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The Basement Reef

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The Basement Reef

Locally-Owned Aquatic Pet Store and Houseplant shop now open in Columbia, MO
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08/31/2024

Looking to treat yourself with something new for your tank this labor day weekend? All of these frags from our new shipment are five for $100 this weekend! Stop by and see us Saturday 12-5 or Sunday 12-4!

08/30/2024

We just unpacked a fresh shipment of corals and most of these are five for $100 all weekend long, and we're sure our prices won't be beat on the more premium frags, either. Stop by!

08/29/2024

Labor day weekend sale:

5 for $100 frags

15% off freshwater fish

15% off houseplants

Fri 12-6
Saturday 12-5
Sunday 12-4

Come see us! We'll also be unpacking a fresh coral shipment tomorrow so our frag tank will be well stocked!

08/24/2024

Lots of good stuff in stock right now, a little something for everyone! We're here til 5 today, stop by and say hi!

08/23/2024

Carnivorous plants are our most requested item by far and we can never keep up.
Limited quantities of sundew and butterworts available now, get them while they last!

08/17/2024

We have some great rare plants in stock right now:

Assorted import hybrid anthurium 12+ months settled: $50

Philodendron longilobatum lelano Milano - NOT tissue cultured, lineage back to original specimen - $75

Philodendron orange marmalade $40

Lots of other great plants, coral and fish in stock! We're here til 5 today and 12-4 tomorrow!

07/27/2024

We still have a TON of great plants and coral frags left over from our sale last week! We're here til 6 today, stop by and check it out!

07/21/2024

Im sure you all have caught on after 4 years that we usually extend this sale into Sunday and that is again the case this year. Lots of great coral and plants left, as well as plenty of freebies. We're at it from 12-4, stop by!

07/20/2024

We're all set for today's anniversary sale! Stop by starting at noon for:

Buy one get one half off all plants
Buy one get one half off all corals
15% off all fish
Free coral or plant with every purchase while supplies last!

We're as stocked up as we've been in basically a year so there's sure to be something that will grab your attention!

07/18/2024

This Saturday it's time for our 4 year anniversary sale! It's been a bit of a grind lately, but we made it! In addition to our usual blowout sale, you can think of this as a relaunch of sorts. We have fresh shipments of coral, fish, houseplants, terrarium plants and more hitting the store this week in preparation for Saturday. This sale always sets us off on the right foot for the following year so if you have ever supported us, we would sure appreciate you coming out this weekend!

All coral buy one get one 50% off
All houseplants buy one get one 50% off
All fish 15% off
Free frags or houseplants with every purchase while supplies last!

Come celebrate with us!

07/06/2024

We will open as soon as possible but are currently locked out due to a broken key. I am headed home to look for my spare or I will call a locksmith. We will announce here when we are open. Very sorry!

06/07/2024

Here's some photos of the shipment we unpacked earlier. We have saltwater fish and inverts coming tomorrow, too! We'll be here all weekend, stop by and get some new goodies for your tank!

06/06/2024

We just unpacked a killer shipment from our friends over at Tampico Coral Farms. We'll upload pics later but if you're a fan of rainbow hammers, ultra torches, grafted montis, bounce mushrooms, or true one of a kind corals like branching cyphastrea or the one and only Fiji yellow leather, we think there will be a lot to like on this shipment. As always, we'll be open Friday through Sunday this week and we're typically available by appointment throughout the rest of the week.

05/25/2024

Today and tomorrow:
Buy one get one half off on all Zoanthids
Free coral with any hammer or torch purchase

We're here til 7 today and 12-4 tomorrow!

05/03/2024

Opening a little late today but staying late for First Friday. Catch us from 2pm til at least 8pm and enjoy buy one get one half off all plants and coral frags today. Hope to see you!

04/27/2024

We are closing a bit early today because of an event we need to attend, so make sure to stop by before 3:30. We will be here from 12-5 tomorrow, too.

In the meantime, we've been busy building out our selection of aquacultured corals and that means great prices for you!

Reverse superman, green digitata and red cap montis all $15

Acropora frags and Midas zoas $20

Frankenstein leptos $10

We also received a great shipment of fish yesterday. Dome nice healthy bangai cardinals, a beautiful pair of snowflake maroon clowns and lots more! Stop by and check it out!

04/13/2024

We really need to clear out some frags that have been here a while to make room for some new ones, so let's have a little fun with it; today and tomorrow, all frags are name your price/no reasonable offer refused. Come see us and let's make some deals! We're here til 7 today and 12-5 tomorrow, plenty of time to stop by and pick up some new stuff at great prices!

04/12/2024

We're here til 7 tonight! Store is looking good right now, come say hi!

04/06/2024

We have a 30 gallon used tank and stand available. Perfect blank slate for a reef tank or freshwater aquarium. This isn't a common size anymore and they're great! Leak tested. We also have several small used aquariums available, as well as our ongoing buy one get one half off sale on plants and our massive coral markdown section. We're here til 7 today, stop by!

04/05/2024

First day of new hours. Long post but we have lots to get through:

We are here earlier and open later every Friday and Saturday now. 11-7.

Tonight is First Friday in the North Village Arts District , it's always a fun time and most of the other businesses around us usually have something fun going on. If you've never checked it out, tonight is a great night to give it a shot!

Massive coral markdown section: tons of $20 frags, come check them out!

All plants are once again buy one get one half off all weekend!

Nothing new coming this week but we do plan to get new coral and fish in next week. Discounts available for preorder, shoot us a message or come talk to us if you have a request or want to see availability. Lots of WYSIWYG corals available, this order and always!

We still plan to offer our saltwater aquarium classes. We will share more details soon but refer back to our earlier post if you are curious. It would be great to find a few people interested in this and get it off the ground this month or next!

We're primed to have a good weekend and as always, we love to see our customers so come pay us a visit when you can!

04/03/2024

Effective Immediately: moving forward we will be open weekends and by appointment only:
Friday 11-7
Saturday 11-7
Sunday 12-5
Or send us a quick message to arrange a time to meet during the week.

Don't worry, though! We aren't going anywhere! In fact, this reorganization is being done to deliver a better service to you now and into the future.

We've always been committed to bringing a fully featured and full-time saltwater aquarium store to Columbia and while the first four years have been a success (we're still here, right?), the reality is that we can and should be offering a more robust and consistent selection of products and services to you all, so we got down to examining how exactly we could do that.

The conclusion we came to is that in the interim we would be better served by focusing during the week on expanding our maintenance services and other gig work that will allow us to pump money back into the business. The end result will be a much more consistent, robust and resilient retail store and we have every expectation that into the future we will be able to expand our hours on the back of that success.

We have big plans and we can't do them without big help from you, though! If you or anyone you know is interested in the installation or maintenance of an aquarium at their home or work place, reach out! We will have a ton more time to deliver some amazing aquariums to people. Also, please support us through this small change to our business; continued support from all of our existing customers is and always will be the backbone this store is built on.

Pictured below is one of our clients' tanks over at Willett Dental Associates. If you want something like that, come talk to us and we can teach you how or do it all for you!

In short, stick with us through these reduced hours and you definitely will not be disappointed with everything we plan to offer as we grow into year 5 of our business and beyond!

03/30/2024

We have a pretty wild assortment of endlers and guppies in right now. Beautiful fish as is, or the start of a really fun breeding project; lots of fun genetics here!

03/29/2024

New Plants!
Michaelmoellaria Vietnamensis (beautiful variegation, nice blooms!)
Philodendron billietiae
Philodendron panduriforme
Goldfish plant
African violet
Monstera adansoniii
Watermelon peperomia
Cebu blue pothos
Marble queen pothos

Don't forget, today is the last day for buy one get one half off on all coral frags and we still have plenty of beginner sps coral packs available for $55!

It's a beautiful day outside and we're all set to have a great weekend and a strong close to the month, come see us!

03/28/2024

We have some big and beautiful bubbletip anemones in right now, like some of the biggest we've seen! We also fragged up some acropora and king Midas Zoanthids the other week that are all nice and healed up and ready to go now.

Buy one get one half off on all coral frags, today and tomorrow only!

While supplies last: Beginner sps pack: one green and purple acropora frag, one green montipora digitata frag and one reverse superman montipora frag $55
All are very hardy and grown in house.

03/23/2024

We are open and ready to roll today, and don't forget that all plants are buy one get one half off this weekend!

03/22/2024

Tons of new tropical plants in, and this weekend they are all buy one get one half off!

03/21/2024

Reduced Hours Today: 1pm-5pm

Tomorrow we will have a large saltwater fish and inverts order as well as plenty of new tropical plants. All plants all weekend BOGO 50% Off!

03/16/2024

All corals this weekend buy one get one 30% off. Come stock up and we'll get some new ones in soon!

03/13/2024

Here til 6 today, stop by and grab some new fish/corals/plants. It's a great day out!

03/10/2024

Closed today due to technical difficulties with our payment processing. Come see us another day and sorry for any inconvenience!

Address

110 N. 10th Street
Columbia, MO
65201

Opening Hours

Friday	11am - 7pm
Saturday	11am - 7pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

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We just unpacked a fresh shipment of corals and most of these are five for $100 all weekend long, and we're sure our prices won't be beat on the more premium frags, either. Stop by!

We've been so busy growing our own frags out, we honestly forgot we had a coral order on the way this week! Oops! Well, we have so many frags that they're spilling over to our grow out tanks. Come check it out because we are very, very likely to have something you like right now......

Here are the door prize winners from our anniversary event: $10 gift certificate: Vivian Yang $25 gift certificate: Sabrina M $100 gift certificate: Tad S White Knight Philodendron: Kelcey Torres Holy grail micromussa: John Baker Pink tip Elegance Coral: Jainee Cowen 20 Gallon Innovative Marine: Mike Gladbach Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who came out this past weekend!

Lots of great plants left at our pop up with Ecuagenera! We're here til 4 today, come check it out!

Lots of great coral frags left, even after you all bought an absolute ton of them yesterday!

Here's a look at how the pop up went today. It was like this most of the day! We're doing it all over again tomorrow, so come check it out!

Still a few more hours left today to shop out Ecuagenera Pop Up! Tomorrow, too!

Who is ready for our Pop Up with Ecuagenera and NBD Plants? The store is ready. Well see you at 10!

Holiday Shop Hop! Horse Drawn Carriage Rides! Magic Tree Lighting! Great Deals! There's maybe never been a better day to visit downtown, come check it out!

Really great plant shipment today! $99 Thai constellations! More plants in the comments.

Watch as we draw the winners for our two year anniversary Raffles! Thanks to everyone who came out today!

We picked up this torch the other week that's a dead ringer for a NY Knicks torch except for a few things, the growth pattern is very "robust" and it doesn't play nice with indo torches. We think it might be an Aussie imposter! Either way, beautiful piece and will look great in someone's tank!

Our hammers and frammers are looking crazy! Come get something special for your reef!

Another successful First Friday in the books. We got even busier than this after we stopped filming! Thank you everyone who came out. The only day we've done better was our one year anniversary event, maybe we can top it this July for our two year?

Come see us for First Friday tonight! We've prepared a little promo video to tell you all about it if you've never been to a First Friday event in the North Village Arts District

We're going to be doing a full and narrated tour of our freshwater section for our YouTube channel within the next week, but in the meantime we didn't want to waste any time spotlighting these fish to our followers here on Facebook, so we've cut a little preview. Lots of neat/rare fish in this, with many more to come as well as lots of info on them in the YouTube video later in the week. Enjoy!