Local Fish Stores - Chicagoland (Updated July 2021)

jp_75 · Feb 12, 2020

who bought it?

Jrodriguez682 · Feb 12, 2020

jp_75 said:
who bought it?

He said some doctor. Doesn’t know the business so he’s staying on to help out

Mjl714 · Nov 26, 2020

Jrodriguez682 said:
So I was in reefwise couple weeks ago, empty!!! However, Mike, previous owner, said he had just sold and was staying on as a consultant. He said the store would back up to its high standards in the very near future.
I hope so. This place had some nice stuff

New Reefwise owners appear to be Mike and Gus, I have high hopes for the new owners.

icedearth15324 · Nov 28, 2020

Mjl714 said:
New Reefwise owners appear to be Mike and Gus, I have high hopes for the new owners.

I stopped in and talked to Mike a couple months ago. He seems like he has high hopes for the store. I follow them on Facebook and they have definitely improved their social media presence. I re-added them to the list. If it wasn't for the fact I already have 3 yellow tangs and I lost my job, their black friday special for the captive-raised purple tangs looked super tempting.

Mjl714 · Nov 28, 2020

icedearth15324 said:
I stopped in and talked to Mike a couple months ago. He seems like he has high hopes for the store. I follow them on Facebook and they have definitely improved their social media presence. I re-added them to the list. If it wasn't for the fact I already have 3 yellow tangs and I lost my job, their black friday special for the captive-raised purple tangs looked super tempting.

Do any CR’s know either of these guys?

icedearth15324 · Nov 29, 2020

Mjl714 said:
Do any CR’s know either of these guys?

Outside of chatting in the store, I don't. I'm talked to Mike a ton when I've been there though.

icedearth15324 · Dec 4, 2020

Mjl714 said:
Do any CR’s know either of these guys?

I stopped in there today, since I was in the area. Talked to Gus for a few minutes. He used to be a customer of Reefwise years ago, and bought it with his partner Mike. This Mike, is not the same Mike as the one that used to work with Brian. They just bought the store like a week ago, but he sounds like he has a lot of things planned.

Mjl714 · Dec 4, 2020

icedearth15324 said:
I stopped in there today, since I was in the area. Talked to Gus for a few minutes. He used to be a customer of Reefwise years ago, and bought it with his partner Mike. This Mike, is not the same Mike as the one that used to work with Brian. They just bought the store like a week ago, but he sounds like he has a lot of things planned.

Hey, thanks for the update. I will be stopping by this Sunday.

Fish_wiz2 · Dec 4, 2020

Excited to see ReefWise bounce back, they've been in limbo for quite awhile.

Also, Tank It Easy has moved to the northwest side if editing the address is possible. Also only open Friday and Saturday for now.

icedearth15324 · Dec 5, 2020

Mjl714 said:
Hey, thanks for the update. I will be stopping by this Sunday.

Right now their inventory is small, but anything leftover from the old owners is discounted pretty nicely from what I was told.

Fish_wiz2 said:
Excited to see ReefWise bounce back, they've been in limbo for quite awhile.

Also, Tank It Easy has moved to the northwest side if editing the address is possible. Also only open Friday and Saturday for now.

Thanks for the reminder, I stopped in there like right when they opened. New location is awesome. In one of their tanks they had a school of like 30 purple tangs swimming together, was super cool to see.

Cowfish · Jan 3, 2021

icedearth15324 said:
Right now their inventory is small, but anything leftover from the old owners is discounted pretty nicely from what I was told.

Thanks for the reminder, I stopped in there like right when they opened. New location is awesome. In one of their tanks they had a school of like 30 purple tangs swimming together, was super cool to see.

Where is the new location?

icedearth15324 · Jan 4, 2021

Cowfish said:
Where is the new location?

4642 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago, IL

Cowfish · Jan 4, 2021

icedearth15324 said:
4642 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago, IL

Thank. I’ll check it out.

BADGUS · Jan 7, 2021

icedearth15324 said:
4642 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago, IL

This is Tank it easy, Not reefwise. Reefwise is at same location in Lisle.

((FORDTECH)) · Jan 7, 2021

Anyone been to the new fish store that recently opened up on corner of Higgins and natoma on north side Chicago? Maybe called blue aquatics or something

icedearth15324 · Jan 7, 2021

((FORDTECH)) said:
Anyone been to the new fish store that recently opened up on corner of Higgins and natoma on north side Chicago? Maybe called blue aquatics or something

I have not, but if you can get me the store information I can definitely go check it out. It's not super far from me.

((FORDTECH)) · Jan 7, 2021

It’s on Higgins between Harlem and nagle I will check to see if I can find name of it

((FORDTECH)) · Jan 7, 2021

Here it is

dvanlier05 · Mar 2, 2021

A new store opened in Barrington called Fish Island. They do both freshwater and saltwater. Currently they just have fish, CUC, and dry goods. Coral tanks are coming soon.

LatinoHeat · Mar 2, 2021

I thought I should add Nick's Reef in Carol Stream. Been getting excellent deals. Tell him Hector sent ya!

Local Fish Stores - Chicagoland (Updated July 2021)

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