High Tide Aquatics

High Tide Aquatics has been very good to me. I set up a little 7.5 gallon tank over a year ago. I’ve had reef tanks before, so I’m not a beginner. I’ve gotten nearly every living thing in my tank from High Tide. Their selection of corals is very very good. I’m consistently impressed with the nice pieces there. I come in every month or so because I buy RO and saltwater there and I don’t see the same things over and over. There’s always a nice turnover of new things coming through. Kenny can often hook you up if you’re looking for something in particular. He’s very knowledgeable and helpful. Very strong recommend. It’s a great local specialty store. We’re lucky to have it in Oakland.

I Went into Hightide for the first time today, after just hearing about it and Kenny was awesome. He showed me around his qt room we talked a bit before I picked up 2 fish (found on his website) and a sweatshirt. Thanks for what you’re doing Kenny! You will have my business as long as I own a reef tank.

Salt water aquarium supply! What an amazing coral set up. We were looking at fish stores to stock terrariums, but this shop is all salt water. Some very, very impressive and beautiful setups! We got what supplies we could, and the owner was incredibly helpful in helping us with whatever he does have. He gave us a great recommendation for a shop that did have more of what we were after. Such kindness!

Hide Tide and Kenny are fantastic! One of the very few, maybe the only, local fish store in the country that does full QT and treatment on fish to give you the best chance of a healthy fish. And the least chance of a disease that will affect your other fish. Not all QT processes are equivalent, and he does the thorough processes advocated by the most picky experts. Worth every penny of premium charge for the service. They also carry a great variety of corals, basic invertebrates, and some dry goods. His corals are mostly captive-bred, which means they have the best chance of doing well in your tank too. Plus Kenny is a great guy who truly has the best interests of his livestock and the health of the hobby in mind. And he’s made a friendly and inviting area to hang out and view his stunning display tanks.

First Google review and it's one of the best five stars I've ever given in my life. Usually review sessions are kinda biased towards negativity, but there is a reason why Ken gets solid fives. He rocks To start off, he's one of the rare finds that do full quarantine on saltwater fish. We understand nothing is 100% guaranteed yet on these lovely creatures but this is THE BEST one can have on the market. I'm a relatively new reefer but I'm not new to keeping aquatic lives. I firmly believe that the majority of the specimens should not be that difficult to keep provided they're healthy to begin with, and all the ones I got from Ken so far confirmed this Secondly, the shop setup is nice. Unlike those LFSs that would try to cramp as many stuffs as possible to maximize space utilization and having wet floor etc, Ken's shop is spacious, clean, presentable on not only the display tanks, but holding tanks as well. It even has a lounge area where one can relax and chat for whatever reason Next on, you can tell that Ken is incredibly experienced, yet very humble and honest. He would not try to upsell you stuffs, nor would he try to brush off the struggles he had been through. I saw a copperband butterfly last time I visited the store and asked Ken about it, he told me he originally had 4, but lost 3 during the process. We all know this is a finicky fish, but I have been unpleasantly surprised that at many other shops when I asked the CBB they had, they would just simply reassure me that they were eating "fine" when the fish was simply not fat Oh BTW, I ended up biting the bullet and getting that CBB. And he ate LRS the second day he was in my tank. The video is taken on the third day Cannot recommend High Tide Aquatics enough