Best LFS to buy live rock from in the Chicagoland area?

[rogerwells]

Thinking of making my Ten gallon into a reef tank. I used to have a 29 and a 12 gallon reef tank back at my parents house. Now I just have this 10 gallon laying around and an itch to start setting up a new tank. I can't decided exactly what I want to do with it yet, but where would you guys go to buy live rock. I currently live in Lombard.

 

[cet98]

best LR I've ever bought was from local reefers here on the boards...
but if you're willing to pay top dollar then Beyond the Reef has nice looking LR whenever I stop there.

 

[rich130981]

+1 from other reefers. LFS are to pricey. Tropiquatics in Lombard sells brought in LR from peeps breaking down tanks for 3 bucks a pound. If they dont have any rock from someone bringing it in i would pass. Price is around 8 bucks for stuff they stock through a supplier.

 

[boxer385]

reefwise

 

[tj1627]

Bought a piece from Tropiquatics in lombard to seed my dry rock. Looked great, but a few days later noticed aptasia growing on it. The rock was pulled and in the trash. Luckily, 4 months later, no sign of it in my tank anywhere.

 

[BigKev23]

I would go buy dry rock from Aqua Pros in Glen Ellyn and then get one small piece of live rock from another reefer. The dry rock is like $2/lb.

 

[rogerwells]

Cool, thanks guys. I have always wanted to order from that tampabaysaltwater.com place. I looked at the prices though. Ain't nobody got time for dat.

 

[ct_vol]

Tampa Bay usually comes with a lot of unwanted hitchhikers as well. A friend of mine lost a lot of livestock from a mantis he couldn't catch for years.

 

[rogerwells]

Yeah, to me a lot of the fun when I first set up my tank is looking for the unwanted hitchhikers. I had a Mantis shrimp in my 12 gallon a long time ago. He was really cool.

 

[Tank2379]

You can try Reef Imports also they have LR cooking up... But any LFS has it available ReefWise and Sho Tank should also have it available