Buying New Fish from a Famous Fish Store

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  • Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
  • In this video, Matt and I visit Ocean Aquarium in San Francisco. This store is known for their deep substrate method, with plants and no water changes. I am on the hunt for some new fish, so we visit to see what I can find.
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    Editor: Matt Gray at www.grayfamilyfilms.com/
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    Tazawa Tanks
    58 West Portal Ave 235
    San Francisco, CA 94127
    Email (for business and sponsorship inquiries only - no fish questions or asking about buying fish): TazawaTanks@gmail.com
    Disclaimer: This video and description may contain affiliate links. I am also employed by Aquarium Co-Op, LLC. Some video content may be sponsored by Aquarium Co-Op.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 59

  • @TazawaTanks
    @TazawaTanks  Рік тому +6

    Have you been to this store? Do you have any unique stores like this near you? If you want to watch another video about this store, click here: ua-cam.com/video/lFQRi9ydFs0/v-deo.html&feature=share&si=ELPmzJkDCLju2KnD5oyZMQ

  • @alanburris463
    @alanburris463 Рік тому +4

    The mom and pops stores are the best. Great rare finds in these places. Have a great weekend

  • @karljoseph4766
    @karljoseph4766 Рік тому +2

    Very nice shope a true old school fish store good video 🎥

  • @hefoxed
    @hefoxed Рік тому +1

    First fish as adults was from that first tank a yearish ago! (the golden white cloud minnows).

  • @powerfool650
    @powerfool650 Рік тому +1

    Long ago I used to go to my local glass shop and get a piece of mirror cut to the size of my tank between the plastic frame and just use a little packing tape to hold it in place.

  • @Rudimental-ity
    @Rudimental-ity Рік тому +1

    Im a fan of this store ever since It was featured by aquarium coop

  • @deansfishroom
    @deansfishroom Рік тому +3

    This is truly a great shop, one of my all-time favorites. Justin and Ady are always fun to visit and when the shop isn't busy sit down and talk with. I miss visiting them almost monthly, might have to plan a trip and of course visit Tazawa Tanks too.

  • @sarahwoodring5587
    @sarahwoodring5587 Рік тому +6

    I always love seeing footage of this store! It's also cool to see "expert" fish keepers like you, Dean, Cory, etc. get excited while shopping there. I can see where it would be easy to get kind of blase when fish are your business, but everyone who visits this store gets all giddy and excited. Great video!

  • @darrylmoore5847
    @darrylmoore5847 Рік тому +2

    Awesome video, and store.

  • @Nanoscape30
    @Nanoscape30 Рік тому +2

    There tanks are so sweet never seen a store that had nearly the amount of beautiful plant growth than this store looks like it ha
    s, their tanks look so dense in moss and subwassertang which is one of my favorite things 😀 the owners must work extremely hard and be extremely knowledgeable

  • @bobbygendron9159
    @bobbygendron9159 Рік тому +10

    I’ve been visiting Ocean Aquarium for years for their great selection of West African cichlids in the Pelvicachromis genus. Justin is the best!

    • @Ishiisan
      @Ishiisan Рік тому

      I'm so jealous that you have LFS like that close to you!

    • @PULAG
      @PULAG Рік тому

      I reverse stole a wild baby tilapia there once.

  • @DeltaKiloExotics
    @DeltaKiloExotics Рік тому +1

    Thank you for showcasing this gem of a fish store, any chance i get to live vicariously through you visiting is always awesome, thank you! Such an amazing place, on my bucket list to visit before i die.

  • @darshayfarmer1440
    @darshayfarmer1440 6 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing! They are only about 140 miles south of me. If I go to SF I will look them up :)

  • @cichlid_kings
    @cichlid_kings Рік тому

    Thanks for taking us along Zenzo. Nice score on the Apistogramma fish. Totally agree , support those mom & pop shops as much as possible 😎

  • @BenOchart
    @BenOchart Рік тому +1

    Great message at the end of this video! Apisto’s are very cool. Thanks.

  • @djsuss552
    @djsuss552 Рік тому +1

    I’ve never been to San Francisco, but now I have to add this to my list!

  • @MakerTom2022
    @MakerTom2022 Рік тому

    Might have to make the trip from the South Bay, pretty cool store tour. Thanks!

  • @trevorgregori9667
    @trevorgregori9667 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for sharing. I always like seeing this store. Hopefully you get them to breed 🤞

  • @leedibiasio9229
    @leedibiasio9229 Рік тому +3

    Zenzo you have the best shirts!

  • @elvinsworld11
    @elvinsworld11 Рік тому +1

    Lovely

  • @michaelrojas7240
    @michaelrojas7240 Рік тому +1

    Definitely a cool store! I've been there several times and take my time just enjoying the tanks. Justin and Addi have many years in the business and eagerly share info.
    BTW way I got my green kubotai rasboras there, hard to find in our area.

  • @burisngag7529
    @burisngag7529 Рік тому +1

    Awesome 🎉

  • @johncameron4194
    @johncameron4194 Рік тому

    Looks great. Enjoy your fish

  • @jeremymoore450
    @jeremymoore450 Рік тому

    All,
    Those fish look so cool that whole store looked so cool. I wish I had a LFS near me. I definitely would want to get some fish that aren't at the big box stores.

  • @Stwinky
    @Stwinky Рік тому +1

    This place is the coolest fish store in frisco

  • @Riley_in_Utah
    @Riley_in_Utah Рік тому

    Great video 👍 Would love to see a video highlighting your Congo Tetras!

  • @Muhammad_alfi
    @Muhammad_alfi Рік тому +1

    Awesome friend

  • @awilderireland
    @awilderireland Рік тому

    I can't believe that store is still there after all the gentrification in SF. I lived there from 97 until late 02 and found that Aladdin's cave completely by accident when skulking down that alleyway.
    The big serious store then was Nippon on Geary. They are well gone at this stage. The large stores on Clement and in Chinatown had big stocks including lots of tankbusters but the state of the tanks wasn't not the best. At least back then.
    Anyway great to see Ocean Aquarium warding off the capitalist onslaught. 😂

  • @vinniesaquaticsandmore5627
    @vinniesaquaticsandmore5627 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video my friend!! 😊 let’s see an update on the Oscar’s 😊

  • @TheSalient1
    @TheSalient1 Рік тому +1

    4th😂 nice video man love the deep substrate but man take a lot of room up when u can do it with less and it’s on all other surfaces

  • @leafguy9938
    @leafguy9938 Рік тому

    Hi , I absolutely love this shop and watching all the videos about it , I’m very curious - there’s mention of very deep substrate in the tanks but not a lot of talk about the actual substrate. Are they all gravel ? If so are small pebbles ok or does it have to be tiny..? Or are they sand and gravel or soil and gravel? I would love more information if possible?
    Many thanks
    From Aotearoa 🌿 NZ

  • @OMGfishtank
    @OMGfishtank Рік тому

    hope someday I can visit there 👍

  • @trustjah
    @trustjah Рік тому +1

    i could watch hours of video on this shop. I live 2 hours away and have not yet gone. Don't be like me. Go.

  • @benjaminwatrous4386
    @benjaminwatrous4386 Рік тому

    you should come visit Texas Aquatics, it’s a mom and pop freshwater fish store in nrh texas. plus i work there so it’d be awesome to meet you😂

  • @NiX_aKi
    @NiX_aKi Рік тому +8

    Man i hate to break it to you but i think all those Apisto Panduro are male. Those are actually full grown adults already. Female apistos in general are yellow and with the Panduro, females usually have this black patch running from the base of the pelvic fin to the pectoral area.

    • @NiX_aKi
      @NiX_aKi Рік тому +3

      That's common practice in shops because when you throw in a female in a tank full of studs, all hell will break loose. Just like with Malawi cichlids. You noticed how calm they all were? Yeah they're not like that when there's a female.

    • @bobbylee387
      @bobbylee387 Рік тому +1

      Agreed 👍

  • @Vincent-kx9ze
    @Vincent-kx9ze 4 місяці тому

    Very interesting store. Too bad I’m on “the wrong” coast. 😀

  • @tarjekfish
    @tarjekfish Рік тому

    Ikannya bagus.bagus

  • @wmcrash
    @wmcrash Рік тому +1

    LOL, video ends and I get a PetSmart ad :|
    Looks like they cleaned up that little back alley. About 15-20 years ago when I was in the Bay Area, it was full of trash and garbage. I was mostly into killes at that time, I used to go to the BAKA meets. Crazy old times.

    • @awilderireland
      @awilderireland Рік тому

      I remember it well! I commented above. 😊

    • @wmcrash
      @wmcrash Рік тому +1

      @@awilderireland You remember the place when the area was full of garbage, or you remember me from BAKA?

  • @hummingbird3771
    @hummingbird3771 11 місяців тому

    Doesn't Justin requires a sample of your water before selling the discus he breeds?

  • @nabokovfan87
    @nabokovfan87 Рік тому +1

    Black Corydoras!

  • @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030

    cool

  • @ThisIzMadness
    @ThisIzMadness 8 місяців тому

    Can anyone tell me why there’s blue tape around a lot of the tanks?

  • @naegwut
    @naegwut Рік тому +1

    I've been here before!

    • @heaven7360
      @heaven7360 Рік тому

      it's so weird...i finally went to the store and had quite a different experience than others who have been there.

  • @dede7150
    @dede7150 Рік тому

    Where can I get that shirt that you are wearing?

    • @TazawaTanks
      @TazawaTanks  Рік тому

      These are from Into The AM. Here is a link for a discount:
      INTO THE AM t-shirts discount link: intotheam.com/tazawa

  • @ponygirl1624
    @ponygirl1624 Рік тому

    Fantastic store! I'm sorry what did you say?

  • @flemmingj1965
    @flemmingj1965 Рік тому +1

    I have Bolivian rams

  • @MrJohnblaine
    @MrJohnblaine 9 місяців тому

    I'm in Los Angeles. Can I take the fishes on a plane?.

  • @FlyTyer1948
    @FlyTyer1948 Рік тому

    Neat store. It’s the kind of store that deserves support. Sadly, it’s so crowded, a wheelchair couldn’t get through there.

  • @rosadoj343
    @rosadoj343 Рік тому

    I had a pair and the male killed the female

  • @wadeb.5509
    @wadeb.5509 Рік тому +1

    first

  • @iliutasilviu
    @iliutasilviu Рік тому

    There are lots of videos around detailing about deep substrate and how to do it. Just search on youtube for „dirted deep substrate aquarium” and a whole list will pop up. Great video and great shop! We don't have those in Europe.