Aqua Forest Aquarium 
San Francisco, California 2006

Located in the heart of the San Francisco high rise district is Aqua Forest Aquarium. It is a rather easy shop to find in a nice part of town. The warm and inviting store front carries on into the shops interior. This shop is dedicated to planted aquariums.

Inside, brothers Steven and George who are co-owners of Aqua Forest Aquarium have done an outstanding job providing a clean, neat, and well organized shop. They offer a nearly full line of the ADA Japanese products and some very nice T5 plant fixtures.

There are five display tanks in the front half of the store with a sixth one in the window under development. The tanks are laid out using Japanese design elements and as a result are very beautiful.

There are 10 heavily planted tanks where plants are labeled and sold from. Many of the plants are aggressively trimmed in order to encourage more growth. The results are lush green tanks accented with bright red and orange color given by a few large Discus in each tank. In addition there are a variety of fish for sale in some small isles located opposite the row of plant tanks.