Hey guys, I got back from the Hidden Reef, and I do highly recommend going there. They happen to get their new stock in on Mondays, so I got there on the best day. I think everything I bought from them had been in their tanks for only a few hours. I finally got the large elegance coral I had been looking for, and some bright green zoos, a black spine urchin, and a purple firefish. All look excellent. I did have one incident with the elegance coral. They had three large ones in their store, and I had picked out the largest and prettiest, but had not told an employee to get it for me since I didn't want it to sit in a bag while I looked through the rest of the store. Well, this totally clueless couple ended up getting the coral about 10 seconds before I did. I was SO upset at first, as I've been looking for the perfect elegance for several months and had finally found it in that one. Also, the people who got to it before I did were clearly clueless and simply chose it because it was a pretty color. They also literally RAN to get an employee to choose a sailfin tang when I commented to my buddy on how it was the prettiest one in the store. They clearly didn't want the tang until I said that, but once it appeared I was going to buy it, they HAD to have it before me. Of course, I wasn't looking to buy the tang, just making an observation. So, I was rather upset when this same couple ended up taking my coral (even if I really didn't have any claim to it). Anyway, I'm a bit sad too because it was a beautiful specimen and I'm almost certain it will be dead within the week at the hands of this clearly clueless couple. I ended up picking a slightly smaller elegance that was just as colorful. It is big enough, opening to about 12" by 7". I will try to post pictures of the new corals soon.
