I've been here several times to buy Ranchu fish, and every visit has been a good experience. The owner is very knowledgeable and clearly passionate about what he does. He's always willing to answer questions, give honest advice, and help you choose the right fish or setup. You can tell he really cares about the health and quality of his fish, not just making a sale.Its reliable place if you're looking for healthy Ranchu and good guidance. Highly recomended read more

DD Fish-Pets - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

I had some very sick fish and came here for some help. The gentleman behind the counter was wonderful very informative. Gave me the help I needed and now my fish are doing much better. Great little gem of a place. Highly recommended. read more

Avoid going to petco or petsmart for your fish and go here. I've tried to get fish at petco and petsmart but the fish quality and health hasn't always been the greatest. Ever since, I've always come to local fish shops like DD Fish Pets for my fish. They have a large inventory and variety of fish and you could always give them a call to check for inventory or to see if they have the fish you are looking for. I've been a long term customer here and finally decided to write a review. The boss and staff are pretty nice and helpful. In full honesty, most if not all fish I have gotten from DD Fish has lasted for years so wherever their fish distributor is, the fish is healthy and strong. I trust DD when it comes to fish and definitely recommend people to come checkout their shop. read more

Good selection and tanks are clean. Wish they had more aquatic plants. I keep real plants only, fish love a real eco system. The person today was super nice, would check on me but not pushy or anything. Would be back! Update to say, the cories and medaka rice fishes are still all alive. Healthy fish here! read more

DD Fish-Pets - Medaka rice fishes are all healthy and love the planted tank set up. We got 4, to avoid overstock in our nano tank - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

See all

Nice people. Well educated and willing to teach. Family owned and honor care for a fish. Not a chop shop.

I work from home and decided I wanted a betta fish to keep me company. I looked online, read a book, set up a small aquarium, then came to Yelp to help me decide where I should adopt my new assistant. DD Fish Pets had great reviews and best of all they were nearby. I went today (Labor Day) and happily discovered they were open! It took me a while to identify which betta was ready to go home with me (so many beautiful options!), but one fish stood out among the others for me. This shop is very cool and I'm happy they're nearby! Go here when you're ready to pick your next fish or other friend. Thank you, DD Fish-Pets for providing this service! read more

See all

Very organized place and reasonable pricing and friendly service............................................................................... read more

Mom & Pop place. This is my second time here. The owner, Danny, helped me out. Picked up some B&W Butterfly Koi and Hi Fin Banded Sharks for my pond. Beautiful healthy looking fish. Can't wait to see them grow and thrive. Thank you ! read more

Very knowledgeable owner and well kept stock. Clean tanks and healthy fish. We will definitely be back.

Danny is super friendly, knowledgeable and fair with his pricing. I have gotten countless fish from him, and they're all great quality. One of the most unique service about Danny is that if there's a specific fish you want or like, he may be able to find and order it for you! read more

I think I found my go to fish store , been going to petsmart or petco but the fish were never in good health. Stopped by after work to get some small fish and the guy working was very helpful and answered all questions I had. read more

HIGHLY RECOMMEND D D FISH & PETS Steve, is your go-to guy for all your fish needs. I called many many places to get details about starting a freshwater aquarium, but I wasn't getting a proper response from them. One place was really really rude and had an angry tone when I called him. Steve took his time to educate me in detail. Also gave way better advice than all the shops I called. What an amazing guy After I talked to Steve, I went to his shop and picked out the couple fishes and care items for my aquarium. He didn't over sale me any items and stopped me from going over board. Honesty, integrity, and amazing personality. Thanks Steve you got yourself a customer for life.... read more

Really great knowledge about the tortoises we bought out great grandkids Willing to answer all calls to give us info. read more

It is a cool place, the fish selection is decent , and the prices are not too bad . I came here in particular for saltwater fish, the tanks do not look good let's be honest , but the fish seem ok. I did see one fish flashing and itching himself like he had ich and he was for sale. Overall place isn't too tidy but they have some good stuff probably wouldn't get fish from here but supplies. They also carry birds lol. read more

DD Fish-Pets - Front Door and Sign - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

I never got into fish until recently (I used to think to just go to like Petco for fish.. NAH) The local pet shops get new stock/fish weekly, so if you're looking for a particular kind of fish, maybe call ahead? This store has salt water, fresh water fish, sometimes turtles, and birds! They have some of the prettiest betta fish I've ever seen! And the prices are fair as well read more

See all

Small, quiet store but has a fairly large selection of fish. The guy who was working when we visited was INCREDIBLY helpful and was able to answer all of my questions regarding fish care. read more

Amazing place to get your fish and turtles the gentleman who helped us was very king and knowledgeable he really helped us with our fish and turtles read more

Super friendly and helpful staff and large selection of fish and aquarium supplies. Everything I needed at one stop and unique fish foods. Sweet budgies are available to adopt, too. One of the best pet stores in the area, I highly recommend this shop for aquarium supplies and pets. read more

We love our new fish tank! Danny was very kind and patient with helping me select the right size and type of tank for my 4 year old son. He was informative and helped me understand what equipment was recommended and what we needed to do to care for our aquarium. He even took my son around the whole store and helped him choose which fish would be appropriately sized for our tank. The fish are beautiful and there is a large selection. We are very happy. My only regret is letting my son choose the fish's' names... lol. Thanks for a great experience! read more

DD Fish-Pets - 5 gallon fresh water fish tank - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

Great customer service and all tanks were extremely clean not 1 dead fish , a large variety of fish as well , Steve is an awesome employee and very knowledgeable!!:) read more

A small and local place. The guy behind the counter was very friendly and helpful! I think they have a good selection of fish. We ended up getting two Dalmatian Guppies and two kuhli loach. I think I'll be back to get a couple of blue lobsters soon. They also have Turtles, crabs, goldfish, aquarium accessories, pet food. I think I really will be back to this place. Let's support the local small businesses! Thank you Danny for saving my tetras from ick!!!! Since then I've added a snail and 2 algae eaters in my tank and everyone seems to be quite happy!!!! read more

DD Fish-Pets - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

Pretty cool shop. They have a good selection of bettas for a great price. We picked up a really unique betta from these guys almost 1.5 years ago and have really enjoyed watching him grow. The owner is an old school asian guy of very few words. There's a younger guy (his son possibly?) that helped us out a lot when our betta got sick. He was super helpful and you can tell he has a passion for this stuff. His recommendations worked like a charm. read more

Best service! So knowledgeable! Great selection. 1st fish owner and we were guided throughout the whole process.

cool little fish/bird store with a great selection of fish compared to their neighbors. recommend checking it out

Friendly helpful service from the moment I stepped in! Needed a few things for my beta fishy and was pretty impressed with the variety of products. Everything I needed was pretty easy to find and I loved how affordable it compared to other pet stores so I'll definitely be coming back here!! read more

Love their Betta selection right when you walk in. They are very patient and not pushy at all. I have previously bought platys, blue shrimp and octos they are always healthy. I will purchase two more female bettas to complete my Betta Sorority tank. read more

DD Fish-Pets - Female koi betta - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

See all

Nice small fish place. Bettas are in the front and the person there was courteous and patient. They had halfmoons and koi variety with the halfmoons being $8 and the koi being $14. Way cheaper and healthier than chain stores. I would come again! read more

DD Fish-Pets - Beautiful and Cheap Betta Fish - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

Recently we purchased a beta and decided to upgrade his tank to a 5 gallon, however it was very empty which lead us to the store and we ended up finding some nice additions for our tank ! Some of the fish options you can get from a regular pet store however there are some fish that you cannot find at a regular pets smarts/petco. Mask are required to enter it is a smaller place so gets pretty crowded if enough people are in there. Since it's our first beta tank we had a few questions and the workers helped us out answering questions and giving advice. read more

DD Fish-Pets - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

CAPTIVE BRED OTOCINCLUS! Shop here if you want expert advice and healthy oto's that will eat algae pellets seconds after being added to the tank. 10/10. read more

Stopped by this Sunday March 21st to check out the store. Totally forgot his name but he's there every Sunday from what he mentioned. I had a tank already and went in to see what I find to get my tank started. After talking to the guy I decided to do a salt water tank, he took the time to explain everything and was very detailed. Bought everything I needed and will be going back two weeks for him to check the water levels and possibly get some fishes! Thank you again for helping me out. read more

I get all my stuff from there fishy folks. The owner is really nice guy. He loves all his fish and animals he sells. Good thing to know about an owner makes the animals that are there happy. Also tanks are all clean and taken care of. read more

First the reason I am giving this place 4 stars is because I have come to this store for 5 years and the employees are respectful, polite and are happy to get what you want without complaint. Their cages, tanks and displays are all crystal clear and have little to no odor to this day. ( the reason I say a little is because it is impossible to have a fish tank not smell unless its the first day of the initial setup) they also do have some ill fish but they were in a separate tank by themselves. now even though they have this great service they don't have that organized of a place so it is tricky to find what you need even when they tell you where. In conclusion they have great deals on all creatures they have in stock as well as the other items they have Edit: I decided to do a re-review and they get a 5 as they have now organized the shop which makes it WAY easier to find items and the variety they have is OUTSTANDING they had red rainbowfish which go for 15 dollars and they had them in stock for 11 which was an amazing deal. They also made sure to be more attentive to our needs and concerns. read more

Not opened during posted hours of operation. Drove out of my way for nothing. No note on the door to state if there was a reason to close early read more

DD Fish-Pets - Arrived before 6pm on a Tuesday and found them closed. Posted hours are not true - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

Awesome store great selection and super helpful. I've bought fish from other stores and they don't live very long even though all my water parameters are near perfect. The fish I buy here have been thriving for years I don't see my self purchasing my fish from any store other than DD's. Great job guys read more

DD Fish-Pets - Neon Tetras and guppies I bought from DD's - Local Fish Stores Near Me - Santa Ana, California

Our kids make me stop here occasionally when playing road games in Santa Ana. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. Man, this place sucks. First, selection is poor. I only saw birds and fish. And some of their larger marine fish that have been here longer are definitely sick. They have some skin thing going on, so be careful. On top of that, prices on animals are too high. And worse, it's filthy dirty in here and very cluttered. Cages and tanks are not being cleaned often enough. Aisles are crowded and poorly organized. This is one of the most uncomfortable pet shops I've been in. And all the dust and filth get my allergies going. Come on. Have some pride in your store. read more

See all

tons of fish and birds. Not the most tidy, but great variety. I know they care about their animals since they wouldn't sell me a certain combination of fish. read more

I still have my puffers that I got from them a while ago now and they are so cute! They are very friendly here and when I'm in the area I try to stop by to see what they have, there's usually something cool and unique here too! read more

Beautiful supply of fish! Check this place out if you are looking for awesome fish collections! They have birds as well! Small shop but friendly owners who do not watch over you while you shop! Def recommend! read more

See all

I like the variety of freshwater fish here. Not to much saltwater species. Was greeted by the one worker who was relaxing behind the counter but not asked for help while we walked around the store for 5 minutes or so. Last time they had peacock bass which what made us comeback but this time they didn't. Not the cleanest pet store but the prices for the fish made up for it. read more

Finally gave in and picked up two baby hamsters @ DD earlier this week! LOVE 'EM! Totally cute, tame, and I love the All-Pink cage! (One is gray, the other tan!) Thanks again for another wonderful experience, DD! See you guys for more hamster food, soon! (And fish food too! XD) read more