Recommendations on lfs or public displays to visit around Boston

[Maroun]

Hi all,
My name is Maroun and I've been reefing since more than 20 years. Im from Beirut-Lebanon but Will be in Boston for 5 days next week. I'd be interested in recommendations about Lfs to visit or any public displays or if it happens that theres any club meeting next week I would be happy to join. Would love to find a few nice frags to fly back with as well. Finally if anyone is available for a coffee and to talk reefs or maybe a lfs or tank tour that would be great.
Hers couple pics of my 400 G

Thanks for any help.andmlooking forward to visit and.meet anyone who is available next week..

 

[dilligaf29]

reach out to @dz6t ,@frank180reef ,@MofoCorals ,@saltwaterB @CrazyCorals im sure they will have something u might like

 

[Maroun]

Thank u will for sure reach out to them.

 

[FishieBusiness]

There is the New England Aquarium in Boston. It is a must see if you have the time.

 

[saltwaterB]

There is the New England Aquarium in Boston. It is a must see if you have the time.

Unfortunately, not the place to go if you are looking for Reefs ): any tank with live Coral at the aquaroum is in sad shape. And they only have 3-4 tanks out of all of them that have any live Coral. Complete disgrace for a public aquarium of their stature to let their tanks go like that. And even bigger disgrace is they hardley have ANY info about the state of the reefs and the importance of this fragile ecosystem to our planet and our survival on it.
To boot, their newest "Reef" display is a 20' tank full if Reef Fish and fake Coral ‍, which replaced a once beautiful thriving reef tank.

 

[sumant19]

Unfortunately, not the place to go if you are looking for Reefs ): any tank with live Coral at the aquaroum is in sad shape. And they only have 3-4 tanks out of all of them that have any live Coral. Complete disgrace for a public aquarium of their stature to let their tanks go like that. And even bigger disgrace is they hardley have ANY info about the state of the reefs and the importance of this fragile ecosystem to our planet and our survival on it.
To boot, their newest "Reef" display is a 20' tank full if Reef Fish and fake Coral ‍♂, which replaced a once beautiful thriving reef tank.

Couldnt agree more..

 

[sumant19]

I visited New England Aquarium 4 times (against my better judgement after the 1st visit) in last 5-6 years. I always find it dark, crowded and uninviting. There is hardly any real corals in there and I am not a fan of the rounding walkway around their central attraction which as SaltwaterB said is full of fake corals... When they renovated it few years back, they marketed it as a reef display on Facebook, displaying complete lack of understanding on what "reef" means.

The New England aquarium doesnt even come close to other public aquariums in Atlanta, Monterey bay etc. Even the Sea World in Orlando has better reef setups than the New England Aquarium.

 

[jdeb101]

Couldnt agree more..

I almost posted pretty much the same statement. It's funny (and sad) how many people think the big cylinder take is an actual "reef" tank. I honestly enjoy visiting my LFS 100x more than the NEA.

 

[charged45]

Kelly's Roast Beef on the southbound side of Rt1 has a big tank. Worth buying lunch and sitting by the tank while eating.

 

[saltwaterB]

Kelly's Roast Beef on the southbound side of Rt1 has a big tank. Worth buying lunch and sitting by the tank while eating.

This is actually the location of the very first BRS meetings