Seattle Trip

stylaster · Jun 1, 2012

Heading to Seattle in a couple weeks and wanted to know of any good saltwater stores to visit
So far i have on my list to check out
Saltwater City
Barrier Reef Aquarium
B and D Aquarium
Blue Sierra
Sierra Fish and Pet
Wildside Tropical
The Fish Store
Wild World Aquariums

Thanks

returnofsid · Jun 1, 2012

Barrier Reef is a MUST! Tell Cy and the gang that I said Hi!

skinz78 · Jun 1, 2012

There is one that is located at about 104th and Aurora, I'm not sure of the name. It's a little ma and pa store and every time I go in there I get some nice gems at great prices. They mainly sell FW stuff but if you go back in the right hand corner of the shop there are about a dozen SW tanks.

mfinn · Jun 2, 2012

stylaster said:
Heading to Seattle in a couple weeks and wanted to know of any good saltwater stores to visit
So far i have on my list to check out
Saltwater City
Barrier Reef Aquarium
Blue Sierra

Thanks

I would consider these 3 a must.

skinz78 · Jun 2, 2012

Isn't Saltwater City the one in Tacoma that closed?

mfinn · Jun 2, 2012

skinz78 said:
Isn't Saltwater City the one in Tacoma that closed?

No, it's in Belevue

skinz78 · Jun 2, 2012

Ahh I see, I've never been there. I have only been to a few Seattle LFS, I'm 3 hours north so I don't get down there often. I do know there was a good one in Tacoma that just closed though.

mfinn · Jun 2, 2012

stylaster said:
Heading to Seattle in a couple weeks and wanted to know of any good saltwater stores to visit
So far i have on my list to check out
Saltwater City
Barrier Reef Aquarium
B and D Aquarium
Blue Sierra
Sierra Fish and Pet
Wildside Tropical
The Fish Store
Wild World Aquariums

Thanks

The only stores in this list that are actually saltwater stores are Saltwater City in Belevue, Barrier Reef Aquarium in Renton , and Blue Sierra in Issaquah.
If you used Barrier Reef the center point, Saltwater City is about 20-25 minutes north on I-405 to I-520, and Blue Sierra is about 20-25 minutes east on I-90.

The others are just freshwater fish and pet stores that happen to have a few saltwater tanks. None of which I would bother going to if I was coming in from out of town.

Wild World Aquariums in Olympia was closed last time I went by.

stylaster · Jun 3, 2012

cool thank you guys for the info!

Bushpig_2 · Jun 3, 2012

This is good to know cause i'll be moving to Whidbey next march!

Dave3112 · Jun 3, 2012

When I was stationed in Whidbey a few years ago they had a cool shop that had a good selection by the movie theater. I'm not sure of the name of it though.