Fontana Tropical Fish

Love this store. They always greet when you walk in and always so attentive. They recognize me and my bf every time we go in. Buy all our guppies and fat heads here for our pirahnas. :) great store

I’ve came here a few times before and the only thing I’ve liked from this store is the variety of fish and accessories. The bad part of it is that the prices are way too high compared to many mom and pop shops. Actually even higher then petco and petsmart. To make things a little worse is the warranty on their fish. I think it’s 24hrs which it’s not enough for a fish to acclimate and not feel stress. So if you live far and you’re tank isn’t properly set up this place is not for you. Wasted my money on a crab that died and couldn’t take him back because of work, so money thrown in the trash.

After our dinner at Fontana Phở, my friend and I went to look at the fish because that is what we did when we were younger and we were reminiscing then decided to browse and I was contemplating on getting a new beta fish. The lady in the front came up to us and asked if we needed help and I told her no its okay we’re not sure yet so she said ok. Then my friend and I were talking about the fish conditioner that we used and I was holding it. Then I put it back. Then we were leaving and she asked if I put the fish conditioner back. Then I said yes, you can check my bag. Then she said no. Then I said I don’t steal and if you want to search my bag go ahead. Then she’s like you said that not me okay. Just the fact that she assumed that really hurt my feelings. Trust me lady if I have to steal a fish conditioner that costs 3 $ I wouldn’t buy a darn fish. Anyway. My business for my fish will be taken up else where. Sad I have to lose my memories here. I don’t like to feel like I can’t shop and get treated like that. Rude & unnecessary.

I love it here, my father used to take me here when I was a little girl & now my kids love it. The owners are really nice. Today I had bought a dwarf bunny for my kids, to me $ 30 was kinda pricy, however I like to support my local mom & pop shops because they are hard workers. I also believe that wherever they bought their bunnies from, I am sure they bunnies are healthy.

Store was really clean, workers were scrubbing tanks but still available to help. Prices could be a little better $ 1.98 for a single ghost shrimp when you could get several for that price at other stores. They have a nice selection of fish and they all seemed healthy and vibrant

David and John are the nicest guys in town. They always have what I need. And the acrylic tanks are the cheapest around

This review is from my mother in law: «I am a new fish owner and decided to try this store to buy my first set of fish. We inquired to see if the multiple species of fish we were interested in would be compatible. We had decided on an Oscar, a pair of Convict Cichlids, 5 Tiger Fish, a pair of Maingano Cichlids, a pair of Blue Gourami and a Large Pleco. The owner of this shop personally assisted us and stated that all the fish were compatible and that the Oscar moved too slow to hurt any of the other fish.
The Convict Cichlids turned out to be extremely aggressive with the other fish, then they got pregnant and hatched hundreds of babies and became increasingly MORE aggressive. They were attacking the other fish and shredding some of their fins. We contacted the store owner to ask if we could exchange or return this aggressive pair and he stated ‘No, they are too aggressive’ and that he already had too many of this species. We finally found another pet store that was kindly willing to let us donate them.
The Oscar is even more aggressive than the Convict Cichlids and has proven to be more of a menace in our tank that I could have ever expected. It ate one of the original Tiger Fish and one of the original Blue Gourami. In addition it also ate a number of other additions to our tank including two lobsters, a snail, most of the Convict Cichlids babies (this is actually the only positive). It constantly bites our Pleco’s and our crab as well as a number of a number of docile Cichlids we have since purchased. We again attempted to contact the owner about returning or exchanging the Oscar and his answer was simply ‘No’ without any explanation.
So in conclusion please research all fish before visiting this shop if you are going to buy from them as they obviously will say anything to make the sale. I really wish I had been knowledgeable enough to research before purchasing from this store as it would have saved me A LOT of money, but I guess I was just too trusting (since they should obviously be an authority on this subject) and assumed that they would be honest.»

Nice people, but they never open on time. Every time I have came here, I have to wait 15+ minutes for them to open. If they don’t plan on opening at their posted time then they need to change their sign. Their posted time is to open at 11 am on Sunday and they never open at that time.
Aside from them not opening on time, they are very nice people and family based, which is why I gave them 3 stars.

Went in again today, after a year away. No improvement. The reptiles are still poorly cared for. The cages are filthy and have several weeks worth of poop piled up in there. To top it off, there’s some disgusting white fungus looking stuff growing up out of the floor in that area of the store too.horrible.

I went here as a bigginner to ask questions and get fish for my fish tank .Bad idea they sold me two tiger barbs and 1 wich was sick and they also sold me tentras the guy told me they where fine together in a 10 gallon mistake… they are not compatible .make sure that when u go u Google each fish do not ask simpy buy and thats it also make sure they do not have white stuff on them.

I was quite impressed with the selection of fish at this location. Sadly, I didn’t get to purchase anything because I found out (just then) that the nemo fish I wanted was a salt-​water fish (yes, really dumb of me, I know) so I decided to go back at a later time. This review is solely based on their selection. If you’re looking to add to your aquarium, this is a great place to start! Prices seemed really reasonable also.
They also sold bunnies, several types of birds, and reptiles too!
Great little pet shop in the City of Fontana. One suggestion though, no one came by to offer to help in case I had any questions, and there was only one worker in the entire store. I would have appreciated someone that could help with questions (or made me realize I needed a salt-​water tank before spending 30 minutes looking at fish, LOL).

I just went to the pet store .they had a lot of great fish. a lot of things. really cute bunnys they also had hamsters, birds, fish, turttles and reptiles. one bad thing is that it smells in there.

we just went in two days ago and bought a bearded dragon. the owner knew his stuff on bearded dragons. although my husband did do his own research himself on beardies, we were impressed. the accessories were a bit pricey compared to petsmart/​petco but like i said previously we were impressed with his knowledge on bearded dragons. so far our new pet is doing great. he looked like he was in great condition hence why we bought him. as for the other pets they have there im not sure how well taken care they are.

Bought some tropical fish here and a blue crab, the owner didn’t mention that it would kill my fish I had told him the size of my tank and he didn’t say anything. They just want to make money and could care less about anything else, I took the crab back along with the food that was around 20 $ for both and I got a fish for free that was $ 5… Don’t think that was fair. Not going back!

The owners are very nice but I feel this place is dirty and the furry and feathered animals are not very well cared for. Its a mom and pop so I do want to support them but it is quite expensive

The only reason they are getting 2 stars is because the accessories were reasonably priced. Their fish were ridiculously over priced and incredibly unhealthy. Most of their fish had physical defects, including missing an eye. Most of their fish were $ 5-​$ 10 over priced. Petsmart, which is only 5 miles away from Fontana Tropical Fish & Pets, is cheaper. If you plan on going to this store for any maintenance and upkeep supplies, don’t even bother. All of those supplies are $ 15-​$ 25 over priced. I was looking for a second Fluval Aquaclear 70 and they were selling it for $ 83! I didn’t even pay that for my Aquaclear 110! I went to Petsmart and they have the Aquaclear 70 priced at $ 56. With my PetsPerk rewards I got the filter for $ 47 after taxes.
I will never purchase anything from this store ever again. Not only are their fish unhealthy and over priced, the staff act as though they are too good to be there. I was trying to get some help so my 4 year old nephew can pick out some fish and getting an employee to help me was like pulling teeth.

we have been coming here for close to 10 years and always a great selection of fish and the owners are great.
only fish store that has survived

very nice fish store. They have a huge selection of fish and aquarium products on hand. The fish look healthy, I did not see any dead fish floating in the tanks. the owner was a really cool guy and was honest about not selling me more fish then what my tank could handle. I went there to buy a new glass lid for my aquarium. I did a little searching online to see what a fair price was and this place was fair.
I gave it 5 stars because they have a AWESOME selection. The prices are honest. The tanks are clean with no dead fish and there are no fish stores like it in the area. Go check it out my Unilocalers!
o and one more thing the guy cleaned my glass top (spotless) before handing it over.

Huge livestock and product selection at this independent pet store. Prices are a little high, but excellent customer service almost makes up for it.
Over 100 tanks of fish!

I traveled around the Inland Empire to see what kind of communities are striving the San Bernardino county. As I was traveling around the city of Fontana, I stopped at local privately owned aquarium shop. It’s a nice place inside a strip mall with other small businesses on Sierra Ave Street. It’s also nice to see a small business owner enterprising an aquarium shop because I don’t see that many of small business owners in the Bay Area (Northern California). Petsmart, Pet Club, and Petco are the predominate enterprises in the market.
The place is awesome because I saw lots of rare fresh and salt fish that are hard to find at large pet stores. They also have good aquarium accessories such as imitation to real plants and stones, ornaments, and chemicals to keep the aquarium clean and healthy for the fish and the environment inside each tank. They also sell many different kinds of filtration along with replacements of carbon, sponge, and bio-​max ceramic cylinder stones.
This place has good fish if anyone are interested in owning a rare fish at home. I spoke to one of the owner and she told me that they can process an order of specific fish that I am interested in purchasing. I told her I will order a fish if I ever have a chance to move to live anywhere in the Inland Empire.
I am a bit jealous that I do not live in Inland Empire. If I did, I would visit this place quite often and may become a friend with owner (s). If anyone who reads my ad and lives close to Fontana Tropical Fish & Pets, you should visit this place for your fish or first time fish owners.