Experience with Oceanic Gardens

Redbird5 · Sep 14, 2026

I found this place mentioned on Facebook in one of the groups I'm in. Before I buy anything I always ask around about new places. Some of the plusses I see they are in Central IL, not too far from where I was born and grew up. They have cheaper in state shipping. They have decent pricing. I'm wondering about the health of the coral that come from there.

Baldyreef · Sep 15, 2026

I myself have never bought anything from them before but I do know that the owner of my lfs has including a large gold hammer colony he has in his display, he's never said anything bad about them and likes them, again I don't have personal experience with them but they seem to be good

mfinn · 2026-09-30T09:13:11-0400

I've placed a couple orders from them and was very happy with them.
Great source for King Spawns.

Tradam Yaks · 2026-09-30T09:37:46-0400

I met them at the NJ Aquashella a couple weeks ago. I javent purchased from them yet but intend to get a kingspawn at some point.

They seemed really cool and all their corals looked healthy. Thats really all yhe info i can provide.

Mr_Knightley · 2026-09-30T09:49:20-0400

Gabe is an awesome guy who does a great job with his business, I wouldn't hesitate to purchase from him.

Redbird5 · 2026-09-30T09:50:23-0400

Tradam Yaks said:
I met them at the NJ Aquashella a couple weeks ago. I javent purchased from them yet but intend to get a kingspawn at some point.

They seemed really cool and all their corals looked healthy. Thats really all yhe info i can provide.

I'm on window watch for the FedEx truck this morning.

Tradam Yaks · 2026-09-30T09:52:15-0400

Redbird5 said:
Tradam Yaks said:

I met them at the NJ Aquashella a couple weeks ago. I javent purchased from them yet but intend to get a kingspawn at some point.

They seemed really cool and all their corals looked healthy. Thats really all yhe info i can provide.

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I'm on window watch for the FedEx truck this morning.

What a feeling. Post a pic when it settles in!

Tradam Yaks · 2026-09-30T09:52:22-0400

Redbird5 said:
Tradam Yaks said:

I met them at the NJ Aquashella a couple weeks ago. I javent purchased from them yet but intend to get a kingspawn at some point.

They seemed really cool and all their corals looked healthy. Thats really all yhe info i can provide.

Click to expand...

I'm on window watch for the FedEx truck this morning.

What a feeling. Post a pic when it settles in!

Redbird5 · 2026-09-30T10:00:10-0400

Tradam Yaks said:
What a feeling. Post a pic when it settles in!

He's coming to a coral show on 10/10 in St. Louis. I'm interested in meeting him. He's located not far from where I grew up in Central IL.

mfinn · 2026-09-30T10:08:07-0400

Redbird5 said:
I'm on window watch for the FedEx truck this morning.

I was yesterday.

Redbird5 · 2026-09-30T10:15:12-0400

mfinn said:
I was yesterday.

I feel like my dog watching out the window for squirrels or dogs.

tripdad · 2026-09-30T10:40:44-0400

Just don't bite the delivery person....

Redbird5 · 2026-09-30T10:43:22-0400

tripdad said:
Just don't bite the delivery person....

Well you're no fun!!!

tripdad · 2026-09-30T10:47:06-0400

Where were you raised? My family is from Omlsted, Il.. A little further south and east from St. Louis.

Redbird5 · 2026-09-30T11:21:25-0400

tripdad said:
Where were you raised? My family is from Omlsted, Il.. A little further south and east from St. Louis.

Decatur, IL, the original home of the Chicago Bears.

Redbird5 · 2026-10-01T11:48:01-0400

Redbird5 said:
Decatur, IL, the original home of the Chicago Bears.

My frogspawn and armor of God zoa are open not even 24 hours after entering their respective tanks. I love the color of the AOG zoa. I got an orange frogspawn and still figuring out where it'll look best in my Euphilia garden. I'll attach pictures soon.

corosato · 2026-10-01T12:44:20-0400

My order with them came in clean and healthy, everything opened up great, dip produced no pests. They aren't as bad as some vendors on color correcting but I definitely feel like the wysiwyg section is slightly misleading. Not really complaining, I know different lights can produce different tones of fluorescence, but the coral's "gold" is very muted under my lights compared to the photo. But that is just normal buying online buyer beware. Overall I am very happy with the corals.

Redbird5 · 2026-10-01T14:18:31-0400

corosato said:
My order with them came in clean and healthy, everything opened up great, dip produced no pests. They aren't as bad as some vendors on color correcting but I definitely feel like the wysiwyg section is slightly misleading. Not really complaining, I know different lights can produce different tones of fluorescence, but the coral's "gold" is very muted under my lights compared to the photo. But that is just normal buying online buyer beware. Overall I am very happy with the corals.

Here's my armor of God zoas with my Mohawk zoas.