I stopped by Coral Reef Shop this afternoon. Not terribly impressed, to be honest with you. Not a bad selection, but prices were a bit steep. $40 a polyp for RPE? Ouch! Might as well pony up for some PPEs. Everyone seemed nice though. I guess I'm so used to the vast SPS selection that some of the Bay Area shops have. All the fish looked fat and happy, which is always a good thing. I taked with some guy with long, curly hippie hair and he said he was in the process of setting up his SPS setup. I asked a few questions about some higher end equipment, and he said he could get it, but, of course, did not stock it. I did, however, like the fact that they had a few smaller tanks with $12-15 frags. It is hard to find frags of any kind for that cheap in the SJ area. I will most likely be going back to make a few purchases before I head back home. I imagine that some of you have been to Atlantis and Aquatic Gallery and Dolphin ( to name a few), so my expectations were high. Bbut at the end of the day, it was nice to walk into a store that was clean, well organized and seemingly responsible (as far as marine aquaria is concered).
Also, do you guys have a yearly frag swap like BAR?