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Old 03-30-2012, 12:14 PM
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Interesting thread.

A few of my observations of all the stores. No particular order.

AI, has some nice stuff, over priced, and lots of bugs, every time I am in I see zoa eating nudi's and lots of their corals are marked as popular named things... but having some of these named corals from the original source I know they are not the proper corals. I have to say I only visit once every few months, and it has been a while so I can only hope things have changed.

Red Coral, what can I say, steve is great and has the nicest corals in the city, and consistantly the nicest corals in the city, a little birdie has mentioned a little competition is coming though.

Marine Aquaria, Josh is great too, and nicest fish in the city, they do get some nice corals in, but they move fast and don't come in often enough.

Blue World, Ken is great too, and a year ago he would get some great corals in too, but it has been a long time since much note worthy has come in. Lots of empty tank space, and seldom gets more then the normal plain fish in.

Aqua giant and big als, well I check them out when I drive by, but mostly just to kill time, your mileage my vary.


I know I have missed some great employees that work at these stores, but the list would get long fast.

Don't worry too much about price, just ask yourself if you are ok paying for what you are looking at. Not all fish and corals are equal.
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Old 03-30-2012, 02:02 PM
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thanks, will do. do you know the address, feels like most good fish stores are in south side
i dont know it. they are a sponsor on this forum. they are south of 34 street west side of calgary trail beside i think its a outback steak house?

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I have my favorite store and buy 90% of my stuff there (BWA).....but I do make the full tour once a week just to see what's new and exciting.
i call it my home store lol except mines not BWA
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Old 03-30-2012, 05:27 PM
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Interesting thread.

A few of my observations of all the stores. No particular order.

AI, has some nice stuff, over priced, and lots of bugs, every time I am in I see zoa eating nudi's and lots of their corals are marked as popular named things... but having some of these named corals from the original source I know they are not the proper corals. I have to say I only visit once every few months, and it has been a while so I can only hope things have changed.

Red Coral, what can I say, steve is great and has the nicest corals in the city, and consistantly the nicest corals in the city, a little birdie has mentioned a little competition is coming though.

Marine Aquaria, Josh is great too, and nicest fish in the city, they do get some nice corals in, but they move fast and don't come in often enough.

Blue World, Ken is great too, and a year ago he would get some great corals in too, but it has been a long time since much note worthy has come in. Lots of empty tank space, and seldom gets more then the normal plain fish in.

Aqua giant and big als, well I check them out when I drive by, but mostly just to kill time, your mileage my vary.


I know I have missed some great employees that work at these stores, but the list would get long fast.

Don't worry too much about price, just ask yourself if you are ok paying for what you are looking at. Not all fish and corals are equal.

thanks for taking the time to write up the response for me, i really appreciate it. it seems like everyone here pretty much agrees with what your saying. i personally think big als has some pretty good fish but the prices are a little off compared to the rest of the stores here in edmonton....although i haven't checked out RC or BWA or MA or AI yet so i can't say anything about fish quality till then.
thanks
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