Proudly Serving Both Nassau and Suffolk County
ISLAND FISH AND REEF: LONG ISLAND, NY’S NUMBER ONE AQUARIUM SHOP
Since 2003, Fish and Reef has been New York’s premier aquarium design, installation, stocking, and maintenance firm. Specializing in all aquatic ecosystems: freshwater, planted, saltwater, and reef alike.
For 18 years, Island Fish & Reef has been the go-to aquarium shop in Suffolk County. The extremely knowledgeable team is made up of experts who specialize in all aquatic ecosystems including freshwater, planted, saltwater and reef. Both residential and business clients turn to Island Fish & Reef for custom aquarium design, efficient installation, high-quality stocking, and extraordinary maintenance.
Yes, it is highly recommended that you don’t try to plan and execute your own aquarium. When you work with Island Fish & Reef, you are assigned a project manager to help you create a one of a kind design based on your specs. You will get help selecting all aspects of the project from tank size, filtration, maintenance frequency, decorations, cabinetry, glass manufacturers, fish species and compatibility and more. Your project manager will guide you one step at a time from planning to implementation to completion. In the end, you will reach your goal of creating a unique ecosystem that will have all eyes, “oohing and ahhing” at such a colorful and exciting water display.
If you are a beginner, it is a wise choice to hire a team to install your brand new aquarium. Island Fish & Reef sources, assembles and installs all aquarium equipment in East Marion, NY. Once your chosen materials have been successfully sourced and inspected for quality, the exciting installation process will begin. Rest assured, Island Fish & Reef selects high quality and long-lasting aquarium products so you will enjoy your aquarium for years to come. A benefit of hiring an aquarium company is that upon completion of the install, members of the Island Fish & Reef team will provide an informative lesson and advice on how to handle your new tank and system.
Unless you have experience with fish and know the rules of stocking compatible fishes, you should consider turning to the experts and not just a regular aquarium shop. An aquarium filled with unhealthy fish is not what you want to see inside your tank. Island Fish & Reef has a fully equipped quarantine and holding facility and system to ensure the health of the fish you select. These techs are highly trained with fish compatibility, coral placement, plant care and invertebrate requirements and will help you curate your aquarium efficiently.
Depending on the size of your aquarium, you may want to consider a professional aquarium cleaning service.Island Fish & Reef offers clean and maintenance services seven days a week. Every member of the Island Fish & Reef team is qualified to maintain all systems. Maintenance services include algae scrubbing, water testing, water amendments, filter material changes, inhabitant and equipment inspections, feeding when needed and more. Hire a professional and rest assured that the tank will be regularly and properly maintained.
It happens more often than you think. An aquarium owner gets busy and the required regular maintenance of an aquarium gets sporadic. If you’ve neglected the maintenance that your system requires, Island Fish & Reef can help restore it with the necessary rehabilitation service. Maintenance is available seven days a week.
If you need coverage for your aquarium while you are away, Island Fish & Reef can help
monitor, feed and maintain your aquarium until you return home or back in the office. Island Fish & Reef makes sure to follow the current feeding schedule so your fish stay on schedule and receive the deserved attention in your absence.
Don’t try to move the aquarium yourself or let a standard house moving company even attempt it. You want to keep your fish as less stressed as possible. Call Island Fish & Reef and the team will move all parts of your aquarium at the same time. When the aquarium arrives at the new location in Suffolk County, your system will be reinstalled and fully functional.
Island Fish & Reef offers a full line of professional aquarium services in Suffolk County. The team provides each client, residential or a business location, with sound advice and the answers you need. The dedicated team of knowledgeable aquarists provide and maintain quality service for your aquarium at home or at your place of business. Island Fish & Reef is fully licensed and insured and offers competitive pricing and contracting plans.
For a complimentary consultation, contact Island Fish & Reef, Suffolk County’s leading aquarium shop East Marion. Call 631-467-3474 today. With 18 years of experience, Island Fish & Reef will help you enjoy your aquarium for years to come.
The first inhabitants were the Orient Focus People, Native Americans who lived in the area about 1000 BC. They vanished long before the arrival in about 900 AD of the Corchaugs, who called the area Poquatuc. The Corchaugs were still present when six English families settled in 1661. The new residents called the area Oysterponds because of the abundant shellfish that they began to gather and sell to nearby communities. While farming remained the principal occupation, trading vessels began operating out of the sheltered harbor during the colonial period.
British troops landed in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. Many families fled to Connecticut, and the Redcoats periodically plundered the farms they left behind. After Benedict Arnold switched sides, he organized raids on Connecticut from Oysterponds. The British returned during the War of 1812, setting up what turned out to be a porous blockade against American ships sailing to New York City. In 1814 Commodore Stephen Decatur anchored his American squadron off Trumans Beach but never engaged the British. After the war, renewed farming and fishing brought prosperity to Oysterponds. By 1840 more than 30 schooners were operating out of the harbor, carrying fish and produce.
Orient and East Marion originally were called Oysterponds Lower Neck and Oysterponds Upper Neck, respectively. In 1836, the two communities went their separate ways with new names. Orient was chosen to reflect the area’s easternmost position on the North Fork of Long Island. East Marion was named for Gen. Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox” of the Revolutionary War. “East” was tacked on because of an existing town of Marion upstate.
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