Nestled conveniently right beneath the CN Tower, Ripley's Aquarium of Canada is Toronto's favorite…read moredestination for paying top dollar to look at kidnapped sea creatures in glass cages. The Canadian Waters gallery, where you can marvel at local species like bass and cod that you could have easily seen for free at a dock. The Rainbow Reef is a colorful display almost convincing us that tropical fish enjoy living inside a landlocked concrete prison. The "Dangerous Lagoon," featuring North America's longest moving walkway, which ensures you move past the sharks at a strictly controlled pace so you don't linger too long...it was crazy crowded here on Labour Day weekend! You'll spend most of that shark tunnel journey dodging hundreds of people trying to take the exact same blue-lit selfie for Instagram and Tik tok. The Discovery Centre: kids get the thrill of dipping their hands into a touch pool to harass and molest unsuspecting stingrays and horseshoe crabs. Somewhere in the middle, you'll encounter an exhibit showing off the aquarium's water filtration system, because nothing screams "fun family outing" like staring at industrial pipes and plumbing. After fighting through dense crowds and aggressive strollers(Labour Day Weekend, avoid!), you are artfully funneled straight into the gift shop to buy a $40 plush shark as a prize for your survival. Ultimately, it's a brilliant attraction where you can spend an hour stepping on people's heels while realizing the fish are having a much more relaxing day than you are. At least Covid is over...great variety of sea life to learn about and adore. All the glass sealife prison cells appeared to be well maintained and clean. This place is 2 or 3 Stars when visiting on Labour Day weekend...but I imagine its a 5 Star experience on a quiet weekday when all the loud misbehaved children are back in school, and the terrible parents are back in their soulless day jobs. If you're a tourist like me, buy the CityPass to save money.

Ripley's is pretty good tourist attraction if you are planning to visit the CN Tower and Downtown…read moreToronto for the day. You should expect there to be some line up before entering. It's seems a bit more cooler to visit compared to the zoos and zoo-amusement parks with a sea animal section (ex. city zoos, Disney, the closed now Marineland). That tunnel through the water was cool and something to experience for most people don't dive (as an hobby or a career). I went when I was a little older (towards the end of high school). I feel like it's more geared towards family with young kids and tourists from out of town. I feel like it's something you could visit once compared to anyone with kids or frequently have guests from out of town a lot.

Absolutely disgusting store, what a mess, very unorganized, no clue what they are doing…read more Never going back, what a waste of time!!

Recommend going to Kowloon , staff are very knowledgeable and very friendly definitely recommendread more

Had a good variety of fishes and very knowledgeable- Asked…read morewhat I was looking for and selected a few for variety but simple enough for a newbie with lots of instructions.

if i can give a zero star, i would. very poor services, very…read morebad quality on dried good. what you pay as what you get, i rather spend little bit more at the big store, so i can sleep at night. atleast i dont have to worry about flooding the apartment when i am awake. You can tell from the pics i uploaded.... overall, this place is a piece of shxt.

Very cool place to buy fish and equipment. I have nothing against the big box stores, but Finatics…read moreis a very cool place and the people working there are friendly and know their shit.

The best owner hands down! So helpful! Honest about all the products and livestock. Purchased…read moreseveral vampire plecos as well as substrate and corals. Highly recommend!

Absolutely disgusted by what I saw in the store, wow, at least look after your tanks and maybe your…read morelivestock will live longer. Pretty sad, never going back.

Ooooh I absolutely adore this place! it's super cutee! The man i spoke to (i'm assuming was the…read moreowner) is super nice and funny too! Walking in there is a beautiful large selection of Koi fish. Walking around I can ask him any question I want even if it's silly and he would just laugh and joke around along with me. He showed me a fish in particular that he thought was interesting but was already on hold for another customer it was a black colored really big and puffy one. I was saying the fish looked like a mafia boss and he would just laugh. I had a lot of fun with my friends and him just talking and walking around to the point we lost track of time and ended up being in there for 45 minutes. He didn't mind that we came in to just browse and have a look around as i was unsure if my father's tank needed any more fish. The fish there are big! (There are little ones too). There's also fish i don't see in regular pet stores (there was this super buggy eye'd looking gold fish, the eyes literally popping out of his head like big round googly eyes). I will definitely recommend this place to my friends and family!

If you are looking for a passionate, knowledgeable, friendly specialist micro store, then this is…read moreyour place! Chris is a true gem and an asset to the local aquarist society. He has some hard to get species and breeds an number of exotic plecos. I was so excited to see baby zebra plecos (which have become one of my favourite fresh water fish), that I ended spending almost $400 in one stop. Chris also carries a variety of specialty foods and filter materials. I can see myself visiting this place a few times a year. Highly recommend.

In short: a tiny boutique new fish importer specializing in uncommon species and variants. It's…read morenot a shop you wander through on a Saturday afternoon to browse your basic tetras, but if you want something specific, unusual, or rare, Chris is your guy. When I set up my first aquarium, a more experienced friend cautioned me against the dangers of developing fish elitism, the gradual but inescapable attraction to increasingly rare species. At the time, I laughed and blew him off, convinced I would never catch that bug. The platies and guppies I had picked out from PetSmart were more than good enough for me - I couldn't imagine going out of my way to deliberately seek out more obscure fish. My friend was right, of course. Less than a year after setting up my plebian little platy tank, I was scrutinizing the stock at Big Al's, grumbling that what they had labeled as corydoras julii were *obviously* just the more common corydoras trilineatus, and lamenting the fact that none of the local fish stores seemed to be interested in stocking anything *interesting*. Chris, who runs Next Gen Aquatics, stocks *interesting* fish - interesting, unusual, wonderfully obscure fish. I had been looking for some corydoras hastatus for months to add to my boraras brigittae tank (the platies and guppies having long since been given away to less demanding relatives), but hadn't been able to either find any for sale, or to convince any local stores to stock them. After one text to Chris and a couple of weeks of waiting for import and quarantine, I was able to pick up a full bag of perky, healthy, adorable little tailspot cories, at a very reasonable price. NGA is still a very small business: visits are by appointment only, and the selection is limited by the space available. But the setup is meticulous, all of the fish are healthy (and huge!), and Chris himself is enthusiastic and knowledgeable and quick to respond to inquiries or requests. If, like me, you find yourself wandering discontented through the aisles of your local fish store every week wondering why they never stock any plecos other than bristlenose, or if - like me - you spend hours browsing through species listings on Seriously Fish, fall in love with some obscure little corydoras, then realize nobody local actually carries them... drop Chris a line, and see what he can do for you.

Visit to the aquarium was great. It only takes about an hour for all the exhibits…read more We watched the sea lion show which was educational of how they train the sea lions. It is awesome view to look down from the top deck to watch the show. There is NO seating to watch the show just standing only. The touch pool was cool too. You can pet the stingrays and shark. The staff was friendly. Tip: if you have the Art Access pass it gets 2 person admission free to the aquarium There is also a $5 parking charge.

We has such a great time at the aquarium! We made the trip up to the Falls and were so excited to…read morecheck out the exhibits with our son. He loves animals and the ocean so this was perfect. They're currently doing some renovations so we walked around to the entrance on the side of the building. It was relatively close to the parking lot which was nice especially with a toddler. We looked at all the exhibits and the tanks. We loved the penguins and the sea lions. We watched the sea lion show which was really cool on the top level looking down into the tank. They have a touch tank for their rays and baby sharks too which was cool to try. The only downside is that it's a bit small. We were done with everything in less than an hour and could've stayed for another show but opted to leave. It was a great experience but we just needed a little more.

Such a fun store for anyone! My daughter and I stopped in on a Sunday afternoon to pick up some…read moreshrimp and possibly a few pea puffers. It was our first time there and we were both completely enamored with the displays of beautiful artery of shrimp, crabs, fish and some aquatic plants. Since we were looking to add to an existing tank, we inquired about different shrimps to see which ones would be most suitable tank mates to our current residents. The staff are very helpful and knowledgeable and they helped us with the selection. We also picked it some driftwood and moss to add to the tank for the shrimp. Looking forward to returning once they get the pea puffers in which you can place your name on a waiting list online for in stock notification. SF is a nifty little shop and we'll likely be back for more additions soon.

I went in just to browse around with some friends. I was looking for fish to add to my father's…read moreaquarium and came across this little shop. It's a little hard to find, was hoping there would be a more obvious sign or some sort of color to stand out more. We were welcomed right when we walked in and they were very informative and told us about their deals. The shrimp are really tiny!, If some of them didn't pile up on each other i would not have seen them. They have a big range of different colors and sizes too. They also sell those little cute fish that cling onto the sides of the wall or other tiny fish. The cray fish really caught my eye. They're about the size of a cookie, really pretty. They even have blue ones! The man that is working there can answer any of your questions with ease and would tell us some facts we didn't know about the care, sizes and life span. Would definitely recommend checking it out!