Chicagoland Reefers

[kimoy]

we should do a LFS tour and then at the end will be a picnic or cook out...

[swissgaurd]

i want to go to chicago so bad
when the time comes i want to visit so many places.
i have family in chicago

vic

[goldenmean]

Chicago is an awsome city
especially in the summer!!

[kimoy]

yeah taste is coming in a few days.......

[cioutlaw]

Taste of Chicago would be great if it were not for the huge crowd. The 4th of July Fireworks are great though.

[goldenmean]

I agree!
Too many people.
Fireworks are always on the 3rd of July

[cioutlaw]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

I agree!
Too many people.
Fireworks are always on the 3rd of July

dont they have them like 3 or 4 nights? I think the last time I was up it was on the 3rd.

[goldenmean]

During the summer there are fireworks every Wednesday and Saturday nights off the end of navy pier. They are pretty good too.
The big City of Chicago fireworks display is always on July 3 while many of the burbs have fireworks on the 4th.

[Cassette87]

quick notice: I created a group on reefspace for us! feel free to join if you live in/around chicago and are interested!

[Cassette87]

Andy one here been to Reef Plus or Deep Reef Aquatics? I'm probably going to be visiting both today with a couple of friends, and just wanted to see if they are worth the time... Thanks!

[Michiana]

So far, it looks like I'm the lone Hoosier to check in.......

Best place I've found for corals so far is Midwest Corals in Osceola, Indiana....

Count me in if you get a group thing going

[goldenmean]

Hello La Porte, Indiana.
I used to live in New Buffalo Michigan about 14 years ago
before I got into salt water.

Glad you said hello

[goldenmean]

Hey Andy
Did you visit Reef Plus or Deep Reef Aquatics yesterday?
Tell us about them starting with where they are at?

[olivert00]

I am selling my 135g Oceanic Tank w/stand, hood was DIY not the best but worked well. Not RR, I will give a dual overflow box and two ribbed hoses to the buyer.
No sump. Am willing to drive up to 30 miles for delivery...FREE.

Asking 250.00 for all listed above.

FYI...Sharkys is selling a oceanic sump on their site: under used items...it's cheap.

My gallery has a up close pic when full, but not a pic of full tank with stand and hood. 10/05 in gallery. Will post new pics.

No water in it at this time but does have sand I need to remove and clean the glass.

Some scratches on front, but not noticed when full.

PM if inerested and any questions

Thank you

Debbie

[Cassette87]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

Hey Andy
Did you visit Reef Plus or Deep Reef Aquatics yesterday?
Tell us about them starting with where they are at?

Actually, I didn't go to those two stores. I looked up ReefPlus online, and It looked really small, and then I tried calling Deep Reef Aquatics, and it said the number was disconnected. so, instead, I went to Schaumberg and visited Advanced Aquatics and Beyond the reef. Beyond the reef was a beautiful store! not as nice as Living Sea, but definitely nice. Everything looked healthy, although I did notice some bubble algae on a lot of their LR. Their prices were fairly high. LR was 9.99 a LB, but i guess when your in Schaumberg... you can charge that. Anyhow, they did have some nice little $19 frags, so I picked up a small 50-75 polyp colony of these guys pictured below. BEAUTIFUL Zoas. Haven't fully opened in my display yet, but I'll take a pic when they do. the ones that were peeking out in the actinic showed off how beautifully they will glow. all in all it was a clean, nice store, slightly high on prices, but nice selection, and very friendly staff, who, when he noticed i was interested in the zoa morphs offered to take my number and said when he frags some of his at home he'll call me. Very nice!

Advance aquatics:
Can't speak much for them. They had a lot of stuff, but it was mostly picking over odds and ends. They did have a couple nice frag tanks, but the prices were slightly nuts, and the guy working there honestly was a jerk. I wanted to buy a rock with some eagle eye zoa's, his answer " cant sell you that, i can only sell frags of it, and we don't have any more" he wanted to sell me then for 4-5 dollars a polyp. despite "all corals for sale, buy two or more 20% off" written everywhere. they had orange rics for $24 each, but all of them were pale. The one that looked nice, was smaller than a dime and not attached to anything, so i asked about it, and he couldn't have been more stubborn. Despite their website saying ric polyps $10. Which apparently is drop shipped from someplace when you order. needless to say, i didn't spend any money there, no matter how badly i want an orange ric.

Both stores are located in Shaumberg, one on 879 Roselle Rd. (Advanced aquatics) in the plaza with taco bell, and the other 205 golf st. (beyond the reef) also near a taco bell.

I without question liked beyond the reef better. Customer Service can easily make or break a deal for me. I forgot to mention, that i was the only one in advanced aquatics, and the guy was still a jerk to me.
These are the zoa's i got: ' Radioactive Dragon Eye ' Morph