check out marine aquaria

oh i thought they closed down.....they had a location in the north side here that closed down a few months ago, i could be mixing up but i'll deffinitely check it out!!! thanks

thats why i joined a forum, total exchange of info. loving it here

thanks, will do. do you know the address, feels like most good fish stores are in south side

http://www.marineaquaria.ca/contact.php

All pretty solid stores in the City, BWA has best customer services IMO, but YMMV. LOL

honestly though, until i actually got into the hobby {which would be this year when i decided to take it seriously after about 10 years} the only stores i knew of were petsmart and pj's pets....just today i learned about BWA and AI and yesterday i learned about AG and all this stuff lol big als i learned about 6 months ago....my eyes are opening to what this city actually has to offer lol. oh and sorry what does YMMV mean {kinda having a slow day:wink:}......

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I have been to all of those except for AG, and all I can really say is that it's a good thing I don't live in the city. I would be pennyless ..:biggrin:
Red Coral is another interesting place to check out.

i live in the city....and am going pennyless lol. spent about 400 already on sand and salt and lighting upgrades and better test kits...soon to come is skimmer and live rock and fish and etc......big money hole but im totally happy about it and don't regret spending a penny

I agree, no regrets from my last trip south. Wish my 90 was up and running. Would have been even worse.
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idk why but for some reason spending on a salt tank is totally regretless but spending on a freshwater tank has its regrets loool......maybve its the bigger return with the crazy appeal of a salt tank.....can't wait to get my 65 off the ground.....probably going to violently kill my bank account but the huge return is totally worth it:mrgreen::mrgreen:

I've spent the last few months visiting all the stores, and I've gotta say the staff and community at each location has been phenomenal. Everyone had great service. What I found interesting was that costs, in regards to both coral and fish, were pretty equal across the bord. Where MA or AI was higher on some fish, they were cheaper on some coral. Or where BWA has great prices on coral, some types of coral were higher than others. But over-all, whether its RC, BWA, AI--all stores have pretty average prices. At most you'd save a couple of dollars by picking up your Zoas here, your Frogspawn there, your Xenias there... but you'd lose it all in gas anyways.

I've found that when shopping for coral... the reason you shop around is not so much for price, but for selection. Finding that perfect Zoa that fits your tank, or the perfect mushroom to fill that spot in the corner--its all about preference and which LFS's has what you want/need in at the time you need/want it!