Hey LFS what's in your water?

[reefes pieces]

Not sure if this thread was ever started but thought of putting something together to help others as to which LFS is using a specific brand of salt, NSW etc. LFS are welcome to add themselves to but here's what I know so far and correct me if I'm outdated on some info. For the sake of some privacy of the LFS might be best to leave out prices and PM someone instead as they may factor other filtering techniques into their price etc. Just want to list out the brands. Please add to the list with any other LFS you know of along with the county.

Orange Cty
Ali's - Instant Ocean and ESV
Coral Oasis - NSW and Tropic Marin
Socal Tropical - Reef Crystals last time I checked
Fish Collection - Coralife
Coral Island - Brightwell Aquatics
Coral Collection - NSW

LA Cty
Pasadena Tropical Fish - NSW
Goldfish Plus - Kent Marine (Be prepared as Peter will tell your ear off that it's the best water in town)

Riverside/San Bernardino
Jan's Tropical Fish - NSW

 

[Surgical]

More la cty:
Glendora ocean marine - instant ocean
Fish world - instant ocean

 

[BeanMachine]

Coral Gazers- Tropic Marin Pro & Oceanic... separate not mixed. You should probably specify that.

 

[pgr11]

IE- Tropical Reef Fish Store - Red Sea Coral Pro

 

[BeanMachine]

Tongs in FV has Catalina Water I think.

 

[reefes pieces]

Thanks Guys. revised List
2 choices means separate tanks not a vanilla chocolate swirl of salt water brands. Keep em coming!

Orange Cty
Ali's - 2 choices Instant Ocean and ESV
Coral Oasis - 2 choices NSW and Tropic Marin
Socal Tropical - Reef Crystals last time I checked
Fish Collection - Coralife
Coral Island - Brightwell Aquatics
Coral Collection - NSW
Coral Gazers- 2 choices Tropic Marin Pro & Oceanic
Tongs in FV - Catalina NSW

LA Cty
Pasadena Tropical Fish - NSW
Goldfish Plus - Kent Marine (Be prepared as Peter will tell your ear off that it's the best water in town)
Glendora ocean marine - instant ocean
Fish world - instant ocean
Age of Aquariums - 2 Choices D&D and NSW

IE
Jan's Tropical Fish - NSW
Tropical Reef Fish Store - Red Sea Coral Pro

 

[Kavureef]

Sanbar pets in costa mesa uses tropic marine non pro which is good for me cause I dont dose just weekly water changes its .99 a gallon which is pretty good they also have catalina for .49

 

[Kimle]

Can you update the list to also include prices too.

 

[reefes pieces]

It would be nice to have pricing but I feel its not fair for LFS as said before, this thread doesn't give them a chance to explain the reason for their costs. i know some LFS will charge a little more but go the extra mile to make sure there's no TDS in their water, and there are some that have never changed their RO filters and charge next to nothing for the same brand of salt. I'm more interested in what type of salts LFS use just in case I want to try something different so I can run to that store and buy 5-10 gal. Feel free to leave reviews of the water though

 

[wickedfish]

South Bay Aquarium Catalina water NSW FYI you need to bump the calcium and magnesium up for reef tanks

 

[thedevilscandy]

Reef Raft uses D&D, so does Seaside I believe

 

[toomuch420]

Reef Raft uses D&D, so does Seaside I believe

Correct !
Everyone else in my hood only sells Catalina water


*rAzOr*

 

[dannybolanos]

Great thread!

 

[solitude127]

Pacific reef in Torrance just swtiched to instant ocean

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[h0ndap0w3r]

p&p tropical fish in cypress and Carson Tropical use Tropic Marine... Strictly fish uses Catalina i believe

 

[kanglee00]

More la cty:
Glendora ocean marine - instant ocean
Fish world - instant ocean

I think Ocean Marine Sales has two types of saltwater available, Red Sea Coral Salt Pro and Instant Ocean.

 

[Surgical]

Yeah they just starte sellin rscp a few weeks ago, i didnt think to update this though. Thanks.

 

[Riblet]

AOA in LB
D-D & Oceanic

 

[robert_ellis]

Brea tropical has 2. Red Sea coral pro and io is the second I believe.

 

[coral diver]

We use Kent Marine and buffer it if it's low on the different element never had complain