I have to brag on some stores in my area, one is called the Aquarium it is AWESOME! they can get any species of fish you are looking for freash or saltwater, plus if you have a question they are staffed with the best of the best when it comes to people who know their fish. We have never got a sick fish out of 5 years buying fish from them, my mother also has shopped with them for at least that many years. Their equipment is wonderful!
My next knoxville store is the west town petsmart, the fish section was so impressive! they were clean no
ICH, I actually felt safe to buy some guppies the other day and from a chain thats saying a lot! We also purchased our 55g setup frm them w/ the works today, I will update on the quality of that.. I am impressed already w/ what I have seen taking it out of the box.
Close to knoxvillle in Oak Ridge, TN is a store called Harrys Aquarium, my husbands grandmother shoped there in the 80's when Harry had fish in his basement, then he turned it into a petstore the staff are just like the Aquarium in Knoxville, well knowledged and the species of fish are freashwater and saltwater, very clean and healthy....
Another one I have to mention I checked out but never have bought from there is Fins -n- skins the fish were very healthy clean tanks, and the people were helpful. We might actually buy a couple fish from them for the cheaper prices they offer.
The above 3 had no tattoed or painted fish either, the people working at these 3 stores were more concerned w/ the welfare of the fish they sold than the money they would make they would actually say what size tank do you have? Oh no, you can't have that fish, thats too much for that, or that doesn't go w/ that... they were VERY honest!
I have boycotted every store from my house in Claiborne CO (almost in KY) to Knoxville TN besides those 4 stores fish wise or equipment wise, that includes around 15 stores.... We have done a lot of shopping in the past 2 months looking for tanks, just the other day a fish store I used to trust had ich in 5 tanks, was selling Tattooed fish, tried to sell a woman an oscar for a 20 gallon tank while I was there I walked out and swore off the place for life. A new store about 20 min from my house is open, they told my mom she could put 2 oscars in a 10 gallon tank.... I am so glad my mom consulted me first! I said no way! She even bought a 10 gallon tank and I said you could if you were intending to buy a 150g tank in about a couple weeks... Therefore I don't trust that store either. So now my mom is going to do the guppy thing in the 10g.
I hope that helps anyone from East TN shopping for fish/fish supplies...
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