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what LFS's did u end up going to on the weekend? did you find any brevis? i went to a breeder out at st marys yesterday who had brevis! but i forgot to ask if he was selling any. u still interested?

H2O aye? havent been there before, i might try to go visit sometime. homebush is about 1/2 hr from my house. let me know if you go!

about the only positive thing is that they are close to my house. The reason i say that is cuz they always have the same exact fish, everyhting looks the same, nothing changes, and every time i go in, the worker guy follows me around the whole time... and my dad has known the guy for over 20 years............

one good thing about the 2 lfs near me, is the fact that they do know what their talking about. unlike ones who will sell u anything and everything

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Very helpful & prices are very good.
Clean tanks & good food products.


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the guy that owns my local is very cute and took me out to dinner last week.

oh and he gives me a discount.



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my lfs is not the biggest store where i live. but the knowledge he has is amazing. he is also very freindly and when he goes on holidays he gives me the key to do water changes etc. how sweet is that

Well, yesterday I went to an lfs (well 2 ) but at one the lady was... Just very friendly I guess, sure she was trying to sell me a betta hex, but she was just so polite Always asking if I needed any help

Oh, Yeah & Joss Stone is a VERY friendly person

my lfs....one of the workers is a friend of mine..of course...i get discounts...and sometimes...i can negotiate prices and i can get stuffs tax free..now hows that as a positive remarks for a lfs.

well i actually work at my "lfs." i've worked there for over a year, but tuesday is actually my last day because i'm moving. so i might be a little biased in the positive things i see in the store.

we never sell sick fish. we keep our tanks pretty and clean. we don't lie to customers to get sales. we don't sell fish to customers we know will not provide proper conditions for them. the staff are friendly and helpful. in fact, the staff are the best part of the store!!!

my lfs's havea good range of fish and know mostly what there talking about unless there eager to make a sale..that's when they'll sell u anything! but now that i know them all quite well.. i get discounts and sometimes free bloodworm and plants and when i'm real lucky i get a free fish

Nah, I didn't find brevis Ive kinda given up on them I like my bettas

I went to a shop in hornsby called "Pet paradise" or something like that. It looked like they had some nice shellie shells though, they were labelled as hermit crab shells but they were pretty cool...

Go goldfishgeek!!!!! Hope the date went well!

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lets see, some good points about my favourite LFS, wide range of both fw and marine species all healthy and all kept in well-maintained tanks of appropriate size, etc... not too bad on prices, large selection of tanks, supplies and equipment, knowledgable staff... bad points?? i actually can't think of any

Last edited by pfaft at 04-Jul-2005 04:20

When you guys go to H2o...pm me the day before you guys go, i'll met you guys there Finally get to meet my bro...

Ok good points of my Fish store are that I can pretty much get anything I want at discount or free. Since I picked up this crazy hobby a few months ago Ive pretty much lived, breathed, and spent ALOT of $$ at my LFS. So they know who I am there and give me almost cost on everything for example I bought a 125g 3 days ago and the stand for it was $370. The guy looked up his cost $225 and sold it to me for $275 and said he was happy to make $50 bucks off the sale. SO I love that. Although considering in the Last 2 months alone I have spent well over $2,000 dollars there its know wonder they do stuff like that for me. I am pretty sure I am the best customer.... Well that is the positive things

Chris

Last edited by weighates at 07-Jul-2005 05:44

It's a bit of a drive but I love [link=Aquarium Center]http://www.aquariumcenter.com/storetour.php" style="COLOR: #FFCC99[/link]. I love wandering the fish room as long as I go during the week when it's less crowded.

[link=Tropical Fish World]http://www.tropicalfishworld.com" style="COLOR: #FFCC99[/link] is a small store with some knowledgeable staff members. They carry a decent variety of cichlids and some other not-too-often seen fish.

Both the PetSmart and PetCo near my home have employees that actually care about their jobs and the fish.

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Actually, I have three that have some great points.

A-1 Pets, a privately owned fish and snake store keeps their tanks spotless, though they don't have a lot of tanks, they rotate their stock. They get a lot in that I've never heard of or was surprised they'd get them in.

I have a Wal-mart (one of three) that actually has an experienced fish keeper working there, he keeps the tanks spotless, won't sell sick fish, orders a bigger variety than most wal-marts will stock, and takes the time to help anybody with questions.

My favorite though, is the local Pet City. Traditionally a bad chain, but the manager of this one is meticulous with his fish. He's a large variety of freshwater, and an equally big selection of salt. They also stock a large supply of pond equipment. It's great ^_^

Edit: And all of them are only a five mintue drive ^_^

Last edited by Sandy02 at 07-Jul-2005 08:10

most lfs by me have a good selection of fish, some of the staff are very well trained. one can't base a lfs chain on the its staff. the prices are good.

ERmmm one of mine has a very large selection of dry goods and tanks so you wont' have to order one. The also have a huge selection of both SW and freshwater and healthy looking plants. They're one of the larger LFS's in the area and somewhat annyoing to deal with (especially if a memeber of your party has been caught taking pics of the fish ).

Another of my LFS's is rather helpful and pointed me in the best direction for hunting down a stock tank.

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"my" LFS is great. Selection is pretty good, and staff is very friendly, knowlegable and very helpful. I've yet to lose a fish from this store, so I know they have quality fish at competitive prices.

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