Cinci shops overview

[UDJustin]

man when did moraine move to cincy?

[UD Flyer]

man when did moraine move to cincy?

I was thinking the same thing

[jake]

when we voted gerber off the island 

[Learning_The_Hard_Way]

I have picked up a few things at Gerbers and they have been fine, they are on the high $$ side, but closer to me.  I mainly go to Coral Pets in milford.  He knows his stuff and is a very nice guy and the prices the best I have seen anywhere hands down.  Hes mainly has corals, its hard to find but worth it.

[Reefd Up]

I was just in Coral Pets for the first time this weekend, and I have to say, I was impressed.  There was a great selection of softies, LPS, SPS, and even fish...and had a very nice selection of Chief Reef frag plugs and disks.  Other than the fact it was rather hard to find (underneath a vaccuum store through some cellar doors), it's a nice addition to the hobby.  On the way down, I was complaining about the distance, but once I got there, the distance didn't bother me anymore...definitely worth the drive.  Plus, they have the nicest Achilles Tang I've ever seen...absolutely stunning!  They light their corals with CoralVue MH pendants and ballasts, which I was impressed to see in a retail store...those aren't cheapie's! 

[Brians937]

Sorry i have got to disagree with all of you. Geber's is a good store to go to. Bryon knows his shit, and if you take the time and talk about the prices they come down no problem. I get deals that I know I wouldn't get anywhere else. Bryon  is the only person I will talk to for anything Im not 100% sure on. Not at all raging our sponsors, but I been working with Bryon for a very long time. But this really only counts towards fish and equipment. 80% of my coral come from Rich at the coral from. He knows his coral and most of the time has really unbeatable prices on coral thats just unbeatable.

Now back on topic. Monford Is a if not the best ciny store IMO. I was fair on prices, just dont try to buy the anemone in his show tank. Wet pets is kinda junky looking with used equipment stacked right when you come in, but there fish and coral seemed well maintained. Aquatics and exotics well lest just say the own is a male reproduction organ. I was really interested in his sharks and was asking question and straight up told my to go F myself without the f bomb. Sucks for him tho, I was looking at 2 corals that would have been 220$ his lost was Rich's gain.

[kattz]

Was reading all of this, and my opinion is that outside of Just About Fish and Coral Pets, I wouldn't go back to any of the shops listed above.  We did the Cincy tour to all shops listed above plus a few more 3 weeks ago, and quite frankly, all of them except Coral Pets wanted way too much $ for what they had, especially LR.  The excuse when asked was pretty much an average of "Times are tight.  Every one else has closed up.  We're the only ones who can help you."  The average for poor quality rock was about $10/lb (11.99 at Monfort and Wet Pets if I recall correctly), and it looked like it had been nuked.  This includes Monfort, Aquatics/Exotics, Just About Fish, Wet Pets, and two others. I'd have to go back and look at the GPS for the names.

I like doing business for dry goods at All About Pets.  Dave's pretty cool and will work out a deal for you.  My system sump and fuge is from there.

Kev

[Reefinmike]

I just took a tour of 5 cincy area lfs, and, well, Im just so Darn glad to live in Dayton. The only place worth mentioning was world of pets in Florence Ky, they had decent prices with good selection.

All about pets- Just plain ol' sad. They had about 4 fish in stock, all of their saltwater tanks were filthy. Scum floating on top, could barely see through glass, and couldnt see a bit of sand, was all covered in green algae. their dry goods section was just a mess, thing strewn out all over the floor.

Aquatics and exotics- Ive been there before, they always have the same old corals they want an arm and a leg for, limited fish. this time around, I went on a thursday. I guess they were closed but I walked in, seemed like a real estate agent was in the building talking with someone about buying the place.

monfort aquarium- Very old school, small tanks with crushed coral and under gravel filters. Nothing spectacular, they seemed to focus too much on their breeding pairs of clowns. Coral prices were fair, but nothing that did it for me

Wet pets- man, what can I say about this mess of a place. well, first off, his discus were beautiful and healthy. Over 3/4 of his sw fish were either sick, or very skinny. It seems like his only corals were wellso brains and leathers. His leather tank up high, if you look down at the "sandbed" it is all leather skeletons. There weren't prices on anything, so he could take advantage of you if you didnt know any better. the only + to the place was the awesome black volitan lion they had, didnt bother asking a price.

World of pets- Good prices, clean tanks, good coral selection, and a good variety of fish. If I still lived in cincy, this is the only place I would ever shop.

I did not get to visit coral pets, but I have only heard great things about them.




Long story short-I am glad to be a dayton reefer!!!!

[HUNGER]

ya it hard times down there  we do have some good stores up here