Where Do You Buy Your Fish, Food & Equipment?

[Gazoo]

I tend to purchase fish at my favorite [acronym="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym] and then buy my food and equipment from any source depending on who has the best price. What do you do?

 

[dwarfgourami]

I get my food and equipment from the lfs, but have done various things for fish: bought from lfs, from online lfs and from breeder.

 

[Davey Jones]

I buy my equipment and food from my lfs & the internet depending on price, the fish I like to see before I buy so not the internet for fish

 

[joejoehead]

i love the lfs by me called country critters..... many fish over 300.000 gallons of fish tanks.. if not more... not including the show cases with big arowanas and a pond.

 

[luque]

i put lfs but not sure now thinking of it because it's a water garden so i should of put other

 

[Tolak]

To anyone buying fish or food from your lfs; Join a local aquarium club. Start here; http/fins.actwin.com/dir/clubs.php

You would not believe how cheap you can get fish & supplies from auctions, swaps, and local breeders. Clubs will often buy food in bulk, giving the members the product at cost. You don't have to be a breeder to be a member, or even own fish. Many of the members of the club I'm involved with have 1 or 2 tanks; they reap the same benefits as any other member.

I’ll buy bbs online, usually splitting a case of 12 cans with a couple other people. Once in a while I’ll buy other supplies online, usually I bulk, and sell off a few of whatever to friends. Food & other supplies I get through the club, tanks & other goodies usually come from auctions. I can’t remember the last time I bought a fish from any place other than an auction or another breeder.

 

[Teelie]

I get fish, food and supplies from all over, depending on who has what I'm looking for at the right price.

 

[funkyhoney]

i buy all my supplies from my work, we sell basically everything for most pets and i get a great discount, so no need to go anywhere else

 

[Gatorbait]

I buy almost all of my fish online at Shark Aquarium or Aquascape.

Food I buy almost exclusively at the grocery store with a rare exception at the lfs for baby fish.

Equipment I buy almost exclusively online at Big Al's. More than half the price cheaper than anywhere else in stores or lfs around me.

 

[Nevergone815]

I voted other because I tend ot go wherever things are chaper and better quaity (same product mind you) and its dependant on what I'm looking for.

 

[highfire]

My local Maidenhead Aquatics, and also another smaller aquatics centre that is near where my mum lives.
I'm well known at both of them, and always trust their advice.