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christsoldiers
04/10/2005, 09:04 PM
Stopped in Tropical Reef yesterday. (In Toledo on McCord road). It is under new ownership. The guy seemed nice and gave me a decent price on a little zoa frag. Just thought it was worth mentioning, not that the previous owner wasn't a nice guy.
Dubbin1
04/10/2005, 09:28 PM
Tropical Reef? Never heard of the place.
bigdaddyadam
04/10/2005, 11:49 PM
when did a new owner take over the place?

it isn't the younger guy anymore, I can't remember his name, umm, Lebanese guy, maybe Amed.
bigbenji
04/10/2005, 11:56 PM
Dub, no wonder you have so many posts.
Dubbin1
04/11/2005, 01:05 AM
Originally posted by bencpht
Dub, no wonder you have so many posts.
???
bigbenji
04/11/2005, 06:57 AM
Originally posted by Dubbin1
???

you add so much to the conversation, lol :fish1:
trying to up my post count too :rollface:
jenghes
04/11/2005, 07:09 AM
Hmmm, I was just there last week. Same owners. I'll have to check it out today.
22caddy
04/11/2005, 12:26 PM
I was just there last week as well. The owner wasn't there but his brother was. If they changed ownership that was fast.
jenghes
04/11/2005, 12:50 PM
Just stopped by, looked impressive. He has some big plans for new displays and SPS! Yay!

I'd wait a bit before stopping in, he has the place torn up a bit.

Jen
selgado
04/11/2005, 09:09 PM
Originally posted by tjghes
Just stopped by, looked impressive. He has some big plans for new displays and SPS! Yay!

I'd wait a bit before stopping in, he has the place torn up a bit.

Jen

It's nice to hear they are actually going show some concern for their saltwater livestock whoever owns it. The saltwater animals were under such horrible conditions.
Dubbin1
04/11/2005, 11:33 PM
Originally posted by bencpht
trying to up my post count too :rollface:
Who meeeee??? I would never do something like that ;)
bigbenji
04/12/2005, 09:16 PM
yeah, me neither, heh heh
christsoldiers
04/15/2005, 05:19 PM
Originally posted by bigdaddyadam
when did a new owner take over the place?

it isn't the younger guy anymore, I can't remember his name, umm, Lebanese guy, maybe Amed.

That guys name was Salid or Salim or something and yes, he sold it. The new owner's name is John.
Aquatic Aquaman
05/02/2005, 11:03 AM
Originally posted by christsoldiers
Stopped in Tropical Reef yesterday. (In Toledo on McCord road). It is under new ownership. The guy seemed nice and gave me a decent price on a little zoa frag. Just thought it was worth mentioning, not that the previous owner wasn't a nice guy.

Thats Awesome that it changed owners. I originally bought a custom made tank from the previous owner and he took me to the cleaners on the price, but I had to do it since he was the only one interested in helping me get a custom tank done. Everyone else blew me off. I'll have to stop back in there again soon.
bigbenji
05/03/2005, 09:54 PM
He's put in new systems this weekend. He said all of the SW tanks shared the same water and one wet-dry, then said I could make an offer on any of the fish in there. There was a yellow tang that looked like somebody stepped on it with a muddy boot. It was covered in something (ick?), and I imagine that yuck has made its way through every tank. I declined the offer, but he had a really nice reef tank setup on the other side of the room. No prices though.
selgado
05/04/2005, 07:15 PM
Originally posted by bencpht
He's put in new systems this weekend. He said all of the SW tanks shared the same water and one wet-dry, then said I could make an offer on any of the fish in there. There was a yellow tang that looked like somebody stepped on it with a muddy boot. It was covered in something (ick?), and I imagine that yuck has made its way through every tank. I declined the offer, but he had a really nice reef tank setup on the other side of the room. No prices though.

Is the reef tank the on that's been there the whole time or did he put the new one in that he's been talking about? I bought a yellow clown goby from him recently and he's a really neat little fish. He's really healthy. I originally planed on putting him in a 10 gallon nano but he escaped into the 75 gallon. Oh well, he's cool. He hangs out in my SPS.
selgado
05/04/2005, 08:44 PM
oops
jenghes
05/05/2005, 07:33 AM
It is the new tank that he was talking about. There is now 2 tanks. The new one is his personal one from home. He is building a new house and building in a new one. So that one is now in the shop. Very nice set up.
Aquatic Aquaman
05/05/2005, 01:23 PM
Has anyone gone to trilliby lately to see if they have a saltwater section yet?
bigbenji
05/05/2005, 10:15 PM
I'll stop tomorrow before work, St. Anne's is almost across the street.
selgado
05/05/2005, 11:17 PM
Originally posted by tjghes
It is the new tank that he was talking about. There is now 2 tanks. The new one is his personal one from home. He is building a new house and building in a new one. So that one is now in the shop. Very nice set up.

I'm gonna have to get in there and check it out. Depending on what I see I might take him up on his $30 lifetime member club.
jenghes
05/06/2005, 02:08 PM
I was at trilby about a month ago. No SW yet.
Dubbin1
05/06/2005, 09:39 PM
So whats the selection like on corals at the Tropical Reef? I'm in need of zoas zoas and more zoas. Some nice rics and blastos would be nice to find too.
selgado
05/06/2005, 11:20 PM
Originally posted by tjghes
I was at trilby about a month ago. No SW yet.

FYI - Trilby said they would definitely by putting the info up on their website as soon as they have one blue leg hermit to sell.
http://www.trilbytropicals.com/

Originally posted by Dubbin1
So whats the selection like on corals at the Tropical Reef? I'm in need of zoas zoas and more zoas. Some nice rics and blastos would be nice to find too.

I haven't seen any blasto in Toledo ever. I'm probably going to go check Tropical Reef out Saturday.