About Saltwater City
Saltwater City has operated in Bellevue since the mid-1990s and is frequently cited by regional hobbyists as one of the most established names in the Puget Sound marine aquarium trade. The shop is family-run and staffed by people with decades of combined saltwater experience between them. What distinguishes it in reviews is its quarantine protocol: incoming marine fish are typically held for about two weeks before being offered for sale, and customers can see the quarantine system in operation rather than taking the practice on faith, which matters in a hobby where disease introduced by a single new fish can wipe out an established reef tank. The store carries livestock, corals, and the equipment side of the marine hobby, and also offers aquarium maintenance services. Its longevity and its visible quarantine practice are the two things that come up most consistently when local reef keepers explain why they choose it over newer or cheaper competitors.
Specialties
- saltwater and marine fish
- reef and coral
- in-store quarantine
- aquarium maintenance
Visit
- Address
- 14150 NE 20th St, Ste F3, Bellevue, WA 98007