wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I also visited this store. Very busy little place with good looking stock...but $$$$$. Their coral banded was at least double from what I'm used to, but considering the quality of their operation, as well as the $1000 hand bag (the woman pointed out was not a fake) on the 23 year old girl shopping near me (not uncommon in this area), It seemed to fit. Cool place. Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 This must be a 155 bowfront. Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 with a cool sump/fuge. (bio-rocker was rockin') I'm a sucker for looking at the equipment. Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 This must be a 65 breeder...their were star polyps growing like weeds all along the bottom. Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 This was a 20H with the new coralife 2x65watt lighting over it. Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 their coolest were their "acrylic retail bins"....like no other Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 starting from the left was their frag tank. Cool idea. A 'low cost area' for those who have a nano, or who just dont want to dump $100 on a big piece. Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 To put this photo in perspective...the lower right squamosa was almost a foot in diameter. Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 the vats!!! ( and $29 cleaner shrimps) Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 What impressed me most about this place was the hardware. You notice the healthy corals and clams all around, and it was due to their crystal clean operation. You notice metal halides all around, lots of plumbing and flow. They have two large vats in back that are full of live rock, all lit up, as their filtration. They have fuges running on several tanks. I find it rare to see a place that runs with such a modern setup...but the benefits are obvious. Not only will they sell you what might get referred to here in milwaukee as 'that new mini compact lighting', or that 'new refugium thing', but they can show it to you running as well. Link to comment
bamann345 Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Both thoes stores are very good stores, but there are MANY, MANY more!!!! Next time you are down here just swimg by www.atlantareefclub.org and look at the sponsor stores!!! Cap. Bay is very nice for frags, one of the only stores around with frags! And their display tank is an awesome fish only tanK!!! Link to comment
FlyGTI Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Nice lookin' store, WW. So often in this hobby, we see antiquated technology running and being maintained very poorly, and it does nothing for the hobby. I mean, how many really nice stores do you remember seeing? Not all that many. Seems like more often, the norm is salt stained carpet, outdated technology, high prices, and low selection. Granted, this place had high prices too, but from the pictures, everything looked fairly healthy, and was maintained well. That's a definite bonus in this hobby. Link to comment
Spencerx Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 last time i was in atlanta i went a store that was awesome.... ah the name escapes me. maybe called the fish store or something. They had a 600g octagon reef that was simply amazing. An employee told me that it is worth over $300,000 (for some reason i doubt that... but whatever). Does anyone know the store im talking about? it had blue awnings if that helps lol Link to comment
tufty711 Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 GOD their tanks look awsome, if only i could have LFS like that. Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Those are awesome pictures ... thanks for sharing! Makes me wish we had stores like that around here. Wow I would be the local dork who would never leave the store. Link to comment
FlyGTI Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 The Reef Connection is about as close as we'll come. It's clean, which is a far cry from some other stores around... Spence, I've got a good friend in ATL. I'll check with him. I think he's good friends with the owner. Link to comment
chufa Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 $29 cleaner shrimp, now FlyGTI and myself don't feel so bad. Link to comment
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