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February 2024 by Joey N
This aquarium shop has to be the best saltwater, freshwater, AND reef store in the Bay Area. The front of the store is nice but they have more tanks(towards the back of the shop) where the sign says "employees only". Everyone is welcomed to the "employees only" area. If you have time to kill, you can easily get lost in their massive selections that they update every week! They also ship (which is very convenient). Will be back soon
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February 2024 by Rosy Chávez
I’m so happy with my beautiful blue tang.
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February 2024 by Vu Le
Madhu called me both times to check on my online order. Verfy professional. Will order again
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February 2024 by william quidley
WARNING WARNING WARNING Terrible experience first order I bought the What you see what you get fish and that is not the fish they sent and both fish were all beat up looked very sad to see them that way then I ordered coral and the most expensive coral I bought they sent me two of the cheap ones I ordered they are very shady buyers be aware terrible customer service the owner Paul called and threatened me that I would no longer be able to buy if I don’t remove my review and called me cheap terrible company will be contacting the better business bureau I tried to work with them but they don’t work with you he sent me a 30 dollar coral for free to make up for my 60 dollar fish that was not the correct fish please be aware buyers and they took forever shipping kept using excuses why it was not shipped yet first they said ups is down I told them just received a order from someone else then they said there label machine was down please buy from a more reputable buyer and you will get what you paid for
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February 2024 by Rigo Hernandez
My order included a blue tang, butterfly fish, emperor fish, coral beauty, pink Goni coral frag, & neon green hammer frag. I bought the emperor fish as WYSIWYG and never received as well as they ran out of the hammer coral frag. Took me multiple emails sent to even get a response from them. I was trying to replace the missing fish with ones that are available and even pay the price difference for the new fish. Paul responded back within 1 day about my request and never actually did anything. I was patient and after 4 weeks of no response or resolution of my problem it took another week until I was able to get a refund. Very unprofessional and they will no longer deserve my business.
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February 2024 by Charles Burns
I ordered from violet aquarium and was very pleased I will definitely order another fish from there they are very nice people and have very nice healthy fish
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February 2024 by ifoney1
This place stinks - literally. The fish tank foul smell was pretty bad and the tanks were so overstocked the fish were pushing each other out the way to swim.For freshwater, all they had was glofish and some melted plants. For saltwater, they had some interesting species but the overcrowding in tanks was a turn off.Those feels like a shipping operation than a store front.
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December 2023 by Sam Yu
Hands down the best local saltwater fish store in San Jose you could find. The volume, the quality, the website and the friendly staff (Joey, Paul) made shopping here super easy.
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December 2023 by steven warner
Experience started a little rough with some out of stock items and miscommunication, but Violet Aquarium made everything right. Was very happy with the health of the fish and they make sure everything is packaged very well for shipping.
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September 2023 by Stella M.
I visited Violet for my first time over the weekend. Looks like they're mostly/only salt water but it seems like they have a large selection. I'm freshwater so they had nothing for me, but maybe a salt water hobbyist will enjoy their time there more. Google maps calls it Violet Aquarium but now I see they're truly named Violet Sea Fish and Coral. It was fun to look regardless.Removed one star for the cold shoulder customer service.
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September 2023 by Wendy Wu
A very very good fish store to explore!! Also the largest one that I’ve ever been to in Bay Area!! Healthy fish and great prices!!!
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August 2023 by Gary Watkins
Live in Michigan. First ever purchase. Came on time, well packaged. Purchased two Green Haddoni Carpet Anemones. Very sticky, which is a great sign of good health. Mouths closed. Waiting for them to open to full size. Advertised as 12 inches. Great price. I'm stoked!!!Placed in my 150 gallon mixed reef tank.
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August 2023 by Elizabeth W.
I've been there several times to buy their stuff. But the service attitude was terrible. I'd rather go to another shop with good service.I don't think I'll be shopping at them anymore.
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July 2023 by donald frost
Love this company, the employees go the extra mile to make sure you’re pleased with their product. I have ordered online from them several times and they sent me better than perfect fish.
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July 2023 by Raj Patel
Not many online sellers are good. I have purchased from few but i like violet aquarium better since they have good variety of fish to choose from, good customer service, reasonable shipping cost, and healthy fish.So far i had three orders and all of them were success. Fish eats pellet food and frozen food.
