

At Sierra Fish & Pets, we believe your dogs and cats should love every single meal. If your pet isn't 100% delighted with their food, bring it back and our team will help you exchange it for a formula they'll adore.
Aquariums Since the 1960s. A Store Since 1972.
Walk in, and the cichlid wall is the first thing you see – a whole run of them catching the light, with tanks of stranger fish just past it that most stores don't bother carrying at all. Sierra Fish & Pets started with a family that kept aquariums as hobbyists through the 1960s, and by 1972 that hobby had grown into an actual storefront. What opened then as a single shop is now a 7,200-square-foot flagship tucked into the Uwajimaya parking lot in Renton, and it still runs the way a family business runs: people who know your fish's name before they know your last one.
As a pet store in Renton, WA, we never limited ourselves to just aquariums, even though that's where the family's passion started. Dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, and small animals – all get the same attention here – real food, real supplies, and staff who've actually kept the animals they're selling gear for. Type pet store near meinto your phone on a Saturday morning, and there's a fair chance you'll end up walking through our doors, past the cichlid wall, toward whatever section your particular animal calls home. The aquarium side of the business is still where we're most at home.
Aquariums are still where the business feels most like itself. Our wall of African cichlids and livebearers is the obvious draw for anyone after freshwater fish, but the real regulars come back for the fish most shops skip entirely – gobies, knifefish, bichirs, and the kind of stock that rewards a second look. Saltwater fish have their own growing corner of the store now, stocked with the equipment brands serious reef keepers already trust. Between the two, our shelves of aquarium supplies cover everything from live plants to dry goods, so a trip here rarely ends with a second stop somewhere else.
For anything bigger than a shelf can hold, our team handles design, installation, and maintenance on tanks built for homes and offices alike. We've relocated tanks across town, rebuilt them piece by piece in a new room, and walked more than one nervous first-time owner through an aquarium installationwithout letting it turn into an expensive mistake. More than 50 years in, and we're still doing what the family started doing in someone's living room decades ago – just at a scale nobody back then would have believed.
Walk our aisles, and the range becomes obvious fast.
Our pet supplies cover the essentials and the specifics – dog supplies from everyday kibble to harnesses and chew toys, and cat supplies spanning litter, scratching posts, and the toys that actually get used more than once instead of sitting untouched after the first week.
We've focused on variety rather than volume, carrying bird supplies for everything from finches to larger companion birds, including cages, perches, and seed mixes suited to specific species rather than a single catch-all blend. Reptile supplies round out the lineup for terrarium setups, heat lamps, and live feeder insects for animals such as hedgehogs, geckos, and our staff can usually talk through what a given setup actually needs rather than just pointing at a shelf.
Come see the cichlid wall for yourself, ask us anything about your own tank, or call (425) 226-3215to check what's in stock before you drive over.
Share your pet moments with us using #SierraFish&Pets