"So what did you do in Alaska?" "Duh - visited a reef store, what else?"

[Sierra_Bravo]

I was in Anchorage a few days for business and had time to visit Alaska Coral and Fish.

When I said I thought it was strange to have a reef store in Alaska, I was told "It's winter 8 months out of the year. . .what else are we going to do?"

This makes perfect sense if you think about the fact that the peak season for aquatics sales is winter when you're not outside doing other recreational activities.

72 degrees and humid felt great to a Florida/Texas guy in AK, even for just an hour. Felt like I was home except for the lack of a disinterested wife waiting outside in the car!

 

[Daniel92481]

Awesome man! Happy reefing in Alaska!

 

[Lear31a]

Man you nailed it. Even the wife part

 

[Crabs McJones]

Wow! What a gorgeous store!

 

[this is me]

I have to say it's better than the LFS around me.

 

[tautog83]

Yea way better than any lfs within 30 miles of me

 

[hubcap]

Felt like I was home except for the lack of a disinterested wife waiting outside in the car!

classic.

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

I have to say it's better than the LFS around me.

Here in San Antonio as well.

 

[saltyhog]

Wow! No LFS like that in my area either! Who woulda thunk it?! Glad you shared this! If I ever get back to Anchorage, I'm going to check it out!

 

[Devaji]

but the real question is did you bring something back. just to say yeah that coral I got in Ak!

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

Looks like a great store

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

but the real question is did you bring something back. just to say yeah that coral I got in Ak!

No, but I thought about it. At the time I went there I still had almost 40 hrs before being home and decided it would be a bad idea.

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

A lot of the colonies in the larger main display - acros, chalices, the trachyphyllia - were all huge. I was told some of the livestock in the tank was 14 years old. The tank had survived the large earthquake they had over there a few years back even though the rock shifted and rearranged itself.