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I would much prefer to go to an LFS... unfortunately the chain stores put most of them around here out of buisness...



You guys are really lucky to have a lfs. I usually have to go to petco and petsmart. However I discovered a lfs about an hour away and im gonna check it out tomorrow. I heard they carry some exotic fish

I would never buy fish from walmart unless they had an extremely good fish and i could quarantine it. Almost every tank there always have at least one dead fish in them and there is almost no care given to the fish.

Kitten, wayyy out in the western burbs Batavia/Aurora area.
As I said before, and as just about everyone here said, it really depends on the individual store. I thought the large chains were all there were here. then I looked in the yellow pages and found a few lfs but they all seemed to carry the same stuff as petsmart, or were saltwatrer only. Then I called a local distributor (fish wholesaler) and he put me onto a lfs about an hour away that carried what I wanted. the tanks didn't look all that great but the fish looked very healthy and I picked them up. after a brief q'tine they are very happy and well adjusted in their new home. yay