My visit to a LFS in Germany

[Speckled Grouper]

This store opened just 2 months ago and, according to the manager, is operating under a brand new concept and will give a lot of the competition a run for their money. Considering that during my last visit in May I couldn't even find a decent store to visit in Frankfurt, I kinda believe him....

The entrance (reminds me of Jurassic Park, don't it?)

Tropic Marin - the dominant brand.

Second by Grotech

Never seen this locally, you can feel the grains of Carib Sea's sand

More Carib Sea

Aqua-Medic

Julian is here too

 

[Speckled Grouper]

They have their own brand of Protein Skimmers

A bunch of custom acrylic accessories

No shortage of Tunze here

Saltwater and RO - a bit expensive

But this is outrageous ( 1 Euro is $ 1.42 $ US)

The newest and greatest controller, they give away the main unit and sell the upgrades, complete with an activated dedicated cell phone that tracks you down if something goes wrong with your tank.

 

[ninjamini]

how fun. Wait I know you have pics of there livestock.

 

[Speckled Grouper]

Lots of bulbs

Red Sea Max, not very popular according to the manager because of the heat it generates (remember, A/C is unknown to Germans...)

OK, now to the Livestock

All SPS frags are aquacultured

 

[Speckled Grouper]

 

[chinoxl3]

Cool, how far is this from Stuttgart? I may go there in the near future.

 

[Speckled Grouper]

 

[Speckled Grouper]

Time to go home

Leaving the European Continent over the French Coastline

10 hours later.... Florida !!!

Port Everglades

Ft. Lauderdale Airport

Biscayne Bay

Almost there, good old Turnpike

 

[pedromatic]

Great pics, thanks. I love seeing that Turnpike, too... just another minute or two you'll hear those tires burn.

 

[Speckled Grouper]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10720745#post10720745 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chinoxl3
Cool, how far is this from Stuttgart? I may go there in the near future.

Stuttgart is about 2 to 2 1/2 hours south of Frankfurt. But I'm sure you would be flying into Frankfurt anyways.

 

[Rogger Castells]

Nice, when did you go? are those prices Euros? that is pretty expensive.

 

[gasman059]

Nice Thx for sharing

 

[AMIFL]

Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MediaHound]

Cool!

 

[mlivvy]

great pics! I thought I was the only one who shoots pictures out the plane window.

 

[Speckled Grouper]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10721168#post10721168 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rogger Castells
Nice, when did you go? are those prices Euros? that is pretty expensive.

I got back a week ago. Did you do the math on the Water?

One Liter Saltwater costs .39 Euros, that's about $ 2.21 a gallon!
Ouch!

 

[Bullredchaser]

Good looking store,thanks for sharing.

 

[Bullredchaser]

 

[Husky_1]

Wow great pictures, That store looks amazing. Is that typical of the German FS's or is that the exception? Maybe its like there version of BigAls (but nicer). I thought it interesting how nice and orderly everything was. The frags looked nice too..


BTW, isn't that about $.54/gallon (.39 x 1.3702 = .534)

 

[papagimp]

way to make our LFS's seem tiny. lol, that place looks awesome.