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04-06-2003, 10:30 PM
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04-07-2003, 03:21 PM
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both me and my g/f just set up a saltwatertank with the great asistance of paul's aquariums in surrey. he runs a shop that has excellent customer service as well as a great selection of salt water & fresh water fish. i believe that paul goes above and beyond what most stores would do for there customers. i would definitely reccomend taking a look at what paul has to offer. he is a shop owner that enjoys what he is doing and has passion for the hobby, this is evident in the service that he provides for the customer.
thanks to paul for everything he has done to make this such a great experience for me and my g/f dave & tamara  
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#38
01-09-2004, 05:36 PM
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I think you all need a few facts
Lets talk stores
I buy at several stores now and have been around since the begining of saltwater in BC. Here comes the history lesson.there were three guys that started selling saltwater in bc more than 25yrs ago. one was Paul's Aquarium other was my Boss (Pacific Tropicals) who was a wholesaler and me. I maintained the 275 tanks both fresh and saltwater. Go figure I buy at pauls now because he is the most experienced. J&L is a newer store and started in the hobby as one of Paul's customers. J&L I buy reef janitors from (His prices are best there) But every fish I bought from J&L has died soon after but his coral selections are very good and hold the test of time. Now his live rock is another thing, it's dead (no light on tanks?) He also seems to be trying to build a customer base buy undercuting the other stores...will it last? Big Al's - there tanks often don't get the care they need so I often see dead fish in the tanks....I'm not buyin there because of this and same thing, most of his live rock tanks are poorly lit so most rock is dead. Of course there is a lot of other stores with both good and bad records. Store choices are all up to the buyer and the opions are purely my own and based on my past and present experience, just thought you needed to know a little salt history in BC 
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#39
01-09-2004, 06:20 PM
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I bought my rock from J&L and it's the livest stuff I have ever seen. If you refer back to my past post on algae and hitchhiker you will see that I had nasty dictyota, not so bad sargassum, starfish, crabs, snails, chitons, worms, zoanthids, encrusting SPS, nudibranchs, etc. The algae problem has gone away but I am constantly finding new critters almost a year later.
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01-09-2004, 07:05 PM
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Hmmm, the LR I got from JL is better looking then anywhere else I have seen.
When I was at Paul's, he only had 4 saltwater tank (well, 4 main tanks and a couple of tiny little tanks for inverts). No LR and not much selection. But I did have a good chat with Paul, he seems like a nice guy. JL has better selection and healthier livestock then most other stores. Plus, price is pretty good there. Not to mention, the guys there give me good advice. I have been to the following stores: Big al's (coquitlam and richmond) King Ed's JL Pauls Superpet Petcetera JL tops that list in my mind. Then I'd have to say King Ed simply because the others have no selection or dead fish all over. Any shops I am missing?
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