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What a busy week with new fish and corals incoming most days. The store is bursting at the seams after yet another trip ...
22/05/2026

What a busy week with new fish and corals incoming most days. The store is bursting at the seams after yet another trip to TMC for some really unusual additions. New for us are some Walking Corals, Heteropsammia spp. the best way I can describe these are they are like small elegence corals but have a tiny worm living underneath so that they seem to be able to walk around. Australian biscuit starfish, Feather stars, long tenticle heliofungai, Giant spider conch, Marshall island wrasse, High hat Sweetlips, an amazing pair of Watanabi angels, Fat head anthias, Majestic angel, Caribbean Blue tang, Purple tilefish are some of the others that caught my eye.

22/05/2026

Bank Holiday Monday is going to be a hot one

Open 10am-2pm

Bowyers Mysis back in Stock
15/05/2026

Bowyers Mysis back in Stock

08/05/2026

Two years ago while in Florida for Reefapalooza we visited several local marine stores and we all agreed Living Reef was one of our favourites. This was where I first saw a shoal of Mono fish and eventually added them to our own 10ft display. We made a return visit last week and again found the store very impressive and had some time to chat with Ann, the lovely owner. The whole store is immaculate and displayed a great selection of corals and fish. One display tank simply holds a huge Chicago Sunburst anemone, these sell for between $600 ~ $900 but are quite spectacular.

06/05/2026

Another great trip to TMC

Pick of the day are these Antler Crabs

01/05/2026

Monday 4th May Bank Holiday

Open 10am - 2pm

29/04/2026

We called in at a new store called Reefez. It has only been going for about a year but was well worth a visit. It was great to chat with Robert the owner about his experience of what works in the US compared with us the UK. It’s always good to learn and share with other store owners. He had a number of display tanks set up which although new and have much growing in to do, I must say everything was super healthy and they will be amazing given time.

Today we visited Koral King in Gainesville. I have been following them on Facebook for some time and they get some very...
28/04/2026

Today we visited Koral King in Gainesville. I have been following them on Facebook for some time and they get some very special corals in from time to time. It was Koral King who had the white tang on show at Reefapalooza. Allan and Daniel were very welcoming and showed us around. They also had a room with tropical plants, some finches and some amazing fossils, everything I also keep so we had so much in common. It was also nice to see an original copy of the world’s first written aquarium book!

So many to choose from but these would easily find a new home if I was allowed to bring them home. The last one was my f...
25/04/2026

So many to choose from but these would easily find a new home if I was allowed to bring them home. The last one was my favourite of the day, already sold for $12,000+

Address

Unit 1 Bowburn North Industrial Estate
Durham
DH65PF

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+441917114413

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