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Started to creep back into the hobby just recently and decided to actually stop by a few LFS in the SW side of town on Monday. Boy was that a huge disappointment. Stopped by Xtreme, Unlimited, City Pets, HAW, and ADG.
Xtreme had the same old stuff they always have with a surprise of Axolotls!! Of course the brother's store (Unlimited) would have them too.
Unlimited had a decent pick with one of my all time favorites Exodon Tetras. Though they looked to be starved and their color wasn't too vibrant. A few other neat fish, but nothing that caught my attention.
City Pet's SW selection is always pretty up to par, but I was in for their fw selection. Green neons and their tiny 1.5" fahakas caught my attention. Everything else seems like the same stuff from a few years back. Even their Halloween crabs that nobody wants that are enormous now (about the size of my hand).
HAW had a decent selection with a nice small selection of nano fish including pygmy cories. John's been trying to get me to try Discus forever now. Supposedly getting a new shipment in soon as it looked like he was wiped clean of all the Discus.
My last and uplifting stop was ADG. It seems like ever since they went retail they've been my favorite LFS. Fish tanks are well kept up and livestock is well fed. Everything looks amazing. Prices were a tiny bit higher than the other lfs, but honestly would pay the $$$ for peace of mind knowing that they were well kept and won't die the next day. Don is always a pleasure to chat with and such a friendly guy to do business with.
All in all, I was glad I got disappointed first and left from my lfs trip on a good note. But just thinking back before ADG went retail, I used to frequent Xtreme and Cory Pets because they would always have something very nice/interesting.
Xtreme had the same old stuff they always have with a surprise of Axolotls!! Of course the brother's store (Unlimited) would have them too.
Unlimited had a decent pick with one of my all time favorites Exodon Tetras. Though they looked to be starved and their color wasn't too vibrant. A few other neat fish, but nothing that caught my attention.
City Pet's SW selection is always pretty up to par, but I was in for their fw selection. Green neons and their tiny 1.5" fahakas caught my attention. Everything else seems like the same stuff from a few years back. Even their Halloween crabs that nobody wants that are enormous now (about the size of my hand).
HAW had a decent selection with a nice small selection of nano fish including pygmy cories. John's been trying to get me to try Discus forever now. Supposedly getting a new shipment in soon as it looked like he was wiped clean of all the Discus.
My last and uplifting stop was ADG. It seems like ever since they went retail they've been my favorite LFS. Fish tanks are well kept up and livestock is well fed. Everything looks amazing. Prices were a tiny bit higher than the other lfs, but honestly would pay the $$$ for peace of mind knowing that they were well kept and won't die the next day. Don is always a pleasure to chat with and such a friendly guy to do business with.
All in all, I was glad I got disappointed first and left from my lfs trip on a good note. But just thinking back before ADG went retail, I used to frequent Xtreme and Cory Pets because they would always have something very nice/interesting.
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