Local roots since 2008 · Deer Park, New York
About TIA Collection Corals
Since 2008, TIA Collection Corals has served reef keepers from Deer Park, New York. We offer healthy, fairly priced corals that make reefing easier to start, alongside rare corals and more than 100 named lineages for serious collectors. Today, TIA serves hobbyists locally and nationwide.
Established experience
Local Roots Since 2008
TIA Collection Corals grew out of Tropical Island Aquarium, a Long Island saltwater aquarium store serving local reef keepers since 2008.
Across our Deer Park store, we maintain many dedicated saltwater tanks with approximately 4,000 gallons of combined system volume. These established systems support the broad coral selection that local reef keepers can see in person, including pieces that may not be listed online.
By 2010, local reef hobbyists were already discussing the store online for its coral selection and competitive prices. More than a decade later, those same qualities continue to appear in customer reviews: healthy livestock, clean systems, broad selection, fair coral pricing, and practical guidance.
See an early community discussion from 2010
One store, every stage
One Store for Every Reef Keeper
We believe more people should be able to experience reefing. Whether you are choosing your first coral or searching for a rare piece for an established collection, we want you to find something at TIA.
Starting a Reef
Healthy, beginner-friendly corals at approachable prices make it easier to enter the hobby, learn, and build confidence.
Shop approachable coralsBuilding a Collection
TIA is a collector at heart. We have spent years collecting, growing, and maintaining rare corals across established systems. Only part of the full collection appears online at any one time.
Explore collector coralsThe next chapter
Why TIA Expanded Online
For years, TIA spent more time maintaining its systems and building the collection than talking about itself online.
In the summer of 2025, TIA began expanding its local foundation into a nationwide online brand. The goals were clear: make beginner-friendly corals more accessible, bring more of the rare collection to reef keepers across the country, and share long-term experience in a more organized way.
Going online allowed more people to access what had previously been available mainly to local customers.
Experience, organized and shared
Sharing What We Have Learned
Reefing information online can be fragmented, contradictory, or separated from the conditions in which it worked.
We do not claim that our way is the only right way. We share what has worked, failed, and changed in our own systems since 2008. The TIA blog turns that long-term experience into practical information reef keepers can understand, evaluate, and apply to their own tanks.
Still local. Now nationwide.
Going Online Changed Our Reach, Not Our Roots
You can still visit our Deer Park store, see the systems in person, ask questions, and pick up locally. Reef keepers across the country can now access the same range, from approachable everyday corals to rare collector pieces, through TIA's website and online marketplaces.