Absolutely the best and most knowledgeable fish guy around. Always helpful with a lifelong span…read moreof experience even if your just shopping around and trying to figure out the hobby. Good local guy always helping his local community.

We were relocating from Montecito to Solvang and needed help to move our 30G fresh water tank…read more Although we were out of Mike's service area, he was more than willing to help us with the move. He was amazing - professional and fast. He did a great job! I wish we were in his service area to handle our monthly maintenance! We've had several services and Mike is by far one of the best I've ever used - definitely recommend Mike for any of your aquarium needs!

Yay! I like the look of this place! I hope it will meet my expectations! But I think that maybe I…read morecould live near this place and go there all the time!

From the owner: Aquarium Science is a family owned business that provides residential and commercial aquarium…read moreservices including, custom aquarium installation, fish tank maintenance, aquarium supplies and aquarium livestock for Santa Barbara County. The owner Craig Gutshall is a Santa Barbara native and has extensive knowledge on saltwater aquariums, reef tanks, planted aquariums and freshwater aquariums. Aquarium Science has friendly professional services at competitive rates.

Very pleased with my recent visit here. Got some great advice and tips on keeping my tank alive. No…read morepressure sales and a sociable, friendly owner. This store used to be closer to SB so it's new location in Goleta is a little further out of the way for some folks but I think it's worth the trip. The prices are a fraction of the cost of the other aquarium store.

This place seriously has terrible customer service. The owner is alright but he seriously needs to…read morehire employees that actually care about marine animals and that are not so rude. In the reefing community, customer service is king and these people obviously don't care about that. I won't be back.

Totally recommend Jason for tank maintenance. I have used him since I've come from San Diego. He…read moreis very knowledgeable and knows his stufff. He keeps my awuarium lookinh great

From the owner: Reliable aquarium service at an affordable price. A self run business that includes experienced…read moreaquarium service, relocations, improvements, setup of new systems, & discard unwanted aquarium setups. Your service includes water quality evaluation, testing, cleaning of gravel and filtration system, water changes, cleaning if ornament’s and rockwork, coral and plant care, cleaning of glass inside and out (special treatment for acrylic), and restocking of food and livestock as needed, have access to any fish/ invert/ coral/ plant/ or equipment. Service clients between 10:00 - 6:00 mon - Friday. Saturday from 12:00 - 5:00 plus emergency visits if needed! Questions excepted all day everyday. Call for your free quote now!

Aqua Bob recently helped me prepare my Fish and Fish Tank for a move to a new home. He arrived on…read moretime. Was efficient and explained everything he was doing to insure the safe transit. Would recommend Aqua Bob highly.

I have been going to this store since I Moved to the central coast. The owner knows a great deal…read moreand though I am no Beginner in the reef keeping hobby I will often bounce ideas off Paul or Ricky as I know i can get a second opinion that is trustworthy. I prefer not to buy Fish online and Paul will work hard to get the specialty items i am looking for. I am grateful they are in the area! Thanks again to the staff at Tropics

Honestly I don't know where to start with my experience here…read more I've been here only once and that was enough to ruin my experience. As I was looking at the fishes I noticed that the tanks were filthy. I told the staff and they lied to my face telling me they cleaned the tank recently. I swear if you could touch the inside of the tank your finger would be covered in algae. I asked about clown fish and they were obviously over charging me for the fishes, the tanks, equipment, and other items. I should have know that considering how filthy the inside of the shop was. The staff here obviously didn't care too much about this place since all they did was just pretend to clean the area they were at. Hell there was so much tripping hazards on the floor that it felt like Saw puzzle. I swear a homeless person can come in the front door and immediately walk away due to the condition of this place. I spent too much money here for stuff to break as well as my fish being incredibly sick. 1 star is still too high for this review

I bought a small water pump from aquatic jewels several years ago and it stopped working. I went to…read morethem to buy a new one. They didn't have it in stock and asked me to leave the pump with them so they could figure out how to re-order one. In less than an hour, they called me back and told me they fixed my pump. When I went to pick it up, they showed me how I could fix it. And they didn't charge me anything! They take pride in the service they offer as a small business.

I purchased a salt water and fresh water fish tank this year from Aquatic Jewels. Beautiful tanks…read moreand the store has the most beautiful, vibrant fish for sale. I haven't seen fish this unique and colorful at any of the other local stores. If you have a fresh water tank ask about their ruffle fish, angels and discus. All have been healthy and I haven't lost a single fish. So good to have a store that takes the time to drive to Los Angeles weekly to hand select their stock. Laurel

DO NOT RECOMMEND! Arthur was hired to re-epoxy our koi pond. After three months the epoxy began to…read morechip off. The spot began small and is now the size of a small basketball. Epoxy is supposed to last at least 3-5 years. He did not do the prep work correctly which required sanding down a few bumpy spots which he said he would do in the contract. When we asked Arthur to remedy the solution he told us not to worry about it and that it had many layers of epoxy and it was not going to leak. The spot is black and the rest of koi pond is light blue. Not pretty to look at. We asked him to fix the work he had done incorrectly and he made excuses and would take days to respond. He has not taken any kind of responsibility and refuses to fix his sub par work. We are now taking him to small claims court for refusing to fix his work.

Arthur has no idea how to treat customers, which is surprising because his low quality work is not…read morecheap. Many months, hostile behavior toward customers, and a whole small claims court case (which ruled against Arthur by the way) and it seems like he hasn't learned much. It's unfortunate because I usually am all in favor for supporting local businesses, but when your bad attitude speaks louder than your horrible quality work then it makes it hard to support your business. Hopefully he can turn it around though as judging from his past reviews it seems like he once did quality business.

Reached out for an estimate, responded asking me to send pics, but never heard back. So I reached…read moreback out to them and they promised to get out a bid to me the following week partially for work that I didn't even ask for....never heard back again.

I have a large(400+ gallon) tank in my office that several services struggled with before I found…read moreBrian at AquaticContractors. He had to rebuild or re-plumb much of what had been done incorrectly. Now instead of sick fish and a tank covered in algae, I have a sparkling clean tank with healthy colorful saltwater fish that are growing quickly, so I know that they are doing well under his care. He's responsible and quickly attends to any problems. He is polite and professional to all my staff, and they enjoy learning about the fish from him. My biggest regret was that I didn't have Brian involved in the design and installation of the tank from the beginning. I recommend him highly to anyone who has a tank, and especially to someone considering putting in an aquarium.