There are fewer and fewer stores because this hobby is hurting as a whole. You can talk to anyone weither its a huge online dealer or a mom and pop shop everyone is down from last year. So everyone is trying to stay in bussiness weither its wholesalers going direct or shops marking stuff up more. I've been running my shop for 5 years and this time last year was way better than now. Tulsa Oklahoma has lost 4 shops in a year period. On a total sidenote being a store owner I'm pumped that noone has based local stores in this thread it makes me happy that finally there is a site where people in the hobby can talk about things in a civil way. ha long live reef2reef!