Thank you for asking John, your father visited when beirut was at its prime!
The hobby was quite poor over here for a long period of time. Over the past year many new stores have opened and the older ones developed a little better. We are still very very very far from what you normally see on the reefing scene in other countries, but getting better. In terms of fish and corals, we are a far cry from what you guys receive. Being a huge fish fan (very lonely one in Lebanon!) 90% of my fish come here in my/my friends suitcase! All the shipments are from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore (with a very few exceptions), and we never get any of the interesting fish. I have brought back fish & corals with me from Tokyo, London, Vancouver, Dubai, Cairo, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, and most recently from Belgium (mitratus).
We are a group of 4-5 reefers who really know what they are doing (hopefully!) and we help each other as much as possible. I have ordered all my equipment from overseas for my new build as over here it is either very expensive or not available to start with.
enough with the rant and back to angelfish... please check pm!
