Ying Chan displays a bag of goldfish outside of Liem’s Aquarium Shop in the Chinatown-International District in Seattle. Chan, who was taking the fish for display in a restaurant’s tank, often stops by the tiny store that has been owned by his brother-in-law Djin Kwie Liem for 32 years.

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A telescope goldfish, center, swims in a tank at Liem’s Aquarium Shop in Seattle.

Tom Duong, left, picks out angelfish with owner Djin Kwie Liem at his aquarium and fish shop in the Chinatown-International District in Seattle. Duong said it has been almost 10 years since he last had a pet fish, and was picking some out as a present for his eight-year-old son.

Betta fish swim inside Liem’s Aquarium Shop in the Chinatown-International District in Seattle.

Djin Kwie Liem walks outside of Liem’s Aquarium Shop in the Chinatown-International District in Seattle. Liem, who has had a love for animals since his childhood, used to sell a variety of birds at the store— many who used to live in the front window of his shop.

Djin Kwie Liem pages through books at Liem’s Aquarium Shop in the Chinatown-International District in Seattle Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. His store carries a wide variety of exotic fish from around the world.

A wide variety of fish from the around the world— including locations in Singapore, India, Thailand and Africa— are for sale at Liem’s Aquarium Shop.

Goldfish swim at Liem’s Aquarium Shop in the Chinatown-International District in Seattle Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2011.

Goldfish swim in a tank at Liem’s Aquarium Shop in the Chinatown-International District in Seattle Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.

A customer walks with Djin Kwie Liem at the entrance of his store Liem’s Aquarium Shop in the Chinatown-International District in Seattle Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012.

Djin Kwie Liem CQ has run Liem’s Aquarium Shop for the past 32 years.