ryshark
Active member
Mystic Reef in Riverside. Lots of frags and corals for a reasonable price. Owners are pretty chill too.
They always hook up good deals on what you find in their shop.
Lfs in so cal
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They always hook up good deals on what you find in their shop.
Jim's Exotic Fish, El Segundo (A lot more fresh than saltwater fish. BUT, they'll search for what I want, talk me out of crap, and they actually care about fish!)
Sand Bar Pets, Mission Viejo
Sand Bar Pets, Mission Viejo
solitude127
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I just recently bought fish from Aquatic Fantasy in Redondo Beach. The fish selection is pretty good and they have an OK frag tank. Prices were decent as well on the fish.
nikecivic
New member
If you are in the Ventura County Area, these are the LFS:
Extreme Marine, Ventura, CA
Tat Tropical Illusion, Ventura, CA & Thousand Oaks, CA
Fins Tropical Fish and Pond, Camarillo, CA
Aqua Realm, Thousand Oaks, CA
Aquatic Zoo Tropical Fish, Thousand Oaks, CA
as alwasy Vivid in only a 30 minute drive
Extreme Marine, Ventura, CA
Tat Tropical Illusion, Ventura, CA & Thousand Oaks, CA
Fins Tropical Fish and Pond, Camarillo, CA
Aqua Realm, Thousand Oaks, CA
Aquatic Zoo Tropical Fish, Thousand Oaks, CA
as alwasy Vivid in only a 30 minute drive
I came in town for the show and I like and will be going to tomorrow the following which are great S. Cal stores:
Seaside (Huntington Beach)
Tongs (Fountain Valley)
Amazing Aquariums (Orange)
S. Cal Tropical Fish (Fullerton I think)
Vivid - if time permits (Canoga park)
There are plenty more I am sure but those I like to go to myself.
Seaside (Huntington Beach)
Tongs (Fountain Valley)
Amazing Aquariums (Orange)
S. Cal Tropical Fish (Fullerton I think)
Vivid - if time permits (Canoga park)
There are plenty more I am sure but those I like to go to myself.
bigdog0598
New member
Have to say that Aqua Realm has got to be the best spot in ventura county, never get anything sick or dying and the place is ridiculously clean not to mention the guys there are great and don't just sell actually want to sell you what right for your tank.
bigdog0598
New member
Also in Simi Valley there is simi tropical fish, they are hit and miss but i've never got a bad fish from them and they always get in random rare fish and sell them for cheap, last week i was there and and they had a 3-4" mapa puffer for $50. RIDICULOUS!!!
jonathansruelas
New member
i agree these are the 2 stores i go to most..
there's also one in valencia called Valencia Pet
rroselavy
Premium Member
Is that the one with the Zero Edge display tanks? Pretty nice display, but it turned me off of Zero Edge tanks since the overflow gurgle was so very loud.
rroselavy
Premium Member
Haha. Actually - opposite. All the great stores (except Vivid) are in Orange County. Amazing Aquariums and Reefs, SocalTropicalFish and other stops down south are the ones to get excited about it...seems like every time I hear of a decent store to go to it is in Fullerton or somewhere down near Anaheim... Cost of leases in Los Angeles probably have a lot to do with it...
hail_sniper
I'm cheap, but effective
pet town in downey- neat small collection of sw and corals has some decent frags for reasonable pricing, they used to have less. nice to know theyre stepping it up and yes theyll work with you and order a fish if you really want it. the owner (older asian guy) knows his salt well enough. prices there are normal but not cheap. definitley my LFS plus other pet supplies.
eric mac
New member
I can agree with u on that one. I went their yesterday and pick a hand full of frags for a great deal.
showtime
New member
I have also went there last weekend on a spurging spree, and love the selection of frags he had :bounce1:
I bartered with him to the point where i bought more stuff as he gave me more discounts.
I should have paid over a 100 but got all of em for $76 :crazy1::lolspin:
(p.s. did you guys see his red dragon colony:eek1
