Koran Tropical Fish

This is my local aquarium and tropical fish shop, just a few blocks from my home. I’ve always liked this shop, but recently it was taken over by new owners and this shop has never been better! The new owner Marcos is a great guy and an experienced fish-​keeper. They’ve brought an amazing selection of tropical fish that has kept me coming back every week to see the exotic fish and aquatic pets they’re bringing in. I recently purchased 2 aquariums at this shop at unbelievable prices! I got a 6 gallon 360 degree full view cylindrical aquarium and the shop owner gave me a great package deal with the filter and gravel. I also bought a 40 gallon tall glass aquarium that is a beauty for just $ 40! That’s a dollar a gallon!!!
He has Arowana, Eels, The most amazing Koi, Angel fish, Mollies, Plattys, Silver Dollars, Oscars, Dwarf and colorful Gouramis. Marcos also has the finest Cichlids. I absolutely love the 2 male bettas I got here! They are very healthy and just $ 2.
And if you like Salt-​water aquarium fish and live coral the selection here is fabulous with the best prices in town. I don’t know where he gets his fish that he can price them so low. But he has the best prices in L.A.
I definitely recommend this shop. Shop local, not Petco or Walmart!

No customer service, was asking the guy questions and he rather be listening to music and text. Didn’t answer one of my questions he said huh or just looked at me and grinned I just left after that.
Don’t come here there’s a reason they have low reviews

This place is hardly worth a visit. They carry basic fish in dingy old tanks and some larger exotic fish in tanks much too small. Save yourself the trip and check out Fumi’s just down Pico.

If you plan to visit this store bring a flashlight. Because they tanks are very poorly lit making it difficult to tell if the fish are healthy or not. The guy working the counter was really cool though so I threw another star on there. Doubt I’ll be coming back any time soon though…

I’ve been biding my time but I was ready to stock up on some new fish so I setup a quarantine tank and I was ready to go. I really had high hopes for this place especially since it’s a short distance from where I live. I read the mixed reviews here on Unilocal but I thought I would give this store a shot. I took a small drive with my girlfriend down to Koran’s on a Saturday and I was looking forward to checking out their shop. I had to park on the other side of the street by the Carls Jr. because it’s impossible to find parking next to the shop. If you’re in the area you might want to take the risk of parking at one of the shopping centers so you can just walk over to the store. We walked across the street and my excitement grew bigger as we got closer to the store. I knew what to expect because a lot of people were saying that the place is small and dinky as most of the fish stores in the LA area. The place being small isn’t necessarily a bad thing I have no problem with that as long as they keep good maintenance of their store. With that said this store does a decent job at keeping the store fairly clean although it’s very small it seems like they take decent care of their tanks. Their collection of freshwater fish isn’t very extensive you will find that Petco or Petsmart carries the same type of freshwater fish they do. They do have a pretty cool collection of salwater tanks but that’s not really something I know much about so I won’t comment on that. The dude at the counter seemed pretty chill I greeted him and asked if I could browse around the store to which he agreed. We looked around the shop for a little while admiring the fish. They have a section where they sell products, decorations, and supplies and they seem to over price almost everything in their stock. If you’re looking to re-​up on some supplies or are looking for decorations you’re better off heading over to Petsmart or Petco. I know we as consumers need to support our local fish stores but sometimes they try to take advantage of ill informed customers. There wasn’t much else to look at in the store so we decided to leave we said goodbye to the dude at the counter and got out of there. The whole time we were walking around the store the dude at the counter didn’t really try to engage in conversation or ask us if we were looking for something specific. I know I said we wanted to browse the store so maybe he wasn’t trying to be intrusive but he should of at least asked if we needed some help. I left the store feeling very discouraged because I really wanted some new fish. I didn’t have a bad experience with this store per se but to be honest they just don’t have much of anything. The small store that sits across the street from «El Pollo Loco» will remain that small store I drive past. I decided to keep driving around the LA area looking for another store to check out and to my luck I found a real nice store called «Damian’s Tropical Fish». The people there are very nice and seem to know what they’re doing now this store is worth checking out for your Freshwater needs.

This store was a waste of time. Small selection and the tanks were poorly lit. I felt bad for some of the huge fish in really small tanks.

Stopped in here after searching for a fish store in the Koreatown area and anything within a mile or two of that. Had never noticed it before, it’s sorta hidden right after a big corner strip mall.
Kinda small, but pretty clean and organized. Tanks had the usual popular fish and had a really nice selection of salt water fish, though I“m not really into that. Only saw one or two tanks that had sick looking fish, place looked to be fairly well kept.
Was looking to get a betta for my office, and wound up getting two, one for home as well. Good price, cheaper than just about anywhere else I’ve seen, $ 2 a piece. All of the bettas looked to be healthy, which isn’t always the case.
Staff were nice and willing to help or at least notice you and speak to you, which again, isn’t always the case.
Will definitely come back here for any aquarium needs.

Not worth driving to selection is basic and store is small dim smelly and dirty bit the guys were nice so 2 stars

I absolutely love this place. Service is key and Luis is the man. I adopted a 4 foot moray eel from craiglist and as a new saltwater enthusiast, had a lot of questions and concerns. I can’t tell you how many times I called him up like, «Hey, it’s Megan with the eel… is this normal?» (after googling of course … ;)
When I purchased a new canister filter for my 180 gallon tank he even offered to come and set it up for me. I did it on my own, but it was nice to know he wanted me to be satisfied with the product and have a happy eel.
I don’t go there as much as I used to because I’m in the Hollywood area more often these days, but if I need a random accessory or supplies, I’d prefer to support this store over any other pet store, hands down.
He also does home aquarium maintenance for folks who prefer not to deal with water/​filter changes, etc. etc.
My only complaint? The birds in the store are loud and annoying… well, only when I’m hungover I guess…
Visit this store!!!

Nice collection of salt water fish

I am a regular at this aquarium store. Luis, who runs the store, always has great advice and suggestions. Super-​friendly. Super-​helpful. Prices are better than Petco or Petsmart. Luis helped me with everything from fish to turtles. He also owns some pretty cool fish and a very cool shark.