Another Good Lfs Story

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I was starting to think that horrible diseased tanks were just the way things worked at all stores till I visited one yesterday. It was amazing. They had tons of freshwater and saltwater species, in tanks that weren't overstocked. I think I saw 1 sead fish in the whole store. They even had discus!

I heard one of the employees talking to a customer and more or less refusing to sell them fish because their tank wasn't cycled and they already had some fish in it. They gave lots of advice (didn't hear most of it).

The bad, but unsuprising, part is that they are a good bit more expensive than pet[smart|co|land]. I have a thing for "ugly mollies" (or so they have been called), and this place had what appeared to be albino sailfin mollies but brown coloring. It looks like a darked dalmation mollie with red eyes and brown instead of black coloring. I got 4. The only issue I had was they the only sold these in male/female pairs. I was only after a set of females.
 
Wow. Sounds like our lfs, Hellesdon Barns. Thats a great shop; good pricing, wide range of fish, and I don't think we've seen any dead fish yet at all. And the staff are all very friendly and informative.

You do occasionally get a good lfs. Just neeed to keep looking around till you find a gem.
 
Big Al's (AKA Aquarium Services in my city) is another of these EXCELLENT fish stores.

All they do is fish, and the people they hire are people who know fish..... either excons who have spent extensive time (no pun intended) doing nothing but caring for fish, or who know the equipment, and other knowledgable people :D
never seen a dead fish, never seen a sick fish, the tanks have the clearist water ive ever seen.
 
I love my LFS and it's only 8 blocks away which is a definate plus! When we were having some problems with our tanks, one of the guys offered to come over and look at them for free. It just goes to show you that not every aquaria related business isn't in it for just the $$$$.
 

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