donald G. J. ?.

Great place super knowledgeable but the fishes don't have much variety of salt water. Really expensive prices and fishes barely lived for a 2 hour drive home. Little upset about no refunds. I would rather try order fishes or kick the salt water hobby in general. Not worth the money.

Stace B.

Coral Fish is probably one of the best aquarium stores on the island.

They have a large assortment of freshwater fish and plants available, such as goldfish, tetras, and catfish. One thing that Coral Fish used to provide was saltwater creatures, especially locally captured fish and inverts. They used to have yellow tangs and butterflyfish for less than $20. Unfortunately, after 2022, commercial aquarium fishing has been made illegal in HI (non-commercial fishing is still okay. For now, at least). As a result, the saltwater section is almost entirely empty, with the only fish in stock being imported species such as clownfish, damselfish, and occasionally some other species. There are also no inverts available, as it’s illegal to import invertebrates into Hawai’i. The lack of saltwater creatures at this store is not the store’s fault.

As for supplies, Coral Fish has a lot of them. They sell both used and new aquariums. They also sell dry and live rock, frozen food, filters, and even live sand. The used aquariums are leak-tested.

If you’re not there for fish, there’s a trading card/toy store upstairs and dog food for sale at the front desk.

It’s a little sad to see what happened to the store after the law changed, but I’m happy to see that this place is still open.

Stanford W.

One the best places locally to get saltwater fish. Bought fish from here for years. Also placed many special orders.

Since the summerof 2024, Coral Fish Hawaii has been importing fish directly from Christmas Island. This has brought down the price of some of the favorite staples (Flame Angel, Lemonpeel Angel, Blue Tang, etc.). This has also brought back some of the fish (Goldflake Angel, Declevis Butterflyfish, Black Tang, etc.) that had been rare or unavailable since 2020. Generally receives Christmas Island shipments several times a month (usually Tuesdays).

George B.

- I love the setup of this store. When you enter the whole ground floor is dedicated to saltwater, and the second floor when you go up the stairs is all the freshwater stuff. I went there to look around at the freshwater section and they have rocks, wood, aquariums, food, and other freshwater related stuff you might be on the hunt for. They also sell aquarium plants, fish, and on occasion some pond plants.
- The fish tanks are well maintained, the staff was nice and I really enjoyed checking this spot out. 10/10 would shop here again.