Aqua plus is for sale

Anyone know what Ken from aquatic concepts is up to now?

I know Ming got in to hydroponics and is out all together, so whoever got anything ATL got some relics in their tanks.

Jess is now coaching his son's baseball team last I heard, sucks what happened to his shop. Good dude.
 
CaseyP said:
While we're going down memory lane, anyone go to The Fish Tank and Aquatic Gallery in Milpitas? Those were the LFS that got me started from tetras, discus, cichlids, to reefs. My friend and I would ride our bikes there just to browse in awe of the selection. The owners knew us well enough that we'd get IOUs if we were short on cash.

Then @robert4025 came in a ruled the south bay scene :p
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I loved Aquatic Gallery! I drove all the way from Stockton every weekend just to visit it for months. The owner Dr. Bao Lee was a good guy but the 2008 downturn hit him really hard and it was really difficult for him to adapt to the changing market of fragging stuff. His shop just wasn’t set up for it. On top of it, I was driving to LA to hand pick my corals every other week so it was really hard for him to keep up with that although I invited him to do it with me. He did it once and said “Nope, this is not going to work for me” and that’s when I knew he’s out.

There was also Atlantis Aquarium. That was another amazing shop. Always pack full of fires. Ming always has the nicest SPS in town, hands down. He was one of the first one in the Bay Area to start offering frags so much of that craze was owed to him.
 
Patio said:
A couple or few years later- @robert4025 offering economical frags really helped out my tight budgeted reefing. I appreciated having both economical and fancy in his shop.
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BEST DANG COMPLIMENT I’VE EVER HEARD! THANK YOU, PAT!

Yes, I know I am not the cheapest. But, I do make tremendous effort in making quality corals affordable everyday. That takes a whole lot of work!
 
robert4025 said:
I loved Aquatic Gallery! I drove all the way from Stockton every weekend just to visit it for months. The owner Dr. Bao Lee was a good guy but the 2008 downturn hit him really hard and it was really difficult for him to adapt to the changing market of fragging stuff. His shop just wasn’t set up for it. On top of it, I was driving to LA to hand pick my corals every other week so it was really hard for him to keep up with that although I invited him to do it with me. He did it once and said “Nope, this is not going to work for me” and that’s when I knew he’s out.

There was also Atlantis Aquarium. That was another amazing shop. Always pack full of fires. Ming always has the nicest SPS in town, hands down. He was one of the first one in the Bay Area to start offering frags so much of that craze was owed to him.
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I think he got into the frag game after Tropical Paradise. Eddie was a big supporter pf AC, still is. He hosted BARE meetings and contributed a lot to the raffles, along with me when I was at Cortez (Pre RN days)
 
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