In richmond there is Kingdom aquatics, which is close to the burger king on no3.
(so if you know how to get to big als in richmond you know where to go)
There is also v/l aquatics on slocan/kingsway. Both those stores are obviously smaller than the ones you listed, but this is just a headsup.

Try Rogers aquatic in delta. Prety good selection, and good prices. Also Pauls in Surrey.

i want to check out this aquatic addictions place!

unfortunately i live out by horseshoe bay, so its a LOOOONG drive out there.

actually...how far is it from 176th street (highway exit)? maybe ill drag the gf over there on the way home from the US next week. :) (that will go down like a fart in a spacesuit)

Best thing is to call any of these LFS beforehand to find out if they have had in a recent shipment or they may be low on stock. Most will tell you if they have the specific fish or coral you are looking for in the store.

Anthony

Pauls Aquarium is also a great little store!
they usually have great fish, really descent prices, and paul the owner knows his stuff :)
i've got alot of things from them including most of my corals.

Drew

Pauls Aquarium is still in bissiness I use to go there in the early 1990's it deffinitly had great prices back then and it was a great little store! I moved away in the mid 1990's to Alberta then off too Manitoba and now I am back and starting anouther sw tank, the one we brought with us. Just a small one 55g have to do a bit of doctoring on the tank replace the silicone then I can add water sand and salt next week end. I have a commercial grade filter on this 250 million dollor Kamloops ro tap water. I think it should be good, got to test it first.

Bill

http://www.fishopolis.com/VAHC/community_stores.cfm
check this out...can help

I picked up fish and corals on an afternoon before leaving Calgary midmorning the next day, and acclimating stuff around midnight that day (after a 13 hour drive). Some stuff was packed in a cardboard box, other stuff was packed in a styro box... everything survived, indeed some of the corals were open in the bags when I unpacked stuff. If the weather is decent (and things are well packed) you shouldn't have any problems.