Pictures from a Dallas LFS

[melev]

I had to drive to Dallas today, and figured I might as well check out the LFS there. I'd not been there in about a year, as it isn't in my neck of the woods.

Then I took a bunch of pictures. The tanks were clean, well marked and the variety of livestock is noteworthy. I like to take pictures of LFS when I get a chance, and recommend other club members do the same. That way those in remote areas get a better idea of what each store offers.

In no particular order...

 

[melev]

These were not for sale (actually, already sold)

WOW!

Never seen this before. A tank with a fog machine.

This tiny guy was the smallest Longnose Hawkfish I've ever seen. 1.5" long maybe....

Teaching a customer about live rock, and how to mount corals.

Mangroves, no leaves displayed yet.

 

[melev]

This enormous nudibranch shocked me. It is easily 3 to 4" long!

Pillow Starfish. I never heard of it, and it is not reefsafe nor refugium safe. Pretty though.

A tiny pipefish. 1.5 to 2" long.

This one is H. erectus, and absolutely MASSIVE. It is holding onto a fake coral that resembles branching suncoral, assuming such a coral existed.

Wish I'd bought this acro. Mmmm.

 

[melev]

 

[mfisher2112]

WOW! I only WISH I had a LFS like that! GREAT shots! *drool*

 

[Kurt03]

awsome fish store, none around here like that... that ive found.
Did they know you were coming and clean there tanks? Looks like a WELL ran place.

 

[melev]

:lol:

 

[NuclearReefs]

I miss that store,, Mikey dont work there no more either..

 

[melev]

No, but the guys I met were really nice, and the owner was interested in our club.

 

[NuclearReefs]

interested? Paul? you mean finally after all this time? LOL

 

[louist]

Thanks for sharing these photo Marc, I enojoyed browsing through them. Actually, I looked at them twice!

That colony of Millepora that you wish you bought, if you were in Syd, I'll give you a frag. Mine's like that, but with baby blue tips.

One thing I love about American LFS/OFS is the availability of colorful stock. Here in Australia, the colorful stuff is hard to come by and you literally need to be there for a "stock arrival party", where you stand for about an hour waiting for the shipping boxes to come in and buy the corals even before it make it into the display tanks. If two guys want the same colony, one guy buys it, and they frag it in the carpark SPS is so much cheaper there though (USD$120 for a colony is unheard of).

 

[melev]

Thanks for the insight. I'm seriously thinking about making some LFS pages on my site to show people the kinds of stores we have here in our area. After all, I've got the pictures taken, why not document some of the eye candy.

 

[zenya]

Great shots, Marc, and Thanks! for the virtual tour...
I agree with the other posters that this particular store looks real clean and livestock is in great shape. I haven't seen so many acros locally here like ever...

 

[gregr]

What Gene said
A virtual treat... great store- clean like you said and with a really great coral selection- that'd my lfs if I lived in Dallas!

 

[AdidaKev]

Awesome pictures! Looks like a nice place, but $9 for a green chromis? That's a bit much.

 

[melev]

Did you see the size of them? :lol: They looked like Squampinis anthias to me, although they were blue and green ones. And I was told they weren't full sized yet. :eek2:

I understand about prices. They had a beautiful M capricornis centerpiece for a reef that was a nice displayable size for $400. Ummm.... I kept my wallet in my pocket and only bought a blue tort.

 

[Zoom]

Very nice LFS Marc .
They suppose to look like that? My LFS don't even have any SPS.

 

[melev]

Many don't. However, in our area, a number of them carry SPS because our club loves them. We have about 450 members currently, so there is a market. Odds are there are many more SPS lovers out there in the metroplex that don't know or associate with our club but care for them as well.

 

[M.R Cowfish]

holly that fish store looks awsome!

 

[kendog261]

Great photos, I wish we had a store that nice