Local Reef Shops?

[djj5002]

I am from pittsburgh, pa. I am down here in Clearwater on vacation (parents just bought a condo, so I'll be down here quite often....) but what are some good local reef shops? Is the Tampa Bay Aquarium worth it? I see they only have a 1000 gallon reef tank, which isnt that big.......

Any information would be great!


Thanks.

 

[deftonead]

yeah the aquarium down here isnt as good as the PPG... they focus more on caribbean fish and local fish found in the gulf and are skimp on the pacific ones...

 

[mflamb]

Check this out:
http://www.tampabayreef.com/

 

[BillyFSU]

The coral tank at the Florida Aquarium in tampa isn't that impressive. They do however have a really cool leafy sea dragon exhibit (one of the few to have it in the country if not the only). They also have a neat shark tank and a 500,000 gallon pseudo reef (no inverts).

They do focus more on local ecology but this does include some nice exhibits showing off some of the local sport fish (reds, HUGE goliath groupers, bonnetheads, snook, mullet etc). Its definitely worth the money the first go around.