NJ Local Fish Stores

In Ocean township, across the street from bigger but not better Tropiquarium, is a place called ultimate reefs. He has a good salt water fish assortment and very good coral selections. It is a small store but expand their inventory every week. Greg is the guy you wanna see there. Very helpful and not too expensive.

I'm gonna check out the captivating coral store. I didn't know that place exsisted
 
reef er said:
In Ocean township, across the street from bigger but not better Tropiquarium, is a place called ultimate reefs. He has a good salt water fish assortment and very good coral selections. It is a small store but expand their inventory every week. Greg is the guy you wanna see there. Very helpful and not too expensive.

I'm gonna check out the captivating coral store. I didn't know that place exsisted
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ultimate reefs used to be called reef 2 reptiles. He got rid of his reptiles, so hence the name change. I've only heard great things about Greg.

CC is a great small store.
 
The Aquarium on rt 4 in Elmwood park is making a come back. Was there about 2 weeks ago. They re stocked there fish tanks, live stock looks great and the prices are right. They are still working on setting up more tanks.
 
Beitals is in Pearl River NY just across the NJ border (last exit on GSP) It's a little difficult to find since it is in an industrial complex but has a huge selection of FW fish (largest selection of african cichlids outside of a fish farm I have ever seen) and a decent selection of SW Fish. They usually have around a dozen or so different eels in stock. He has plenty of oddball fish but they are mostly fresh water. If they don't have it they can definitely get it and the prices are reasonable.
 
And the list gets shorter. Updated as of 05.07.2012

NORTH
Absolutely Fish 1080 Rt. 46 West, Clifton, NJ 07013 973.365.0200 http://www.absolutelyfish.com/
Adam's Pet Safari RT 513 (Main St.) and Rt. 206, Chester, NJ 908.879.8998 http://adamspetsafari.com/
Fish Underground 224 Main St Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 201.329.7872
Reef Encounter 504 Hudson Street, Hackensack, NJ, 201.229.0555 http://www.reefencounter.com
The Aquarium @Rt. 4 143 Broadway Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 201.797.6650 http://rt4aquarium.com/
Hackettstown Pet 141 Main street Hackettstown, NJ 07840 908.852.3151 http://www.hackettstownpet.org
Ocean Gallery II 908 US Highway 22, North Plainfield, NJ 07060 908.226.1100 http://www.oceangalleryii.com/
Pet Shanty 2507 US HWY 22 Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 908.889.8262 http://www.petshanty.com/
Shark Aquarium 245 Route 22, Hillside, NJ, phone 973.923.3200 http://www.sharkaquarium.com/

CENTRAL
Aquatic Obsessions 1150 Saint Georges Avenue in Avenel, NJ 07001 http://www.aquatic-obsessions.com/
Animals & Things 1040 US Hwy 1 Woodbridge NJ 07095 732.855.8515 http://www.animalsandthings.net/
Captivating Coral 739 Suite B Park Ave Freehold, NJ 07728 732.414.6414 http://www.captivatingcoral.com/
PETCO Somerville
Pets Pets Pets 2 JFK Blvd Somerset, NJ 08873 http://www.petspetspetssomerset.com/index.php
Red Sand 318 North Ave (Route 28) Dunellen, NJ 08812 917.502.9649
Tropiquarium 1100 Rt. 35 & Sunset Ave. Neptune, NJ 07712 732.922.2300 http://tropiquarium.net/
Ultimate Corals 1109 Rt. 35 N Ocean, NJ 07712 732.695.6006
88 Pet world 2076 St Hwy 88 Brick NJ 08724, 732.899.1920 http://www.88petworld.com/

SOUTH
Allquatics Trenton/Hamilton NJ http://www.allquatics.com/
Aqua Oceans 2175 Rt. 9, Toms River, NJ 732.363.7907 http://www.aquaoceans.com/
Aquarium Center 1295 Blackwood Clementon Rd, Clementon NJ 08021 856.627.6262 http://www.aquariumcenter.biz/
J B Tropical Fish 1950 North Black Horse Pike, Williamstown, NJ 08094 856.629.2242
New World Pet center 257 New Rd, Somers Point, NJ 08244 609.601.7663
Ocean Aquarium 6820 Black Horse Pike, Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Pennsylvania
Knockout Aquatics Route 715 Reeders, PA 18352 570.589.0234 http://knockoutaquatics.com/
The Hidden Reef 4501 New Falls Rd Levittown PA 19056 215.269.4930 http://fishnews.thehiddenreef.com/
 
I know we are forgotten about DOWN here. But, there is a small population of people here in the south. A little info. to add to the list.....
Pets Plus
4450 Black Horse Pike
Mays Landing
609-635-7639
They have a new fish guy in the store and the manager has given the kid some money to stock the tanks himself. He also does alot of special ordering. They had a difficult past. However, I think they may be on the up and up. They sell everything from puppiues to freshwater fish food.
 
coralnut99 said:
I haven't been to Adam's in Chester in quite a few years, so honestly, I can't comment on that one, but possibly someone else can comment there.
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I was there a few weeks ago and was very disappointed in their selection. Tanks looked very dirty and overgrown with algae, fishes weren't in great shape. Morris county definitely needs a nice reef store.
 
What about Ely's in Florham Park? I don't remember if he had a coral selection but I do recall there was saltwater fish.
 
Ely's is great for freshwater fish, he's got everything under the sun. But for saltwater his selection is almost nothing and his prices are sky high.
 
There's a new store called

The Fish Hut
114 Route 46 East
Saddle Brook, NJ

Aquarium Paradise aka Aquascape Online their more well known online presence.
234 Washington Street
Belleville, NJ

The fish hut opened this week and they said they will have a saltwater section set up within the month. Aquarium Paradise has a 34 (?) Red Sea Max for coral frags and has tanks of common s/w fish. The owner said he's expanding the coral selection.

Some places to check int eh near months.
 
Also in the central area in Avenel, a lfs called Aquatic Obsession, you can get their address online. It's not a big store, but they have a lot of rare frags, colonies, fish, equipment, and other items. Prices are reasonable, I go there a lot. If its not to far from anyone check them out...
 
I've been there before but that was before I set up my current s/w tank.

I use to work in Iselin and that was a close drive, now that I'm in Union I don't get to head down there that often.
 
Hello, how is everyone doing... We at the Fish Hut of New Jersey located at 114 US Highway 46 East, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 have recieved a new shipment of Saltwater fish in this past week. There are many beauties in here right now. At the same time the inverts and rock section are being built up this coming week. There are so many new additions to the Saltwater area at the Fish Hut, stop by and visit....
 
Hey everyone. I know I know .. this post is old, but being new to the hobby, I figured I would give it a bump and add one of my favorite stores to the list.

Fin City - Sparta, New Jersey

Smaller place, but good prices on maintenance goods (especially for the location) Very well kept tanks and prices on live stock are decent too! Definitely worth stopping in. From North Jersey.
 
Thanks for the update, gotta keep the list update, anybody know if all these stores are still around?

Rev - Planning on going back to salt in the spring, I miss it to much
 
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