Dropping In: How often do you visit your local fish store?

How often do you visit your local fish store?

  • Often - Weekly.

    Votes: 65 34.4%
  • Occasionally - Monthly.

    Votes: 63 33.3%
  • Rarely - Every few months.

    Votes: 36 19.0%
  • Only when I absolutely have to.

    Votes: 15 7.9%
  • I don't have a local fish store.

    Votes: 7 3.7%
  • Other (please explain)

    Votes: 3 1.6%

  • Total voters
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AlyciaMarie

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Reefers can get passionate when discussing local fish stores. Some of us love them, and others hate them. There aren't many in-between people. But no matter what side of the argument you fall on, if you have an LFS, we're often thankful to have this resource when we get in a stitch or can't afford to wait for a shipment and delivery. Besides, there is more to a LFS than livestock...

How often do you visit your local fish store?

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occasionally per month about 2-4x. sometimes for food, live/dry goods, others to trade in chaeto/frags for credit.
 

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Depends on how much I feed the fish... if I could get reef frenzy shipped I probably wouldn't ever go.
 

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I'd visit more if mine didn't overcharge on their dry goods so horrifically. When the dude wants $30 for an item sold for $14 somewhere else, I'm going somewhere else, because that $30 versus $14 price tag tells of some pretty significant price gouging to me.

That being said, he's got great deals on snails... when he actually has any in stock!
 

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With my last venture, I went monthly when my tank was on autopilot. Went weekly when I first set up. It'll be the same, I'm sure, when I launch. But man, I haven't been since my old tank crashed. Thirteen years now! Daughter gas been bugging me lately to take her. She used to LOVE going when she was little!
 

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I go every other week. I don’t have an RODI system so I get all my water from them. I usually do a good job of getting only water. Usually.
 

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I picked other…. Because I’m in the shop 3-4 times a week. Yea it’s pretty bad hahaha! Blame my brother for getting me into SW tanks! Haha!
 

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I only go when I have to - otherwise I spend too much $ on corals. Not that they are so expensive, it’s that I can’t always control myself.
 

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I used to go weekly to one or more stores withing 90 min drive. The last year it has dropped to about every 6 weeks. The store I like the best used to take corals in trade, but they stopped, so I don't visit as often. The next store does not price any fish and most of their corals so I visit but seldom buy from them. Two stores have closed in the last year.
 

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