capture the sea???

ssirishpride · 04/30/2007, 02:07 PM

opinions please. i have to go over to my parents house this weekend and saw hat there is a reef store there. an experiences. he also said the just opened one at wolf and 179th or there abouts. any info is greatly welcome.

thanks!

redvipe2010 · 04/30/2007, 02:14 PM

I am not too fond of Capture the Sea. I have at times seen many sick fish, sick anemones and dead anemones still for public viewing. A dead anemone in a tank is pretty nasty. I have yet to see a healthy anemone in their tanks. They are a bit expensive for what they have, and the condition it is in, an not as knowledgeable as they should be.

ssirishpride · 04/30/2007, 02:32 PM

you know my friend just said a similar thing when i asked him. the only reason i was now gonna head there was that they have dt's phyto. any info on the new store on wolf?

redvipe2010 · 04/30/2007, 02:38 PM

No, have not been there, but looking forward to it.

johnike · 04/30/2007, 02:46 PM

Is that Mike that was by Midway Airport 13 years ago?I bought my first live rock there.63rd & Central or so,Iv'e been gone for ten years now hard to remember sometimes.I remember the horrible parking though.

BiggySmalls · 04/30/2007, 03:24 PM

i didnt really like it there, i have gone there but it is pretty expensive, $50 for all corals last time i went
it was i think $70 for a flame hawk
and it goes on
expensive and many fish are in bad health

jepuskar · 04/30/2007, 04:52 PM

I was in there once and that was enough for me. they had a Remora in some small tank...the thing had barely enough room to swim 12inches before it had to turn around. They were cleaning out this bigger tank that I would assume this thing would go in...but it just wasnt pretty.

MBasile · 04/30/2007, 05:51 PM

yeah i agree: high prices, not the greatest selection, and no sps! bummer...

i saw that remora too.... kinda heart breaking. why would they even stock a fish like that for home aquariums? silly.... kinda like the nurse sharks i see too often at LPS's

DeltecRules · 04/30/2007, 06:05 PM

I stop in there once in a while, horrible selection, over priced common fish. Poor selection of dry goods. I would go with Aquatica in tinley park which is down the street from capture the sea. Huge selection of fish, dry goods very healthy selection. Another place in orland park is GO FISH which is part of the reptile house. Nice selection of aquacultured SPS's, dry goods and some decent fish.

Rkthepainter · 04/30/2007, 06:33 PM

i had good luck with capture, as well as the shop at 79th and harlem, oddlot. i'm strange(ya know it). if i buy a fish or coral and have bad luck with it, i dont go back. Animal island in midlo, is a terrible shop, but i have never lost a fish from them. Aquatica on the other hand i've had nothing but fish death????

chitowner · 04/30/2007, 06:39 PM

what you expect a prodigy of joe from tropicana that used to be on 39th and rockwell

Rkthepainter · 04/30/2007, 06:40 PM

tropicana. that was a fine store......not

BiggySmalls · 04/30/2007, 07:02 PM

go fish and aquatica were the best stores i went to, animal island isnt good that good but noneof my fish died
i like aquatica, everything seems healthy adn prices arent bad

yea i saw the remora too, and it is still in the small tank

johnike · 04/30/2007, 07:19 PM

Odd Lot!Tropicana!How old are we old farts?Who was the guy on Roberts Road and maybe 103rd or so?And Barry at 111th and Kedzie next to the record store?King Picses was his name.Every Friday,I had a bag waiting for me to feed the Lionfish,Big Snowflake Eel,and a big Marine Betta.The stuff we bought back in the 80's was kinda experimental in the south suburbs.

muzz · 04/30/2007, 07:44 PM

the guys at capture the sea are greedy scam artists, and give people misinformation just to sell stuff. they charge more than double on many of their things, especially any dry goods. i know, i got taken badly there when i first started.....

ssirishpride · 04/30/2007, 09:46 PM

well i'll stay away then. i went to aquatica the other week and liked it alot. go fish is a cool place but they are the ones who sold my wife the elegance as a "neon open brain $39.00" (not sure I am cool with that). reef's edge was pretty cool too when i was there.

tcmfish · 04/30/2007, 09:53 PM

the place is on 189th and wolf road they have some good fish prices not a lot of tanks though and the coral selection is limited to one huge tank with a few SPS at the top that were hard to see because the tank was up high and depp and lots of other nice corals though

BiggySmalls · 05/01/2007, 02:46 PM

yea there is one guy at aquatica that doesnt seem to know what he is doing, he is tall

there is a bald guy that is very helpful though

MBasile · 05/01/2007, 06:51 PM

111th and kedzie?! i live a block away! i wish there was a good lfs there! is the one on roberts road and 103rd still there? or 189th and wolf? ive never been to or heard of these places, but would check them out. unless of course i got confused and all these are all on north rather than south side..... then i guess im SOL

BTW, i heard odd lots went out of business, but heard good things about it while it was there, even though i myself was never there. anyone know what the deal is with them?

ssirishpride · 05/01/2007, 10:53 PM

went to odd lot last night for the dt's i was lookin' for. still in business.

Racenrich · 05/02/2007, 10:01 AM

Way overpriced, poor customer service and just plain boring!

id save your time for Aquatica in Tinley park, IMO the best store for fish and corals....95% softies and LPS...and it's about 5 min from CTS...

also, if time permits id stop in at the "Reptile house" of John Humphrey Drive by the mall, Fish store as well.....LOTS of stuff, some good, some bad, but overall a decent store.

HTH.

ssirishpride · 05/02/2007, 10:56 AM

thats the store called "go fish" on j.h.d. it is a pretty cool little place. you're right on, some good, some bad. i got my stand from aquatica. nice joint. big fish!

ssirishpride · 05/02/2007, 11:02 AM

ok consensus says skip CTS, goto "the new one" to check it out. swing over to Aquatica again. have lunch/dinner with the parents and make up some bs reason to have to leave and make a mad dash for DLC before they close. sound right to you?

04/30/2007, 02:07 PM	#1
ssirishpride Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 180	capture the sea??? opinions please. i have to go over to my parents house this weekend and saw hat there is a reef store there. an experiences. he also said the just opened one at wolf and 179th or there abouts. any info is greatly welcome. thanks! __________________ Aquapod 24 (false wall removed) 250 watt SunPod 20" Reef Octopus BH-1000 Vortech MP20 40 Lbs. Marshall and Bali Alor

04/30/2007, 02:32 PM	#3
ssirishpride Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 180	you know my friend just said a similar thing when i asked him. the only reason i was now gonna head there was that they have dt's phyto. any info on the new store on wolf? __________________ Aquapod 24 (false wall removed) 250 watt SunPod 20" Reef Octopus BH-1000 Vortech MP20 40 Lbs. Marshall and Bali Alor

04/30/2007, 05:51 PM	#8
MBasile Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: chicago- south side Posts: 1,737	yeah i agree: high prices, not the greatest selection, and no sps! bummer... i saw that remora too.... kinda heart breaking. why would they even stock a fish like that for home aquariums? silly.... kinda like the nurse sharks i see too often at LPS's __________________ -Matt

04/30/2007, 06:05 PM	#9
DeltecRules Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Homer Glen IL. Posts: 1,552	I stop in there once in a while, horrible selection, over priced common fish. Poor selection of dry goods. I would go with Aquatica in tinley park which is down the street from capture the sea. Huge selection of fish, dry goods very healthy selection. Another place in orland park is GO FISH which is part of the reptile house. Nice selection of aquacultured SPS's, dry goods and some decent fish. __________________ Pair of Laboutei Fairy wrasses Pair of Hawaii Flame wrasses Pair of Rhomboid Fairy wrasse Pair of Lineatus Fairy wrasse Tinkers Butterfly Pair of Picasso Clown fish Mystery wrasse Current Tank Info: 75 gallon, 220 gallon system, 30 gallon sump, Bubble King 250 External Skimmer, Hamilton 2-175 watt 15,000 K Iwasaki's, 2 96 watt 03 Actinics, Tunze 2X6101's

04/30/2007, 06:33 PM	#10
Rkthepainter Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Location: Location: Posts: 390	i had good luck with capture, as well as the shop at 79th and harlem, oddlot. i'm strange(ya know it). if i buy a fish or coral and have bad luck with it, i dont go back. Animal island in midlo, is a terrible shop, but i have never lost a fish from them. Aquatica on the other hand i've had nothing but fish death???? __________________ Reefer head.....><> Current Tank Info: Current Tanks: 2 liter pop bottle

04/30/2007, 02:14 PM	#2
redvipe2010 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Morris, IL Posts: 1,891	I am not too fond of Capture the Sea. I have at times seen many sick fish, sick anemones and dead anemones still for public viewing. A dead anemone in a tank is pretty nasty. I have yet to see a healthy anemone in their tanks. They are a bit expensive for what they have, and the condition it is in, an not as knowledgeable as they should be.

04/30/2007, 02:38 PM	#4
redvipe2010 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Morris, IL Posts: 1,891	No, have not been there, but looking forward to it.

04/30/2007, 02:46 PM	#5
johnike Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bureau County Illinois Posts: 5,406	Is that Mike that was by Midway Airport 13 years ago?I bought my first live rock there.63rd & Central or so,Iv'e been gone for ten years now hard to remember sometimes.I remember the horrible parking though.

04/30/2007, 03:24 PM	#6
BiggySmalls Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chi-town Posts: 1,315	i didnt really like it there, i have gone there but it is pretty expensive, $50 for all corals last time i went it was i think $70 for a flame hawk and it goes on expensive and many fish are in bad health

04/30/2007, 04:52 PM	#7
jepuskar Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 595	I was in there once and that was enough for me. they had a Remora in some small tank...the thing had barely enough room to swim 12inches before it had to turn around. They were cleaning out this bigger tank that I would assume this thing would go in...but it just wasnt pretty.

04/30/2007, 06:39 PM	#11
chitowner Moved On Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 291	what you expect a prodigy of joe from tropicana that used to be on 39th and rockwell

04/30/2007, 06:40 PM	#12
Rkthepainter Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Location: Location: Posts: 390	tropicana. that was a fine store......not __________________ Reefer head.....><> Current Tank Info: Current Tanks: 2 liter pop bottle

04/30/2007, 07:02 PM	#13
BiggySmalls Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chi-town Posts: 1,315	go fish and aquatica were the best stores i went to, animal island isnt good that good but noneof my fish died i like aquatica, everything seems healthy adn prices arent bad yea i saw the remora too, and it is still in the small tank

04/30/2007, 07:19 PM	#14
johnike Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bureau County Illinois Posts: 5,406	Odd Lot!Tropicana!How old are we old farts?Who was the guy on Roberts Road and maybe 103rd or so?And Barry at 111th and Kedzie next to the record store?King Picses was his name.Every Friday,I had a bag waiting for me to feed the Lionfish,Big Snowflake Eel,and a big Marine Betta.The stuff we bought back in the 80's was kinda experimental in the south suburbs.

04/30/2007, 07:44 PM	#15
muzz Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: channahon Posts: 489	the guys at capture the sea are greedy scam artists, and give people misinformation just to sell stuff. they charge more than double on many of their things, especially any dry goods. i know, i got taken badly there when i first started..... __________________ pain is inevitable; but suffering is optional.... Current Tank Info: 45g bowfront and 125g with 75g sump

04/30/2007, 09:46 PM	#16
ssirishpride Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 180	well i'll stay away then. i went to aquatica the other week and liked it alot. go fish is a cool place but they are the ones who sold my wife the elegance as a "neon open brain $39.00" (not sure I am cool with that). reef's edge was pretty cool too when i was there. __________________ Aquapod 24 (false wall removed) 250 watt SunPod 20" Reef Octopus BH-1000 Vortech MP20 40 Lbs. Marshall and Bali Alor

04/30/2007, 09:53 PM	#17
tcmfish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,658	the place is on 189th and wolf road they have some good fish prices not a lot of tanks though and the coral selection is limited to one huge tank with a few SPS at the top that were hard to see because the tank was up high and depp and lots of other nice corals though

05/01/2007, 02:46 PM	#18
BiggySmalls Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chi-town Posts: 1,315	yea there is one guy at aquatica that doesnt seem to know what he is doing, he is tall there is a bald guy that is very helpful though

05/01/2007, 06:51 PM	#19
MBasile Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: chicago- south side Posts: 1,737	111th and kedzie?! i live a block away! i wish there was a good lfs there! is the one on roberts road and 103rd still there? or 189th and wolf? ive never been to or heard of these places, but would check them out. unless of course i got confused and all these are all on north rather than south side..... then i guess im SOL BTW, i heard odd lots went out of business, but heard good things about it while it was there, even though i myself was never there. anyone know what the deal is with them? __________________ -Matt

05/01/2007, 10:53 PM	#20
ssirishpride Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 180	went to odd lot last night for the dt's i was lookin' for. still in business. __________________ Aquapod 24 (false wall removed) 250 watt SunPod 20" Reef Octopus BH-1000 Vortech MP20 40 Lbs. Marshall and Bali Alor

05/02/2007, 10:01 AM	#21
Racenrich Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NWI, St. John Posts: 2,083	Way overpriced, poor customer service and just plain boring! id save your time for Aquatica in Tinley park, IMO the best store for fish and corals....95% softies and LPS...and it's about 5 min from CTS... also, if time permits id stop in at the "Reptile house" of John Humphrey Drive by the mall, Fish store as well.....LOTS of stuff, some good, some bad, but overall a decent store. HTH. __________________ Home of the $15 FRAGS... Current Tank Info: 67g long (72x12x18), 30g Sump....10.5.yr old watchman golby!

05/02/2007, 10:56 AM	#22
ssirishpride Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 180	thats the store called "go fish" on j.h.d. it is a pretty cool little place. you're right on, some good, some bad. i got my stand from aquatica. nice joint. big fish! __________________ Aquapod 24 (false wall removed) 250 watt SunPod 20" Reef Octopus BH-1000 Vortech MP20 40 Lbs. Marshall and Bali Alor

05/02/2007, 11:02 AM	#23
ssirishpride Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 180	ok consensus says skip CTS, goto "the new one" to check it out. swing over to Aquatica again. have lunch/dinner with the parents and make up some bs reason to have to leave and make a mad dash for DLC before they close. sound right to you? __________________ Aquapod 24 (false wall removed) 250 watt SunPod 20" Reef Octopus BH-1000 Vortech MP20 40 Lbs. Marshall and Bali Alor