The Basement Reef

01/25/2025

We unpacked a ton of new frags this week, as well as saltwater fish and feeder crickets. Remember, our feeder crickets are always at the low price of 20 for $1!

We've had a bit of a slow month with all of the weather so to end on a good note, we'll run a deal on coral this weekend. All regularly $25 corals are five for $100!

Stop by and see us!

01/04/2025

Apologies but we will remain closed today and tomorrow. Come see us next week please!

01/03/2025

We are closed today due to illness. We will be open tomorrow but likely closed Sunday pending weather. Thanks!

12/21/2024

Holiday Hours, announcements and specials:

First, today we will be closing at 3pm for a holiday gathering.

Next, effective immediately our hours will be back to weekends only as follows:
Fridays 12-6
Saturday 12-5
Sunday 12-4
This is because I recently took a part time job to help underpin mine and the store's finances a bit. Short term, we hate to be open fewer hours but long-term this is going to allow the store to grow in the way that I, and most importantly you - the customers, need it to.

Finally, now through the end of the year we will be running some holiday specials:
All reptiles 15% off
All plants buy one get one half off
All freshwater fish 15% off
All coral buy one get one half off

Thanks for reading and thanks for sticking with us as we've found the best ways to grow the store for us and for you. We're excited to see you all over the holiday season for these deals and for everything the new year holds!

11/23/2024

Continuing to add to our reptile section, we finally got our chameleon enclosure all worked out. Stop by and check out these awesome captive bred baby veiled chameleons!

11/21/2024

Black Friday Starts NOW!
We have a wide assortment of frags priced at six for $100, come check it out!

11/20/2024

It's Black Friday for the rest of the month here at The Basement Reef!

These specials start now (or tomorrow in the case of the frags) and last the day of the month or until we run out!

Doorbuster Frag Packs: Wide variety of soft and Stony coral frags SIX for $100!! These frags include acropora, montipora (several varieties!), anacropora, anthelia, Xenia, astreopora, blastomussa, Duncans, favites, galaxea, gorgonians, leptoseris, mushrooms, zoa's, pocillapora, pavona and more! These are the cheapest frags we've ever offered!

Rainbow Bubbletip Anemones $45 - lowest ever price!

All Tropical and Aquatic Plants Buy One Get One 50% off!

Stay tuned because there may be more deals to come, we hope to see you soon!

11/17/2024

We will be closed today, Sunday November 17, I am not feeling well today, sorry! Be on the lookout for extended Black Friday specials soon.

11/15/2024

Our reptile section is off to a hot start! While we may not have the most robust selection of reptiles and amphibians yet, we are making it our focus to offer the BEST cared for pet reptiles available at retail in Columbia. We also know that things like these leopard geckos are often destined to be pets for children so we have gone out of our way to habituate them to handling. Stop by and check out what we have!

11/10/2024

Lots of goodies in right now, open 12-4 today. Stop by and check it out!

11/08/2024

New arrivals:
Hypo tangerine leopard gecko
Key lime pacman frog
Babies crested geckos
Mealworms
Super worms
Drosera paradoxa (sundew)

We're here 2-6 today, 12-5 Saturday and 12-4 Sunday. Don't forget, feeder crickets at The Basement Reef are 20 for $1!

11/06/2024

TONS of nice frags in right now and of course, feeder crickets for the LOW price of twenty for $1!

We're here 2-6 today, stop by!

11/01/2024

Reptiles and feeder crickets now available at The Basement Reef! We will have more, soon, so stay tuned!

11/01/2024

Starting TODAY, reptiles at The Basement Reef!
20 crickets for $1
Bulk discounts on 1000 count
Make us your new cricket stop, tell your friends!

Locally-Owned Aquatic Pet Store and Houseplant shop now open in Columbia, MO
Vendors, please contact

10/31/2024

Today's Super Spooky Special is all of our previous super spooky specials! That's 10% off almost everything in the store as well as five piece coral packs for $100.

That's not all, though! We're excited to announce that we are expanding into reptiles! This will be a slow process so don't expect a crazy variety of animals all at once, but you can absolutely expect us to be your new favorite place to stop for crickets and soon enough all feeder items!

Make us your new cricket stop!

10/25/2024

Make sure you stop by today for the latest part of our Super Spooky Halloween Sale! That's a different sale every day for the rest of the month and today is 10% off all montipora. Did we mention we have some absolutely killer montis in right now?

10/24/2024

Tons of coral in, some old and lots new! Come in tomorrow for the next day of our super spooky Halloween Sale and enjoy 10% off all montipora frags! This is probably the best day of the sale, in my opinion, because we have some absolutely amazing montis in at the moment.