Capital Aquarium

Tom Wahl

2023-11

Small store and it's in a sort of hidden location, but they have some unique offerings and are very helpful and personable. They seem more geared toward the service side, which I am not familiar with, but the retail offerings are solid and varied for a small location. Everything I've gotten from them has been healthy.

Jaeda Mohr

2018-05

This is my new favorite aquarium store. The guys are super nice, knowledgeable, and pricing is the best I've seen. $1/gallon saltwater, the same $50 power head at petco was $35. They have a large selection of rock, coral, saltwater fish, and even some cichlids. You should check it out if you need a good place. Added some good pics.11/24/17 update- they’ve updated the store a bit and added some more frag tanks. I think they have the most affordable largest selection of coral frags in the NVA area - carry both saltwater and a little bit of freshwater fish. Still like this place the best out of the three saltwater stores in NVA

Alex Salle Safi

2024-03

This place is awesome, always friendly faces & very knowledgeable people with a passion! Makes it worth driving almost two hours!

Amanda Kryway

2024-02

Great help, even with our tiny new aquarium. Clearly a shop with significant resources of knowledge and supplies to help so levels of enthusiasts.

Tommy Huff

2024-03

Friendly and welcoming staff. Great selection of saltwater fish.

Rhonda J Howard

2022-05

Excellent experience and quality Oscellaris. Beautiful selection of salt water and fresh water creatures.

Davileet T

2022-05

Went into the store yesterday and bought some snails and a sea urchin. Offered to bring in some frogspawn frags for store credit, and was given the okay.Today, I drove 30 minutes to bring in 16 heads of frogspawn and was offered a measly $55. The asian guy/manager on duty said that the frags had "brown jelly" coming out of them, and then undercut me. Last I checked, frogspawn looks like jelly, so I am unsure what the issue was here. Attached are the pictures from the colonies I fragged from.When this same guy worked at Artfully Acrylic I was offered a much better price for the coral. Won't be going back to Capital Aquarium.

Justyn Merlo

2022-05

Quaint and simple shop. The two people working (a man with long hair and a woman with longer hair) were amazing. Super helpful and even showed my kids around to involve them with our visit. The livestock selection wasnt as great as I wanted, but for my wallets sake it was probably a good thing. Corals were great and had a great selection.Overall great store and would recommend them to anyone. Will be back soon!

Zahedabanu Ahmed

2019-05

Very good Experience" Staff was very helpful, Zach is very awesome". So I had a issue with my tank because I had a different service. I called the capital aquarium, Zach come over at the same day take a look my tank, and gave good suggestion as well. They change half of the water from my tank, and it all goods now.We went to their stores, customer service is awesome. They have a good variety of coral and fishes. I like their service, this people are awesome and store is very good and awesome too.

stephanie wood

2021-05

Literally, the nicest and most helpful staff work here. Great people with great enthusiasm for the hobby. The store footprint is a bit small so sometimes the coral selection is limited. Pricing varies, but in general about what you see at an lfs. Very robust selection of fish and great quarantine process. I’ve never seen any signs of brook, ich, fungal, or bacterial infections on any of their livestock. Excellent/reliable invert selection. Highly recommend!

Tina Harris

2023-12

Staff members are friendly and very helpful with my aquarium questions

Dale Hill

2018-05

Pleasantly surprised. The staff was very helpful in getting me started on the right path. Although their selection is limited, they seem to have carefully chosen what they carry, which helps a lot. They also were happy to special order me the stuff I needed that they didn't have on hand and I got it all in less than a week. This isn't your spotless, shining, pristine aquarium shop, it is a working shop. If you are picky about perfect cleanliness, this may rub you the wrong way, but if you want helpful people, the right products, and healthy livestock, you will be very happy.

Muhammad Khan

2023-05

I love this place, I wish they were a little closer to my home in Ashburn. They have a great selection of fish and corals. They do an excellent job of taking care of there fish and corals. I always end up spending money when I stop by lol.

Courtney Schaefer

2022-05

Sam is super knowledgeable and a pleasure to talk to. After telling him about our set up he lead us into a direction i didnt even consider. My husband and I purchaed the cutest little pea puffers and a few tank mates. I cant wait to watch them grow!

Tommy Hamilton

2023-05

WOW! We love Capital Aquarium! We have been using them for several years and I am honestly embarrassed I have not written a review for them yet. We trust Capital Aquarium with tanks at three of our businesses. Every tech that services us is an expert in their craft and embodies professionalism. We have let them put their own spin on each of our tanks and they do not disappoint. They keep the tanks clean, fresh and visually captivating. Our fish seem pretty happy too!If you need someone to take care of your fishy friends you should look no further than Capital Aquarium.

Maria Bazan

2022-05

Walked inside and was helped right away! Chase did an amazing job helping me with that I needed and was extremely patient and knowledgeable! By far the best customer service I have ever had. Thank you Chase.

rachel

2019-05

I don't know why this place got good reviews. I went there a month ago. I don't like the store, it's dark and creepy. However, there are many salt water fishes there which was exactly what I was looking for. We bought two small fishes adding to our big fish tank. They died within a week. Not only that, I think the fishes we bought there spread some disease to other fishes who lived in our tank for a long time. In a month, 3 more fishes died and now my angle fish lose his appetite too. We checked water quality, everything is fine. I believe it's some virus or bacteria from this store but it's hard to diagnose. I am disappointed and will never buy fishes there.

Robert Stewart

2021-05

This place has come a long way since it opened. The store is clean, the prices are competitive and the staff is generally quite knowledgeable. Parking can sometimes be a mess because of the church next door.

DeVante

2022-05

Amazing experience from greeting to leaving the store really appreciate the 5 star experience given from the employees. Was also recommended some tank mates with the pea puffers and Anubis plant super excited for the grow out will definitely be back!

Story Quill

2023-05

A great saltwater fish and coral specialty store. Staff is very knowledgeable and great to work with. Very helpful for freshwater tank care as well.

Danniel Rodarte

2019-05

Small but Big on value and knowledge. They Specialize in Fresh water and saltwater needs and wants. The Staff was by far the most valuable thing we came upon. We love the love and knowledge that they have to help you from start to finish. They gave us a tour of the shop as well as addressing that if they don't have it, they will order it for you if it is available. Thank you Capital Aquarium!

Spam

2019-05

Capital Aquarium is great. All of the employees are super knowledagable and willing to take their time helping you, they have a great selection of corals and their livestock always looks very healthy. Prices are also mostly fair, especially when compared to similar stores in the area. The only big downfall of this establishment is their hours, and of course that is simply a result of them being a more home-service oriented company.

3 G’S

2020-05

I selected to purchase a coral that was clearly marked as being $10.00 but the associates refused to sell it to me for that price. They told me it was actually $25.00 and said that they didn't have the time to correctly change the prices beforehand. Instead of walking around the store aimlessly, maybe they should try to get some work done so these type of discrepancies don't happen again.

Ben S

2021-05

Great hole in the wall place. I was on my way to Centreville Aquarium supply, but decided to stop in here on a whim and was glad that I did. The store associate seemed like an SME, and gave me some great info and recommendations to fix the problem my marine aquarium has been having. Will definitely be in again.

All of you suck

2019-05

Possibly the BEST fish spot in Northern Va. Very clean, very knowledgeable, and they are willing to order what you want! This is a store that has passion, has dedication, and drive. This isnt youd run of the mill pet store like the big guys. Great saltwater and freshwater selection.

Blake Hintz

2017-05

A damn fine establishment lemme tell you h'wat. Rather limited on the fish available but have a reasonable number of frags at an average-good price range. And like any good LFS they always have plenty of RO/DI on hand. But they have awful hours, hard to get there during the week. But 5 stars for staff being very knowledgeable.

Christina Zizzo

2021-05

Very knowledgeable and passionate staff. Great selection of freshwater, but mostly saltwater items. Definitely worth the trip whether you're starting out or an aquarium pro.

Phillip Baker

2019-05

Excellent LFS! Friendly and knowledgeable staff, very clean store, and great deals. Couldn't pass up a few of their $5 frags a couple weeks ago and they are doing really well.

Eric Domes

2018-05

Went in to check it out. I know very little and have no experience with fish. The Guy there, and I feel bad that I can't remember his name, was super helpful and very friendly. I will definitely be going back to get my tank and fish from them.

Jason Kang

2021-05

I visit this place almost once a week. Reasonable prices and clear (some aquariums are not priced and can only be asked to know. Very uncomfortable) The staff are always friendly, fishes and corals are healthy. Never disappointed it.