Went to Tropicorium Today!!

[Bcollins111900]

Up at my parents house this weekend in Toledo and hit some LFS. Went to Garys Tropical Fish in Perrysburg. He had some really nice stuff. Some nice looking favites and some gorgeous looking elegance corals (green and purple) for very good prices. Even items in the $20 frag tank were top notch corals. Went to the Coral Reef also. They had alot of fish at killer prices. Mandarin Dragonets (Adult full of color) for $19. Coral selection was ok. All LPS but nothing I dod not have already. Then we went to Tropicorium... all I have to say is WOW!!! Never seen so many corals in my life! Blastos, tonga mushrooms, leathers, ricordia, out the wazoo. Picked up a nice 9 headed green and purple rimmed ricordia, two blastos, and a dameged trachphylia(sp) for $10! Awesome place to go to if you get the chance. Tons of fish at decent prices. Pretty much LPS prices but all were healthy and they had alot of stuff you don't normaly see in a LFS. I will post pics as soon as I can of the corals I got today. The two blasto frags I got easily have 20 sml. heads on them, that and they are aqua cultured....

[Dubbin1]

Now you know why I recommended you head on up there.

[xdusty6920]

im planning on stopping in tropicorium on my way back from one of the games. youll have to give me the address so i can map quest it from up there. GO BLUE!!

[Bcollins111900]

let me know before you go dusty. They gave me some business cards and they said if I put my name on them and you take it up to there shop and give it to them when you arrive you will get a free dozen snails and I will also get a free dozen. Can't beat that with a stick.

[Bcollins111900]

just got the corals acclimated and im my tank. In my tank one of the blastos merleti(sp) (25 heads or so) is purple with neon green center and I mean NEON. The other one is a light red outside color with a neon yellow center (20 heads). The ricordia though are by far my favorite pic up. They are a sweet teal colored with a blue/purple outer rim, extremly colorful. All are welcome to stop by and drool.....

[Dubbin1]

youll have to give me the address so i can map quest it from up there
http://www.tropicorium.com/

They gave me some business cards and they said if I put my name on them and you take it up to there shop and give it to them when you arrive you will get a free dozen snails and I will also get a free dozen.
Wheres my business card for free snails :)

[Bcollins111900]

pm me your adress and i will send ya one

[Jordan55]

Man. That place looks great. I would hate to drive so far though. Maybe we can get a carpool someday before the end of summer.

[szwab]

love that place used to go up there 2x a year.
how was their clam stock?

[Bcollins111900]

they had a solid 14" Squamosa that a guy grew in a 75 gallon and brought in for trade last week. They had two Derasas, and some corceas maybe 5 or so, thats about it. That squamosa though WOW!

[Dubbin1]

BTW that place caught of fire a few months ago. We are lucky to still have it. If I remember right they only lost a couple of their big stock tanks.

[Bcollins111900]

Yeah I was talking to Nick and he said they only lost one tank. They had it all repaired. Was hoping to get some Bangai Cardinals but they had none for sale. Almost picked up a black and white eel, bout 24" or so for $34.99 but did not want to take the chance with him being in a bag for 24hrs. Just glad all the blastos and everything else I bought made it ok...

[Jordan55]

When do we getto see pictures of the corals?

[Bcollins111900]

went to take pics and wam batteries died so they are recharging right now. Pics will not do these ricordia any justice or my purple and neon (true neon) yellow blastos. Going to go feed them right now...

[Buckeye ME]

I will have to remember this and I might stop by one the way back from Ann Arbor in November.

[Bcollins111900]

Go Blue!!! It is off of I-75 about 5 miles but is worth the short detour! Get off on west rd Exit 32 (right by the Ford Plant) going towrds woodhaven then a right on Inkster and it is a few miles down the road on your left, very easy to pass if not looking good.

[szwab]

they usually have a boat load of clams maximas and derasas from 1" to 5 or bigger. Did you happen to checkl out their sps?

[Bcollins111900]

I did not see alot of SPS. Can't really say I was looking for it either but 90% of it was LPS from what I saw. There were just not alot of clams. Bad part about them is all the stuff I really wanted was not for sale which stunk. They had some true red with blue spots target mushrooms, favia maxima (sweet), some nice tonga shrooms, and some lors but none were for sale.

[Dubbin1]

Originally posted by Bcollins111900
very easy to pass if not looking good.
Thats very true since the only sign is the mailbox.

Was hoping to get some Bangai Cardinals but they had none for sale.
Should have stopped here in Findlay. I know they had some when I was in there the other day.

[xdusty6920]

buckeye me hangin in ann arbor. i knew youd come around eventually lol, j/k.
wierd that you mentioned bangaii because for the last week or so ive been debating on what one andd only fish to put in my tank and have been leaning towards a cardinal. btw, i wonder if that was the same giant squamosa that aquatic specalties had several months back. same species and same size.

[Bcollins111900]

Sorry for the bad pic, digital camera sucks, but you get the ID. Here is a frag of Blastomussa Merleti(sp), about 20 heads or so. Total frag is a little larger than a quarter and does it glow under actinics and 10K's!


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/87098Good_Blasto_mer.jpg

Going to borrow the gf's digital camera and see if I can get some better pics of the other stuff....