vancouver reef shops

[deep6er]

Well you must stop by ocean aquatics. They are on 76th Street in Delta. Just off River road

[Cameron]

Ocean Aquatics, Hidden Reef(Abbotsford), J&L Aquatics(Burnaby), Big AL's(burnaby)

[VFX]

King Ed's, Kingsway, Burnaby.

Big Al's, No 3 Road, Richmond.

Aquariums West, Burrard St, Downtown, Vancouver.

[Myka]

I've been to all of them on various occasions, and I think the only ones worth stopping by are Ocean Aquatics, J&L Aquatics, and King Ed's. If you really want to go to the others, stop by the other ones first otherwise they will be disappointing after the better stores!!! Even though Ocean Aquatics is quite out of the way, it is VERY worth the trip!

[Whatigot]

Originally Posted by Myka

I've been to all of them on various occasions, and I think the only ones worth stopping by are Ocean Aquatics, J&L Aquatics, and King Ed's. If you really want to go to the others, stop by the other ones first otherwise they will be disappointing after the better stores!!! Even though Ocean Aquatics is quite out of the way, it is VERY worth the trip!

Could not have put it better myself Myka
I don't know how many times I've felt motivated to drive for an hour to get to a reef shop only to get there andrealize the best ones are the closest to home, JL and King Eds.

Ocean Aquatics is far for me, but it's the only far lfs that I drive out to and consistently feel glad I did.
The best service by far is Ocean Aquatics, JL kills it for animal selection and King Eds has almost everything you could want and more with the best prices....

Just my opinion, but man do i shop a lot, even if it's only window shopping.

[Oscar]

I am heading to the Coast today with a hardware shopping list (no fish or corals at this time but maybe some snails). I have only stopped at J&L's once, I have never been to King Eds or OA.

So does anyone want to step up and offer some comments:

Of J&L, OA and King Eds what are their pros and cons regarding:

Hardware selection and prices
Coral selection and prices
Fish selection and prices
Invertebrates selection and prices
Customer service

[Jason McK]

Originally Posted by Oscar

I am heading to the Coast today with a hardware shopping list (no fish or corals at this time but maybe some snails). I have only stopped at J&L's once, I have never been to King Eds or OA.

So does anyone want to step up and offer some comments:

Of J&L, OA and King Eds what are their pros and cons regarding:

Hardware selection and prices
Coral selection and prices
Fish selection and prices
Invertebrates selection and prices
Customer service

Vendor rating is fround upon at Canreef as it never leads to a constructive thread. I'm sure you will get some PMs on the subject if people want to comment

J

[Whatigot]

Originally Posted by Oscar

I am heading to the Coast today with a hardware shopping list (no fish or corals at this time but maybe some snails). I have only stopped at J&L's once, I have never been to King Eds or OA.

So does anyone want to step up and offer some comments:

Of J&L, OA and King Eds what are their pros and cons regarding:

Hardware selection and prices
Coral selection and prices
Fish selection and prices
Invertebrates selection and prices
Customer service

If you can, go to all 3.
The lfs' listed are quite commonly on any local hobbyists top list, so if you haven't been, do yourself a favour and check em all out, hopefully you've go thte time but you could do a tour of all 3 of these stores in 2 hours.
You'll have no doubts about any purchase you make.