For those of you that live in or around brum then may I suggest you take a ride over to Walsall to this tiny little aquactic shop I happened to come across.
I happened to be driving by and I caught the word 'Marine Specialist' out the corner of my eye. It seemed rude not to pull over and pop in for a gawp and after just 1 min I was impressed with his shop.
I'd say from looking it was 70% marine and 30& tropical and coldwater but you can tell by talking to him that his heart and his passion is in the marine world. A really nice dude aswell.
Although his stock levels were low [did'nt ask why] his coral frag display was ace. A nice selection and a nice price too compared to my usual LFS.
He does 25L of plain RO for £2.00 and £4.00 for salted RO. I asked him what salt he uses and he told me he don't use the cheap stuff and uses Reef crystals.
The best bit was tho he said If I ring in advance a day prior he would mix up any amount of salted RO at the salinity of my choice and he would confirm that by testing it in front of me in the shop.
The salted RO he stores is usually around the 1.023-24 mark which aint bad.
He even has 2nd hand 50GPD RO units from TMC with decent filters in them ready to be sold.
Overall he seemes a decent guy and a decent little shop...............and more importantly................He's cheaper and alot closer to me!
The name of the shop is 'West Midlands Aquactics' in case anyone is wondering.
http
/www.westmidlandsaquatics.co.uk/shop/
Just thought I'd share that with all of you.
I happened to be driving by and I caught the word 'Marine Specialist' out the corner of my eye. It seemed rude not to pull over and pop in for a gawp and after just 1 min I was impressed with his shop.
I'd say from looking it was 70% marine and 30& tropical and coldwater but you can tell by talking to him that his heart and his passion is in the marine world. A really nice dude aswell.
Although his stock levels were low [did'nt ask why] his coral frag display was ace. A nice selection and a nice price too compared to my usual LFS.
He does 25L of plain RO for £2.00 and £4.00 for salted RO. I asked him what salt he uses and he told me he don't use the cheap stuff and uses Reef crystals.
The best bit was tho he said If I ring in advance a day prior he would mix up any amount of salted RO at the salinity of my choice and he would confirm that by testing it in front of me in the shop.
The salted RO he stores is usually around the 1.023-24 mark which aint bad.
He even has 2nd hand 50GPD RO units from TMC with decent filters in them ready to be sold.
Overall he seemes a decent guy and a decent little shop...............and more importantly................He's cheaper and alot closer to me!
The name of the shop is 'West Midlands Aquactics' in case anyone is wondering.
http
/www.westmidlandsaquatics.co.uk/shop/Just thought I'd share that with all of you.
