Erie, PA?

Fishinwall · Oct 20, 2014

Waters said:
I don't live there but I travel to Erie (from Mentor, OH) once a week for work. Everytime I drive out there, I wonder what new reef stores I am driving by

Actually the best one is by you in Medina...Blue Fish.
The only halfway decent locally owed one is Sea Cave... On the east side. Near 14th and Ash You have to catch them on a good day though.

What's your tank like? Do you have a thread?

Waters · Oct 21, 2014

Fishinwall said:
Actually the best one is by you in Medina...Blue Fish.
The only halfway decent locally owed one is Sea Cave... On the east side. Near 14th and Ash You have to catch them on a good day though.

What's your tank like? Do you have a thread?

I actually go to a Blue Fish Aquariums in Mayfield.......I didn't realize there was one in Medina also. They just opened up a new store 5 minutes from my house called Reef Oasis......makes it very convenient to spend more money

I have a 60 gallon mixed reef with a 20 gallon sump. No, no build thread unfortunately. The tank has been running for almost a year. Any pictures of yours?

Fishinwall · Oct 21, 2014

It's in Mayfield. I don't know my OH townships very well. Lol

Oh I'll have to check out the new one. Who had better prices and selection in your opinion?

Check out my tread. I'll have to load more photos on it.

Fishinwall · Oct 21, 2014

Click on my profile. My thread is in my signature. The app won't let me copy and paste it. Ugh

Waters · Oct 21, 2014

Fishinwall said:
Click on my profile. My thread is in my signature. The app won't let me copy and paste it. Ugh

I love the look of the tank being built into the cabinet/wall like it is.....aquascaping looks nice as well. I would like to see some current pics.

To answer your question, Reef Oasis has slightly better prices. Both places have a really nice selection of coral.....Reef Oasis seems to have a better selection of softies and LPS while Blue Fish has a better SPS selection. They both have plenty of supplies. As of right now, Blue Fish has a better fish selection but Reef Oasis is still new. I don't make it out to Blue Fish much anymore with the new place being so close to my house. Check out their website if you get a chance....they have a lot of pictures of the store being setup/built from the ground up. It is pretty interesting.

Fishinwall · Oct 22, 2014

Well the current pics aren't much different since I don't have anything in the tank except two emerald crabs... Who aren't doing all that great which concerns me.

Fishinwall · Oct 23, 2014

I posted some additional shots.

Waters · Oct 24, 2014

Great thanks.....I will take a look. I will throw some up of mine as well once I get back home (I am in Erie today).

Fishinwall · Oct 24, 2014

Waters said:
Great thanks.....I will take a look. I will throw some up of mine as well once I get back home (I am in Erie today).

Send me your link.

jld · Oct 25, 2014

i have some cream slow pulse xenia (two large heads on a branch) and a clam shell full of waving hand Anthelia... thinning out too much for my bc14 - trades? also some zoa, shroom frags? lemme know erie pa!

twistedfinn967 · Oct 25, 2014

South of Erie, check out Slippery Rock Corals in Slippery Rock. Heading towards Cleveland, check out Reef Oasis in Mentor and Blue Fish in Mayfield if you're going that far.

captainsaquarium · Oct 25, 2014

Slippery rock has nice corals

Fishinwall · Oct 25, 2014

It's been a while since I've been to Slippery Rock. I wasn't too impressed... Was over a year ago. Do they have a lot of Sps?

Harley Hawk · Oct 25, 2014

Erie,One of the toughest football player that IOWA has ever had.Bob Sanders. Please send more are way. GO HAWKS

Fishinwall · Oct 25, 2014

Yes Bob was awesome...much like Polamalu.... Unfortunately Bob got hurt and his career was short lived. He's even dropped out of our community...into hiding, sad.

Waters · Oct 27, 2014

Fishinwall said:
Send me your link.

Here is a current pic of my tank...still a work in progress.

Fishinwall · Oct 27, 2014

That's looking nice. How long has it been up? What size is that?

What rock did you use? Are they purple or is that just the lighting right now?

I like it. Looking forward to seeing it progress.

Waters · Oct 28, 2014

Thanks....it is a 60 gallon with a 20 gallon sump. There are only a few fish in there (one of them not even mine)...mostly coral at the moment. It has been set up 13 months. I used Tukani live rock which was very high quality. I never even experienced the initial cycle. The pictures definitely came out purple but it doesn't look like that....it is just an iPhone picture unfortunately.