The "New" Ocean Gallery II

[HerbieK]

Folks, If you haven't been to the Ocean Gallery II lately, it almost looks like a different store. There is definitely a new attitude, and plans for additional upgrades. There is now lots of SPS "mini colonies" and they are in the process of setting up a decent sized "top down" frag tank.

I regularly visit the store, and haven't been there for a month or two and I couldn't believe it. The best part is that Gary and company have finally become a club sponsor. I guess the club "propaganda" I dropped on Gary and my shameless promotion of the club finally paid off.

Great job guys and welcome to the club.

Herb

[Reefers]

Thanks Herb for the props!!! For those of you who haven't been here yet, please do stop by...While we don't have a "couch" we do have some mighty comfortable salt buckets to sit on while you are visiting. ;D

[jonathan.]

Thanks Herb for the props!!! For those of you who haven't been here yet, please do stop by...While we don't have a "couch" we do have some mighty comfortable salt buckets to sit on while you are visiting. ;D

No couch, no fun! :P

[Hawkeye]

Went in there for my lunch break. This was my second time in the store - first time was like 2 years ago.

Anyways - I never knew you guys even had a section for small pets/reptiles/birds. Good to know - I assume our njrc discount doesn't apply in those sections right? Figured I'd ask anyway.

Besides the usual assortment of fish one expects (nemos/blue hippos, yellow tangs etc.) it was interesting to see some of the "larger" fish they had in stock - like hulk-sized yellow tangs (lol) and a tank of five different eels. There was also a pair of watanabe angels.

No skunk or fire cleaners - but a ton of CBS - and at least one tank looked like there was a mated pair (if not tomorrow there'll be a dead cbs). It's also been a while since I saw so many damsels in not one but two tanks. Then a third tank with some nice chromis specimens (both blue and green). It'd be interesting to have a damsel-only tank at home (like a mini-reef where everyone kept each other in check).

My only comment would be I thought I saw a few cleaner wrasse (or were they neon gobies?). I would encourage the store to avoid getting those wrasses if at all possible. But other than that - the livestock looked great. More incentive for me to get my tank started! lol.

[majormaz]

I also saw about 3-4 shark eggs for sale, I don't think people know how large of a tank these will require...