What's missing in your LFS?

[trvsty]

Hey everyone,

Even the best LFS is always missing something you want in it. What is it for you? Is it a specific product? Or maybe a fish/coral you wish they could carry more often?

 

[Spare time]

This isn't really a product but rather a feature. I would say a coral QT. Most LFS I know of have their frag tanks littered with aiptasia, vermatids, bubble algae, etc. It just shows a lack of care.

 

[LeftyReefer]

RO water
Fish
Corals
Tanks without dead or dying fish.

 

[Saaqib_Ansari]

Flame angel fish, only seen 2 since last August and 1 of them wasn’t even for sale really want one

 

[trvsty]

Flame angel fish, only seen 2 since last August and 1 of them wasn’t even for sale really want one

that's funny. my mother has the same problem lol

 

[Cell]

Just more open space would be nice. So many LFS are tight on real estate.

 

[trvsty]

I guess I should rephrase the question:
What issues do you see that stand out in your local fish stores? What would you like changed?

 

[TheStrangler]

A quality store

Mine is the type where if you're a 12 year old kid and walk in on a non busy day because you know you'll want to ask a bunch of questions, they'll sell you something that'll get 4 ft long for a 10 gallon tank. Then when you come back upset because you ran through every detail and they assured you it'd be fine, until you got home and looked it up, they insist that the fish will only grow as big as its tank allows. The fish I got for cycling my first 36 gallon saltwater tank was an Oriental Sweetlips.

 

[Billldg]

The store!!! No quality stores in ATL, IMO.

That why I am like a kid in a candy store when I go down to Orlando and visit my mom. ;Woot ;Jawdrop;Greedy

 

[trvsty]

This isn't really a product but rather a feature. I would say a coral QT. Most LFS I know of have their frag tanks littered with aiptasia, vermatids, bubble algae, etc. It just shows a lack of care.

i've seen this a lot too, especially in stores where saltwater isn't really a big part of it

 

[Mastiffsrule]

The store!!! No quality stores in ATL, IMO.

Don’t hold back

I guess I should rephrase the question:
What issues do you see that stand out in your local fish stores? What would you like changed?

I like the question. You can edit titles if you need to, but I liked it.

It is a hard question to answer. I look at stores in 4 sections. Dry goods, fish, coral, fresh. There is so much dry goods it would cost the store way too much to stock everything, but they should carry at least some of the most popular. Fish and coral I think the store is somewhat at mercy of the wholesaler stock and the local reefer frag trade ins. Fresh, no one cares (waiting for the rocks to be thrown)

 

[trvsty]

The store!!! No quality stores in ATL, IMO.

That why I am like a kid in a candy store when I go down to Orlando and visit my mom. ;Woot ;Jawdrop;Greedy

i feel this. there's barely anything by me and of the 4 or 5 in my area only one is remotely decent

 

[Billldg]

When I look at stores, I look at the quality and health of the fish and corals. Maybe I am just to picky. I have tangs in my tank, and I know what fighting damage looks like with them stabbing each other with their barbs. When I see tissue recession and skeletons on the corals, .

What is worse is that I have been to WWC, TSA, and LRO stores and they showed me that stores can look good, clean, and have healthy fish and corals.

 

[Fred2482]

I try to order as much as I can from the fish store, however it is extremely hard for them to stock as much as an online retailer so typically missing whatever it is I am looking for. If I had to choose 1 thing to change, it would be to offer fully QT'd fish/coral/inverts.

 

[92Miata]

Prices.

The store near me never has any livestock marked - you have to ask about everything.

I can't see any good reason for it besides letting them rip newbies off.

 

[vetteguy53081]

- That good pricing
- The sales and promos they used to have

 

[Crustaceon]

LFS are always lacking in crustaceans. More crustacean is needed. Some plz post their “crab dominant” tank.

 

[Meatball_reef]

Prices.

The store near me never has any livestock marked - you have to ask about everything.

I can't see any good reason for it besides letting them rip newbies off.

Totally agree. I've seen stores where most of the prices that are written on the tanks are livestock that isn't even in there. Annoying to have to keep asking staff how much things are. Although I'd probably attribute it to laziness rather than trying to rip people off (at least I'd like to hope...).

 

[92Miata]

Totally agree. I've seen stores where most of the prices that are written on the tanks are livestock that isn't even in there. Annoying to have to keep asking staff how much things are. Although I'd probably attribute it to laziness rather than trying to rip people off (at least I'd like to hope...).

Like half the fish in this place have notes on the tank that they're not for sale - and a lot of corals. From what Ive heard they have a a couple of the owners friends who pick through everything when it comes in, and get it for almost nothing, and everyone else pays higher prices for whats left.

 

[Backreefing]

My LFS is missing me . I would have to wait 40 min outside to get in . Then everything’s price jacked up to . The waiting is the worst, it’s so bad I set up my own RODI station in the basement. I got to move on .