ocellaris ?

rs,

Nah, we'se from the south east in the in the Carolinas. But I travel to Texas alot on business and I was just there two weeks ago. It is a great aquarium and I would highly recommend it. The jelly exibit was amazing! I was pretty surprised at the lack of LFS in the CC area. There was one that I visited though and they had a pretty decent setup, their corals were about $10 less than what we generally get 'round these here parts. But, they wanted $6.99/lb for their LR! Anyways, I visited that store and talked with some of the guys there for awhile, good kids and fairly knowledgeable. I would love to check out the reef that is off the coast there though. It's the northern most reef in the world I believe.

Kinda funny that this (northern reef) topic popped up here.  In passing, Adam and I had a similar discussion over some pizza a couple weeks back, only I was under the impression that it was off the coast of Alabama, but I couldn't remember the name/location/ect.  Well, the guy I know (catalyst salesman from Houston) who has dived there just made his monthly visit.  It turns out the place is called The Flower Gardens.  They are about 100 miles off the Texas/Louisiana coast and are according to NOAA, the most northern coral reefs in the USA.  Here's NOAAs website for the area:  http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/oms/omsflower/omsflower. html

Carl, is that the area that you heard about in Corpus Cristi?  The recent history of the Flower Gardens is kinda interesting.  They were only "recently" discovered and were kept a "secret" until Shell Oil Exploration started drilling in the area.  The mud from the drilling operation started to kill the reef.  A concerted effort by gulf coast divers and environmentalist got the dilling stopped and the area protected from future drilling.

LOL...........