LFS + Fun stuff to do in the area

[FishNutty]

Hey guys! My family and I are going to be coming down in during May or June for two days/one night to visit the Florida Aquarium, and I was hoping to get some recommendations for
a) some good LFS to checkout, just for eye candy and also for maxi minis and frogspawn/hammer/torch LPS.
b) other fun things to do in the area. I'd like to, if they are any areas accessible by car and foot/swimming, do some snorkling if there are any places with cool fish or inverts. Or other family friendly[there's my younger teenage sister and it's my graduation trip, so we don't need playgrounds or anything, but I'm not looking for *adult* stuff ], budget friendly activities around Tampa, I'm really not sure what is down in the area, the Aquarium is the reason for the trip! Either reef/fish related or not. Good malls, museums, cool old building tours, etc.

Thank you!

 

[ekoroknay]

Ocean lifers is my favorite

 

[Andyf30]

In Tampa itself, there's Creative Aquariums, and in nearby Oldsmar, there is Fish and Other Icythy Stuff, Marine Warehouse, and Coral Corral. As far as stuff to do, there's the Clearwater Aquarium (home of Winter the tail-less dolphin), the Clearwater Beach (lots of fun for the family), and Busch Gardens is fun, although a little more expensive than the other two suggestions.

 

[vtxrobert]

Bring some of those rock anemones!!

 

[reefn8ez]

If your looking for a interesting fish store check out rockin reef definitely different from most stores lol

 

[listen2bob]

I like coral corral for drooling,I mean looking. The Salvador Dali museum in st Pete is cool.

 

[Andyf30]

^Forgot the Dali Museum. I'm in high school and went there 2 weeks ago for a field trip. It was awesome.

 

[FishNutty]

Thank you for all the suggestions! The Dali Museum looks really neat!

Bring some of those rock anemones!!

I still have the white and the neon-yellow + pink, if someone would like to paypal me the money now to hold them I'd be more than happy to bring them down with me!