Favorite places to buy Acros or just SPS in general?

[HB AL]

Various lfs's in SoCal.

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

@thirstysreef, @Lazys Coral House and @SweetReefOH are great for sticks. If you are in Cincinnati then Lazys and Sweetreefoh are great for acros. Both are in Dayton area and an easy drive. Sweetreefoh post sales on r2r frequently and you can get great deals.

Battlecorals and Cherry Corals are two of my favorites. But there are also many great small time and local vendor/hobbyists. Tim Herman @therman has outstanding stuff in Northern Ohio. I would also second Lazy's and SweetReef. If you don't mind a Drive the Pittsburg reef expo is coming up April 1, i'll be there and i think Jason Fox and Cherry corals, and i'm sure many other great vendors for acros. There are a lot of good vendors out there, i have had good experiences from TCK corals, TSA, and SBB though i think i have only bought from them once each.

Thanks for the name drop guys. I appreciate the kind words and referral. I’m actually going to be dropping a new, 50+ acro thread tomorrow (Thursday 3-8-23) around 12pm EST

 

[ryanjohn1]

Best place is right here. Search the forums and meet someone local to you. You will be supporting another reefer and probably get healthier and larger frag than the online coral money grabbers

 

[Acrononomus]

Battle Corals all day ….

 

[ryshark]

I’ve had good experiences here with:
@SBB Corals
@TopShelfAquatics
@A Reef Creation
@Battlecorals
@Sabellafella
@law office aquariums (local pickup)
@Reef Raft USA (local pickup)
@jfox in person at coral show

 

[CincyReefer07]

Man when I first posted this the thread was dead for almost an entire day. Get back on and you guys blew this thread up with lots of great people and places for me to check out…. I appreciate all your guys inputs on this! My 310gal is going to be a mixed reef but planning to be heavier on sticks. Appreciate it guys!
Feel free to keep the suggestions coming if someone you’ve had great experience with wasn’t mentioned here yet.

 

[matt_work27]

cant go wrong with battle corals. But if you are looking for the best prices, try local reefers (not the battlecorals has bad prices)

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

I'm going to go ahead and throw our hat in the ring. 100% true aquacultured corals and anemones (we specialize in sps). over 30 years experience in the hobby. Large frags with exceptional health and we absolutely take care of our customers if there are any issues with shipments. We also just paid for our Reef2Reef sponsorship today! www.epicaquaculture.com

 

[Jasonak]

Ive bought from many vendors listed here. The best so far is Top Shelf aquatics for me. There stuff has always looked exactly the same in my tank as online and if you buy during a sale they have really good deals. Seems like they have a sale each month. Adam over at Battle corals has really nice stuff also and has always gave me extras and been a stand up guy. Like others have said if you can find local that's always the best. I sold a ton of stuff from my own tank for literally pennys on the dollar what you would payonline.

 

[Troylee]

I'm going to go ahead and throw our hat in the ring. 100% true aquacultured corals and anemones (we specialize in sps). over 30 years experience in the hobby. Large frags with exceptional health and we absolutely take care of our customers if there are any issues with shipments. We also just paid for our Reef2Reef sponsorship today! www.epicaquaculture.com

Bill?

 

[bradreef]

I vote, https://sunnysidecorals.com/

I 2nd this, good-sized frags.

check out the weekly auctions for some great deals as well as the sale section. Jeff had been growing coral l for a long time.

 

[Zach W]

Throwing Tim (@therman) into the mix here. I have not yet ordered through him as my tank is still maturing but have heard many many times that he is a great seller. Just take a look at some of his main threads! I will be ordering when the time comes

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a-whole-lot-of-sps-bc-cc-jf-rmf-etc-csb-anemones.452121/

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/t...hot-starting-to-enjoy-this-tank-again.467115/

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Bill?

Yes sir

 

[Justdrew]

@FraghouseCorals and @Battlecorals have always been my go to for SPS.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

90% of my sps corals are from Epic Aquaculture.

Pictures aren't juices and they're an extremely close resemblance of the actual coral.

I recently lost a few large colonies that have been in my tank for years, and they offered to replace the ones I lost with frags.

I don't think I'm going to take him up on his offer, but the gesture was above and beyond.

 

[Aluco]

I've had some nice acros come in from

top shelf aquatics

Also recently ordered 3 from:

@CoralWealth

Good stuff worth checking out. Tsa has top tier packaging imo

 

[Troylee]

90% of my sps corals are from Epic Aquaculture.

Pictures aren't juices and they're an extremely close resemblance of the actual coral.

I recently lost a few large colonies that have been in my tank for years, and they offered to replace the ones I lost with frags.

I don't think I'm going to take him up on his offer, but the gesture was above and beyond.

Bills got some really nice sticks! Can’t wait for them to make it to Vegas again for the next coral show..

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Bills got some really nice sticks! Can’t wait for them to make it to Vegas again for the next coral show..

I haven't kept up on where you're located these days.

But AZ is just a hop, skip and a jump away. Hehe

It amazes me, the coral selection EA Corals have.

 

[Troylee]

I haven't kept up on where you're located these days.

But AZ is just a hop, skip and a jump away. Hehe

It amazes me, the coral selection EA Corals have.

It sure is.. next time visiting family out there I’ll have to check it out.. I’m in Vegas still… born and raised… rare breed lol

 

[Jason_MrFrags]

@CoralFragZ @CherryCorals

Or whatever I can find at the local swaps