Tong’s burn down?

[joseserrano]

Did anyone hear that tongs in OC burned down?

 

[mescobar]

Woah that's crazy and unfortunate to hear, how recent was this?

 

[mchain275]

A couple Yelp reviews from the past 24 hours seem to confirm as much. Very unfortunate

 

[Jimbo327]

What??? I just googled, and it's true. That's terrible.

They had some problems lately. I went there about a couple months ago, and the big back tank was completely drained because of a leak. And I know their tank crashed awhile back. The woman owner was nice and friendly. But I can tell they were not the most cautious or high tech, but more old school mom n pop store, even though they were a big store. Very sad to see this establishment burned.

https://www.reddit.com/r/orangecounty/comments/1pml1fg

 

[mescobar]

I hope they're able to take the insurance money and build back better.

 

[moondoggy]

I used to love going to Tong's but it has been a while since I have been able to go there.

 

[Smite]

That's super sad I was just in there just last week. That's the shop that got me into the hobby. I hope they are covered and choose to rebuild. Toan and his wife/family are really good people.

 

[joseserrano]

I’m fairly sure they have been trying to sell for quite a while

 

[maikoa02]

This is really sad news. I started coming here in 1990 around 1 year after I started in the saltwater hobby. This store has been a fixture in the hobby. Toan has helped me with plumbing issues in the past and even let me borrow some tools. Hopefully they can bounce back.

 

[thresher]

That place always had a nice assortment of fish. Hope they build it bigger and better!

 

[Tangerine Speedo]

Sucks for all the lost livestock

 

[bakbay]

Saw that - I went there to check out their big SPS tank in the back many years ago. So sad to see it burned down. Hope they can rebuild or is it a blessing in disguise? Yes — heard that they’ve been trying to sell & retire for years now…

 

[drexel]

Man, that really sucks! I remember stopping there for the first time after visiting @Smite and thought it was a cool shop. All I can say is this year has been super tough for a lot of people and I feel for Toan and his family.

 

[Xaznkewlguyx]

Truly sad, I worked there for nearly a decade 2005-2015. It was fun, I learned a lot and met a lot of cool people in the hobby. They were a great family to work for.

my kids still enjoyed going there and feeding all the fish.

 

[ocellaris123]

From instagram post seems like they planning to rebuild

 

[jordan9095]

That sucks. Some of the livestock there was not always the pinnacle of health but they had good selection of fish and dry goods. Hope they can rebuild better

 

[CoralNerd]

The unit has been red tagged and the neighbors yellow tagged. A worker at Tongs mentioned maybe it was a faulty pump. That's a sad situation.

 

[joseserrano]

The unit has been red tagged and the neighbors yellow tagged. A worker at Tongs mentioned maybe it was a faulty pump. That's a sad situation.
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Wonder what pump brand

 

[All Delight]

Wow I used to go there all the time. Sad to hear..

 

[toomuch420]

My father (who got me addicted) and I would go few times a month

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