Oh I know what you mean my lfs is also a pet supply store and carries small animals, birds, and now lizards and other crawlers as well as fish. But they know quite a bit, the owner goes to quite a few shows etc. getting new info and ideas for other fish to get in and he's also an aquarist so they try and train their staff to be knowledgeable about all the fish and critters that they carry, I've stocked my 20g and my 3g through them, and have restocked my 30g African tank through them as well (first initial stock was from pet smart and had issues right away but I think that was also due to the 3 hr plus car drive and the fact the fish were juvies and the tank wasn't cycled so I had one die over night and yes after a year I have my jewel left from pet smart everyone else is from my lfs or born in my tank)
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