Originally posted by hookedonreefs
I do agree that TRI is a little expensive. The one things you'll notice though is that OG2 doesn't care what they sell you. I've gotten bad advice, bad algaes(hair and bubble on their corals), they have aptasia in almost all their tanks, and don't care, and their corals are not very healthy.
Once you build a good relationship with TRI, he'll be very nice to you. You usually get good hitchhikers from there, and their corals are very healthy.
As for MHs, I would've gone online if I were you. I would be VERY blown away if you got a better price on MHs @ any LFS than online.... Unless there's a sale.
Please keep in mind we are in an expensive hobby to begin with, and although you don't want to get ripped off - you get what you pay for. If I ever bothered to keep track, I'll bet you I've spent more per inch of coral at OG2 than at TRI just based on death, and time wasted fighting things that I got from OG2 that I didn't want.
FWIW......
not really there boss is actually very helpful, kinda, but i havent had any problem from them