New LFS in Bartow

hexedagain

hexedagain

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Just a heads up to anyone interested.
There is a new store open in Bartow.
Great stuff, great prices, and best of all, great service.
This guy has sold on the big auction site for a while. I have bought several things from him.
The store info:
Elite Reef Aquatics
1425 N. Broadway Ave. Suite 2
Bartow, Fl. 33830
The owners name is Matt. Very nice guy to deal with.
Here is one of the things I got last week:

Red micro zoas
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He is still getting fully stocked up, but he still has some great stuff in stock.
 
I'll second the comment about Matt being an awesome guy to deal with. I started out my tank years ago with frag packs and a huge plating hydophora from Matt, went with a little bit of money came home with alot of cool frags and small colonies...Matt has a huge amount of knowledge in corals and in reef tanks in general. He has always been there with great info and has always been eager to help out a newbie looking for a starter frag pack or a long time reefer looking for that elusive coral. Go see him, you wont be dissapointed.
 
Hexed,
Do you have a phone number? I live in Lakeland, right near i-4, off 98 north. What would be the best way to get there?
Thanks,
Perry
 
Duh,
I should have just mapquested to begin with, how absent minded of me....lol.... Thanks bro......
 
ill hop in this, i went there saturday and got these
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The bast advice i can give anyone, it go with matt.

MONDAY....AUSTRALIA ORDER COMES IN BE THERE, BECAUSE THE BAD *** CORALS WILL BE THERE
 
Elite Reef isn't that new, but he is a great guy and is very knowledgeable. He has come to our meetings a few times and I remember meeting him a Jon's house during the auction quite a while ago. I do like his stuff.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10117919#post10117919 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cschweitzer
Elite Reef isn't that new, but he is a great guy and is very knowledgeable. He has come to our meetings a few times and I remember meeting him a Jon's house during the auction quite a while ago. I do like his stuff.
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His store front is brand new. I think he opened it last weekend.
Up until then , he had a website and sold on the big auction site.
He has been around for a while, and had great stuff for as long as I have been buying from him.
 
Oh, he has a store now!!! Sweet! He has always had his frag farm, but it's cool to see he is now a store. I'll have to check it out sometime.
 
Just got back from Matt's store, hexed, thanks again for the tip. He has a nice selection of corals, I picked up a A. Blue Tenius, and A. Gomezi, smaller colonies. The A. Gomezi was around $80.00, but w/ 20% off. It is one of the most beautiful corals I have in my tank now.... What a great score! I will have to snap a couple of pics later today.... I will be going back for sure.......Awesome stuff
Perry
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10120239#post10120239 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by plyle02
Just got back from Matt's store, hexed, thanks again for the tip. He has a nice selection of corals, I picked up a A. Blue Tenius, and A. Gomezi, smaller colonies. The A. Gomezi was around $80.00, but w/ 20% off. It is one of the most beautiful corals I have in my tank now.... What a great score! I will have to snap a couple of pics later today.... I will be going back for sure.......Awesome stuff
Perry
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I just missed you then. I was in there at 1:00. Grabbed another colony of the micro zoas from him.
I will post pics later of the Florida ric and of the yuma I got on Sunday.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10122170#post10122170 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gsellers1245
has anyone seen the australia shipment, anything extraordinary?
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Nice duncans, elegance( I think that's the name), and some acans. WOW on the acans.
All round nice stuff. He seems to get a little more each week. He should be fully stocked in the next couple of weeks.
Thank heaven for a new place in Polk County to go to. You locals know what I mean.
 
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