Specialties
We design custom aquariums and provide maintenance services throughout New York City, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Call today to schedule a free consultation or to get a quote on your dream aquarium.
History
Established in 2004.
Justin Muir founded City Aquarium in 2004, after his partner gave him a unique birthday gift: an aquarium. The gift sparked Justin to pursue his dream of becoming an aquarium designer - marrying his love for the ocean with his passion for interior design.
Since then he and his Brooklyn-based team of aquarists have built a wide variety of custom aquariums around the world. Their diverse clientele has included the likes of Netflix, Bloomberg LP, David Blaine, Playboy, Microsoft, Glossier, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Meet the Business Owner: Justin M.
Justin is CA's Owner and Principal Designer. His signature vision elevates aquatic installations to a new aesthetic. For him, each project presents an opportunity to collaborate with interior designers, sculptors, architects, reef makers, and even world-class installation artists. He is proud to have worked with such clients as Bloomberg LP, Disney, Netflix, Playboy, Microsoft, David Blaine, and Tony Oursler.
Justin's vision for City Aquarium began in the 1980s, when he was just a teenager building his own tanks, fishing for lobsters and eels, and working with marine merchants. His studies in marine biology took him to exotic places such as Hawaii, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Barbados, Jamaica, and the British Virgin Islands. Upon graduating from Georgetown, Justin studied advanced courses in aquaculture at the University of Hawaii. In 2004 he founded City Aquarium, with the dream of building and maintaining innovative custom aquariums in New York City and the surrounding areas.