Yeah, my first experience with a "real" LFS was Boutique Pet Shop in Dallas. I really enjoyed those first three or four years of my aquarium life. They sold me a tiny peacock bass (cichlid) for real cheap and it grew to be two feet before it outgrew my tank and I sold it back to them. That place has EVERYTHING, and the staff actually is quite knowledgeable. Right now, I'm relying mostly on this site for my purchases. I just bought some nanjenshan rotala off a guy out of state. I sure hope it gets here alive, but I'll take that chance just to stay out of Petsmart or Petco. I broke down and went to Petsmart today with my wife to get a CO2 diffuser (cheapo, "just for now" thing). While I was there I saw some "Peacock Fern" that looked pretty cool and bought it. Low and behold, it's not even a true aquatic plant. I guess we'll see how it does though. It just rubs me the wrong way when you ask the folks in the FISH department if a plant being sold in the FISH department is meant to be fully submerged and they have no real answer for you. I guess it was a $4.00 lesson well learned.
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