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    Aqua SD

    4.2 (176 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Joe O.

    This place is amazing and the customer service is awesome! Darin helped me over the phone as I won 20+ auctions on eBay, and was there in the store win I picked up. Jessie was also very helpful as he walked me around the store retrieving all the corals I had won. Zach was also very helpful from the front of the store who helped me check out. The multiple times I called and emailed the store, everyone was equally customer service-oriented to make sure I had the best experience possible. Highly recommend to visit this store and their auctions online. Thank you all !!!

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    Jenny L.

    I wanted to update my review regarding AquaSD. I waited until today, Monday, June 24th, to write this review to give AquaSD a chance to reach out to me. However, despite sending them a few follow-up emails, it's been 5 days and I have not received any response. A little background: When I visited the AquaSD store about a month ago, their customer service was outstanding. However, their online and phone services could definitely use some improvement, as it seems to be nonexistent. During my in store visit a month ago, I came across a Wilsoni that I really liked, but the price was a bit steep for me, so I left it behind. When AquaSD had their "After Party" sale about two weeks ago, I seized the opportunity and purchased the exact Wilsoni I saw and wanted! (Q14) However, the day before my scheduled shipping date, Wednesday, AquaSD called me to inform that the Wilsoni was not in the best condition and they did not want to ship it out due the health of the coral. To much of my sadness, while on the phone with AquaSD, they offered me a replacement Wilsoni, and even sent me a link via email of the replacement Wilsoni's photo (Q61). After seeing the photo, I agreed to the replacement Wilsoni, and reconfirm with the staff if this will be the Wilsoni I will be receiving, and they agreed. Disappointingly on the shipping date, Thursday, June 20th, the Wilsoni I received was not the replacement that was promised. I got neither the Wilsoni I wanted, nor did I get the replacement promised, what I received was the Orange Wilsoni shown in the photo. As you can see the color and patterns do not match. I promptly reached out to AquaSD via email and phone but to no avail. Their voicemail is not set up, so I could not leave them a message. I even followed up on Friday, Saturday and Sunday resulted in no response. It is now Monday, and I am still waiting for a resolution from AquaSD. I really want this error to be corrected, but based on their lack of response, it seems unlikely that I will receive any help.

    I want to start off by saying I almost never review anything, every time I get a shipment from them I have to share how good it is. it doesn't get better than them. Trust me. They have changed reef keeping for me and are one of the reasons I continue to get excite. I just hope they never change. 100/10 recommend. The photos given are my experiment of the 6 gal aqua sd reef tank. Just there corals. it's the best tank ive ever had and the healthiest corals. Have yet to loose one. I leave a review every time I get corals. will continue to update.

    Straight dead pieces

    I have made many orders at aquasd, and many of those orders were nothing short of amazing. But my past few orders were fumbled hard. From wrong pieces being sent, missing items, items being shipped when they weren't supposed to be shipped. But this last order was shockingly horrendous. They actually sent me dead pieces that are covered in algae and Aiptasia. I can't believe someone inspected these pieces, took them out of the tank, bagged them, and shipped them. This vendor seems to be a hit or miss. There are overwhelming negative reviews on this place. Do your research and order at your own risk.

    This is what I ordered!

    Beware!! Aqua SD is one of those companies that really support their customer, until there is a problem. I ordered $700 worth of corals and one coral was packaged poorly and rubbed on a piece of plastic they put in the bag to keep the coral from shifting; Who knows why, but the coral started falling apart overnight, after their two hour window. Another coral didn't even make to shipping because they sold me a coral that they didn't even have. Very unprofessional. and on top of that they ask me what they could provide as a replacement and they sent me something completely different! WTF? A third coral was sent to me incorrectly. I ordered a bright red pink and white Trachy and they sent me one that was all brown with a couple orange stripes on it. Bait and switch? After a month of them dicking me around and having me send 20 different pictures and stand on one leg... they finally ask me what would make me happy. I asked for a refund to my credit card for the 3 corals. They completely ignored me for two weeks, until I filled out a review on google. Then someone reach out and asked me again how to make it right so I replied. It's been a week now and NOTHING! Don't fall for their scam. Please, please try Corals.com. By far the best place to order. They know how to treat a customer. Constant communication and support. Not this fake place that provides subpar Corals just to make a buck. They ask you questions to make you feel like they actually care and then completely ignore you. What a horrible place to do business. See the pretty red coral below? That's what I ordered. See the ugly brown one? That's what they sent me. Bait and Switch? I think so! Lenny

    Very clean areas

    Eddie was very helpful and interactive. He made our experience at aqua sd very easy and gave us more information to better our tank. Will come again.

    Craig S.

    Aqua SD does it again. They are an awesome store plenty of information that they freely give, and no pressure to buy. We know next to nothing about saltwater aquariums and they are very patient.

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    This place is great HUGE selection. and the staff is amazing they always take the time to talk to each person wether they are spending $5 or $5000 they treat everyone with the same amount of time and knowledge.

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    I enjoyed my time here today, it was an easy shopping experience and great customer service from Zach!

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    Great corals. Friendly staff! They have a huge amount of knowledge and options to choose from!

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    Amazing staff they help us right away and they recommend which is best to use for the circulation pump. Also help us picking some corals

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    Amazing selection of coral and fish at great prices! Staff is friendly and knowledgeable.

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    Super cool shop with all sorts of Frags. Jack was super helpful! Would definitely recommend and I will be back in the future.

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    Great service, always healthy corals. Amazing reef shop!! They go above and beyond for their customers. My whole tank is pretty much aqua Sd

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    Really cool store with lots of choices for coral. Everything is clean and organized. Staff is super helpful.

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