Has anybody heard of?

[seahawkjohnny]

Has anybody heard of clown fish adopting a star polyp as a host?.....mine are sure hovering around it like they want to.....

[big t]

Hi I recently moved over to University Place from England and havn't really found any GREAT LFS's Can you recomment one to me? The best one I have seen is Aquarium Paradise down in Lakewood, but I am sure that there has to be something better around?
please let me know
talk to ya later
tom

[Alice]

Sure! I've had clowns do that. I even had a small perc that adopted a feather duster as a host. I'm not sure the duster was as pleased with the arrangement as the clown was, however.

Alice

[OodleyBoodely]

Percs and Oscellaris don't seem to be too picky when it comes to finding a home. My oscies call the colt coral home!

[Doug1]

Yes on hosting in star polyps
If you cross the ound check out SharkReef in Bremerton, ask for Jeff
Or if you are down south stop in at Deep Sea Gallery, or Seahorse (vanc and Pland)

[big t]

Thanks Doug
I may be comming down south in aobut a month, will have to drop in on those places

tom

[balakoth]

Big T, I live up in Lynnwood (Just out side of seattle) heres a list of Fish Stores I visit.


Aquaruim Concepts - Saltwater and Reef Specialty. Fresh Water only to their Maintence Clients. Located in Shoreline off of HWY 99. Very friendly staff, and willing to help you out. They have yet to "contradict" what anyone here has told me which was a big plus.



Saltwater City - Saltwater and Reef. They sometimes have more of the hard to find Inverts and are believers of the Berlin system. Not to mention they rag on PC Lighting :P Ive been steared in many wrong directions by them as far as advice, but their livestock is decent. They do have quiet a few anemones (Aquarium Concepts dont keep them in their tanks and if they do RARE) but their selection of other Softies, LPS and SPS is very limited.



Blue Serria - Saltwater, Reef, Freshwater and Drygoods. Located in Issaqua off of I-90 by Lake Sammamish Rd. LARGE selection of SPS, Softies and LPS Corals and Fish. Problem I saw with them was that their SPS tanks dont look very maintenced (Brown Algae forming on their SPS and what not) The help is friendly, even if a few of them have no clue what they are talking about.

I like Blue Serria when im looking for selection. I almost bought a Gobby and Pistol Shrimp combo from them, VERY cool to watch. But I want my Blue Spotted Jawfish instead



Last but not least, there is Deep Sea Gallery. Quiet a drive for us Seattle folks, but an EXCELLENT store. If I could go there every weekend I would. Not as large as Blue Serria, but the staff is very helpfull, and the owner seems to go out of his way for his customers. JUst an all around grade A fishstore. Im waiting for them to move up here!



If there are others, I have on visited them. When I get my MH I will probably start driving for the good stuff (High Quality Montis and Acros stuff like that)


Hope that helped for a small overview of the Washington Reef Market!


Joe

[big t]

Thanks soo much for that overview! Very helpful, I will have to go and have a look at some of those shops. Right now I have a very basic fish only setup that I just started to get a feel for keeping salt water stuff. I really want to get a reef going after I get moved into a house, which will be in about 6 months or so.
later on
tom

[seahawkjohnny]

Originally posted by balakoth
Big T, I live up in Lynnwood (Just out side of seattle) heres a list of Fish Stores I visit.


Aquaruim Concepts - Saltwater and Reef Specialty. Fresh Water only to their Maintence Clients. Located in Shoreline off of HWY 99. Very friendly staff, and willing to help you out. They have yet to "contradict" what anyone here has told me which was a big plus.



Saltwater City - Saltwater and Reef. They sometimes have more of the hard to find Inverts and are believers of the Berlin system. Not to mention they rag on PC Lighting :P Ive been steared in many wrong directions by them as far as advice, but their livestock is decent. They do have quiet a few anemones (Aquarium Concepts dont keep them in their tanks and if they do RARE) but their selection of other Softies, LPS and SPS is very limited.



Blue Serria - Saltwater, Reef, Freshwater and Drygoods. Located in Issaqua off of I-90 by Lake Sammamish Rd. LARGE selection of SPS, Softies and LPS Corals and Fish. Problem I saw with them was that their SPS tanks dont look very maintenced (Brown Algae forming on their SPS and what not) The help is friendly, even if a few of them have no clue what they are talking about.

I like Blue Serria when im looking for selection. I almost bought a Gobby and Pistol Shrimp combo from them, VERY cool to watch. But I want my Blue Spotted Jawfish instead



Last but not least, there is Deep Sea Gallery. Quiet a drive for us Seattle folks, but an EXCELLENT store. If I could go there every weekend I would. Not as large as Blue Serria, but the staff is very helpfull, and the owner seems to go out of his way for his customers. JUst an all around grade A fishstore. Im waiting for them to move up here!



If there are others, I have on visited them. When I get my MH I will probably start driving for the good stuff (High Quality Montis and Acros stuff like that)


Hope that helped for a small overview of the Washington Reef Market!


Joe

I agree that Salt Water City advice s*cks they hate PCs, also deep sand beds....a great place to buy a really nice setups though if you have plenty of cash to spend....good thing he is in Bellevue.....Lmao.....those of you in the Seattle area know what I am talking about...