Your LFS location

[John Bolden]

I have 2 one is 20 minutes one is 45 minutes.

 

[docforestal]

closest for me is 50 min then it's several hours, and i quit the hobby 9 years ago trusting lfs fish and ich wiped my tank, back now and trusting online who quarantine preship

 

[I never finish anythi]

I have two I go to but only one i actually go to regularly. The one i usually go to is about 20 minutes away but the other one is about an hour away.

Same for me .

 

[Dacotahk]

3 hour drive is the closest LFS.

 

[Bruce Burnett]

Petco does not count so 2.5 hrs to any lfs Vegas or Phoenix. That is about as far as I will go. Now if I go vist family then 5-7 hr drive. Still faster than UPS or FedEx

 

[TnFishwater98]

Aquatic Critter - 15 min
Emerald Bay - 30 min
Seven Seas - 40 min
I can drive to a few other smaller ones at 45+ min if I got an itch….

 

[JulesH]

I have two here I use in the UK, both about 50 miles away. One is fairly easy access and the other is the other side of the Moors.

 

[tsharpe291]

Luckily I have a few options within an hour of me

 

[Gman83]

Petco is about 5 minutes away. A decent lfs is about an hour away. It’s almost easier to just buy online.

 

[death-by-reef]

How far is everyone traveling to their LFS?
How far are you willing to travel to an LFS?

I travel about 1 hour to LFS and have gone as Far as 2.5 hours.

same for me

 

[zoomonster]

Several big box stores Petco/Petsmart nearby but useless for even most frozen food. We have several well-known, grossly overpriced reef shops 40-60 minutes away that I don't bother with anymore unless I need a piece of equipment now. The best shop close by, that got a lot of my money for years, was Stormborn Reef but they closed down. Most equipment, supplies and food come from BRS or Amazon. Lately most livestock have come from Reefgardener, fish4less, ExtremeCorals and AquaSD and never even have to leave my chair or deal with Winter Park/Orlando tourist traffic lol.

 

[D3DPrintedThingz]

Can you not just put them in your pockets?

welllllllllllllllllllllll done sir. well done

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Within a 1/2 hour (15 miles) ar least 6 reputable ones. Go to an hour in any direction can double that.

 

[Budman93]

European Aquatics is great in MA. Everyone is super nice and helpful and they actually have a decent amount of stuff despite it's small appearance on the outside.

 

[MW319]

My Favs
Living Reef & Top Shelf Aquatics - 15 minutes
World Wide Corals - 25 minutes
World Wide Corals Winter Park - 20 minutes

Very good selection in Orlando FL

 

[C4ctus99]

Same for me .

Love your na

 

[I never finish anythi]

Love your na

Haha thanks ;)

 

[Joe.D]

I have 2 in my area - 3rd closed last year, though their big focus was freshwater.

Of the 2 left - one is about 15 min away, the other 30 min. When I was getting into the hobby and setting up my tank last year, I looked at both to purchase and set up my tank and I felt more comfortable with the closer one.

Thus far, they’ve been great to work with - both on purchases of livestock and coral. Since BRS is in the Twin Cities, their prices are pretty much the same, they’ve also matched prices too and have a rewards program so I get some rebate to use in store from all of my purchases.

I also like that all of their fish are QT’d, the other charges extra for QT. I’ve seen their QT tanks and their process and it seems good to me. I’ve even reserved fish that were in QT and was able to choose the one I wanted.

 

[Troylee]

My buddies garage down the street.. lol

 

[leon.1980]

I have one shop about 20 minutes away that is overpriced and isn’t trustworthy if I need something I can’t wait on being mailed. My primary shop is 50 miles / 1 hour drive for livestock.