Just wanted to pass this on - if anyone is headed up to Minneapolis and needs their 'fix' of saltwater stuff where your in that area.  I found this great saltwater fish/reef only store.  Its called 'Saltwater Empire' you can google it to get their web site, very easy to find just off 35W in Bloomington, Minnesota.  I spoke with the owner, very friendly got a 'tour' or the store and all his behind the scenes stuff very clean and well kept.  The entire store was very clean, no 'fishy' smell what so ever.  He has tons and tons of frags and tons more larger corals did I mention he had tons of frags?  all looked very nice seems like its just about anything you would want and its nothing quite like it here in the DSM area.  He also had a nice line up of fish on hand but was a little picked over due to the sale.  Went there to pick up a few things on my way out of town they had advertised and ended up staying over an hour talking and looking.  If you are in the area drop by it won't disappoint!Â

Just wanted to pass it on.

How is it that a town like Des Moines doesn't have a great saltwater store???

Posted By jbrunken on 12/01/2008 04:55 PM
How is it that a town like Des Moines doesn't have a great saltwater store???

I've been wondering that for a long time now.

Posted By jbrunken on 12/01/2008 04:55 PM
How is it that a town like Des Moines doesn't have a great saltwater store???

Really I can only compare to DSM stores and the one I went to in the cities is a notch above the stores in DSM.  Some prices were high there and others were the same as some popular online stores.

That is cool, I have pased through Minn a few times wondering if there were any good stores to check out. Will def stop in the next time I am through there