keenonfish
Fish Addict
what a sweeping statement!!: PETS @ HOME!!!!!!!! doesn't matter which one!
have you been to every single Pets at home in the country? no you havent, because if you had you would see that there are indeed some very good stores, especially the one at stockport, my local at giltbrook is also very good as are 3 others i have been to lately, dont judge a chain by its name, judge each individual shop by how it is run!
Truck I have lost count at the number of fish I have seen with white spot and Columnaris at Stockport since the refit. No excuse for it. They chuck a load of Neons in a tank in the morning, 6 hours later the lights are on and they are being sold to the public. Not even checked. I saw a guy net a Neon with saddleback recently

There are plenty of perfectly decent stores other than P@H - Abyss in Stockport has first class stock only minor gripe is that the prices are a bit high. If I ever went Marine or Discus I would only go their and Oasis for marine in Manchester. That would be it for me!
Also regarding your attitude toward helping the economy why should any of us be responsible for helping the economy? (from my POV the government (Gordon Brown) and reckless individuals who borrowed too much every bit as much as banks). At the end of the day Capitalism has cycles and the sooner we let this crazy boom go bust (admittedly leaving badly run companies up sh!t creak) then the sooner we can get back to normal. Fingers in ears and spend spend spend attitude are not going to get us any closer to a recovery I am afraid. Also I think times are going to get worse in the medium term before they get better so where ever I can find a fish shop with better service and stock and a little bit of extra reassurance from recommendations chucked in then that is great. Maybe any shops who find their reputation dented should look at improving things, although I suspect few of them would care!
Anyway not having a go as I do respect your contributions here but just felt the need to add some balance to the debate
