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09-08-2010, 10:03 PM
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FYI ive been to most of the above and here is my thoughts
JL - centrally located, good selection, really good knowledge on fish/corals if you speak to rena (i believe is her name) shes really smart and she wont bullshit you and tell you to buy something you shouldn't buy. shes stopped me from buy more things than she has sold me on. the only thing that scares me is they actually know my name, first and last... i think i go there to much!! Oceanic Corals - kinda far if you live dt area. Paul over there is really nice, really helpful, really really good prices and really quality stuff. And he will sit there and talk to you about stuff and give you advice whereas JL doesn't really do that on anything outside their livestock. Ocean aquatics - kinda far if you live in dt area. Wendell there is really really knowledgeable. So much that I went out of my way to get a return pump and my tunze's from him. Smart guy too. knows his hardware stuff. Big Als and Aquarium West both dont seem to focus on SW so they werent as knowledgeable as I wanted them to be. I dont buy much from them. 
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09-08-2010, 11:28 PM
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JL is still my fav. Best price(they do price match) and healthy staff. I think her name is Rene. Derek at JL are pretty good too. their cleaner shrimp are only $15 no matter the size, I went to aquarium west and saw they are selling a jumbo cleaner shrimp for $40, huge price differences.
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09-08-2010, 11:44 PM
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knowledgable staff though and always healthy livestock. ...though Ive only bought a couple of things there, as I do in fact like bargains. I have never found that oceanic has good prices...average at best...unless you used to count when they ran the black market on bubble magus' but even that was relatively short lived. I do think they get some of the most choice coral though and for that, who wouldn't ask a premium. These guys are definitely the most hobbyist focused though and always seem to have something of interest in the works. IME, the only two stores you really need are JL and OA, if they don't have it, they'll get it and if someone has it cheaper, they will match it. Though I remember the good old days when I was still new to reefing and would run a 5 hour road trip out to aquatic addictions, then to rogers, then to OA, then to king eds and then to JL near homebase...lol it was only on the very rare occasion the trips were ever worth it though, and really only then because aquatic addictions used to carry some really nice sps.
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