What do you look for in a Aquarium store?

[jose7878]

When you walk Into a aquarium store. What do you look forward in results out of the store?
For example for me.
• I look forward to finding some more of the rare fish not always your regular store fishes that you find everywhere.
•Corals I like to see small colonies not just a small 1inch frag. ( Even tho I can afford the frag and not the colony.)
•I wished fish stores carried di resin in bulk , Gfo in bulk and Rox .8 carbon in bulk like BRS does.
• I like to see a store with their own display tank. That way I know they know what their talking about and not just selling me stuff.
• I don't like going into a store and seeing dead fish I their tanks. Huge turn off.

Those are just a few that I can think of. How about you guys and gals?

 

[Classklown90]

Speaking about a saltwater store, I not only like but NEED to see a nice coral selection with good prices or I'll never be back. I don't expect krakatoas and jawbreaker shrooms but a nice selection of healthy cool stuff is what I look for.



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[mnat]

Health is the first thing I look for. I don't care what the store looks like, prices, orwhat the staff is like, if the health of the fish and corals is not there, I am not buying. From there moving downwards:

Health
Staff (can they tell me about the coral/fish and the requirements is takes to keep it, and will they sell it to me if I don't meet those requirements)
Price (be reasonable, doesn't have to be rock bottom, just within reason)
How does the store look?
Dry goods (so much is now found online)

Jose, ACC has a bulk supply bar where they sell gfo and carbon, actually pretty cool.

 

[jose7878]

Jose, ACC has a bulk supply bar where they sell gfo and carbon, actually pretty cool.

That's is good to know. Thanks Mike.

 

[Alcohol120]

the quantity/quality of the livestock and the conditions the animals are in.
then of course the price, and the ability to check the prices (some sort of price list) without having to keep asking "how much does this cost?"

 

[jose7878]

the quantity/quality of the livestock and the conditions the animals are in.
then of course the price, and the ability to check the prices (some sort of price list) without having to keep asking "how much does this cost?"

Good call on the no price. I hate having to chase the sales associate for pricing.

 

[JRWOHLER]

1) If it is a store I frequent I like the person to know my name or at the very least recognize me and say hello.
2) Healthy animals
3) Price on livestock
4) Having emergency items available price be what it is because you NEED it then.
5) Price on other items including willingness to do group buys to support club.

PS great question