How often do you go to Fish/Pet shops?

how often do you go to the fish store

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Its normally once a week that I go. at the moment I'm trying to visit a different one a week, to see where's the best in London
 

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About once a week. Its great because the employees there are sometimes hard to find, so I can browse around at the tanks for a good hour and not have anyone bothering me.
 

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Once a week. I also buy my dog food. Food for the pond fish. . . I can find lots of excuses for a visit.
 
I stay out of the LFS as much as possible,the Petco and Petsmart in my area don't really know what they're doing.The smaller stores don't like to see me coming because they owe me money for building or repairing their aquariums. The only time I go in is when I am traveling,then I stop in all I can. Bass Proshop has a huge indoor aquarium I check on regularly.
 
Latley it's been once a week for me! ;D My provider got new fish in on Tuesday and they were ready to go on Saturday!!! Or some of them were. Bunch were still in quarintine from traveling! But I got my 2 Pictus catfish that I told them to order. There was a tank with catfish, don't remember what they were but they werent doin well. The bag that they came in I guess, the water was extremely toxic, all cloudy. Poor little buggers....they've been loosin at least one a day. I just wanted to hug them but how do ya' hug a fish lol!
 

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I go about one a week, feels like an addiction, every time I walk in they probably say there's that guy again.
 
Three or four times a week! Usually find an excuse to buy something!
 
about once a week , I never really paid attention to the cichlids in the store as I knew I had no chance of keeping them but with my 6ft tank in the making and the possibility of stocking ciclids now I need to go to every store again and see their range
 

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I go once a week if I don't actually NEED anything, but just want to look around and see what's there. I go way more often if I actually need something or am setting up a new tank (obviously)
 
I swear I’m there almost everyday. I mean, they know me by name!! I can’t be the only person who has to go to the pet store at least twice a week. I always NEED something, like another bottle of prime, daphnia, or to see if they have new shrimp… or even if I don’t need anything in particular. I have to check out their stock or else I feel like I’ve missed out on something. I bet those of you without a LFS do a lot of online shopping!
 
I don't go to my LPS on a weekly or daily basis. My mom usually just orders the stuff I need on Amazon. The only reason I'd have to go to my LPS is probs for the fish.
Because I can just walk there.
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Dang. Lucky...my LPS is too far from my house to walk lol.
 
I don't go to my LPS on a weekly or daily basis. My mom usually just orders the stuff I need on Amazon. The only reason I'd have to go to my LPS is probs for the fish.
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Are the items cheaper at amazon?( is it worth it to buy off of there)
 
Are the items cheaper at amazon?(like is it worth it)
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It has been so far actually. For example, I saw at the LPS that a betta hammock was $5.99. On Amazon, it's only $3.90.

Then for my test kit, in Petsmart it was $27.99 last time I checked but online my mom bought it for $24.59.

So it is worth it IMO. Things are cheaper, if you know where to look.

:)
 
Between petco and the LFS around the corner, i average 4-5 times a month. Though most of the petco trips are solely to harass the aquatics guy, he likes my fish pics
 
Not too often. Unfortunately my lfs doesn't really stock nano fish or shrimp or many plants.I do try and stop in about once a month and pickup some food or snails.
 
I hardly ever go because I pay my parents per mile I drive (as opposed to paying for gas or insurance) and it’s not too close to me :( I do go to petco (much closer to me) pretty often just to look :)
 

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Which LFS? I have about 9 of them that I visit semi-regularly. Some closer than others. When we don't have much going on, I try to get to one a week, however, it's typically on the weekend because the closest is about 10 minutes away and the furthest is an hour. Average distance away is probably about half an hour.

I'm always looking for something to buy...fish, shrimp, snails, food, decor, etc. I do order a lot of supplies off Amazon because it's always cheaper, sometimes WAY moreso. Plus I only order things with free shipping.
 
I would probably go more often, but even though both the LFSs are pretty close to me, they close for the day shortly after i get home, so usually the only time i can go is on the weekend when every other mouth breather, knuckle dragger and overall annoying person goes in as well! So i don't get to enjoy the trip as much as i should, quite often.
 
Between petco and the LFS around the corner, i average 4-5 times a month. Though most of the petco trips are solely to harass the aquatics guy, he likes my fish pics
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LOL that's funny. Some chain store employees are knowlegable though!
 
LOL that's funny. Some chain store employees are knowlegable though!
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This guy is, its also why he works the day their shipments come in. But he only works 2 days a week, unless his schedule changed again.
 
This guy is, its also why he works the day their shipments come in. But he only works 2 days a week, unless his schedule changed again.
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Oh ok that would be a cool summer job thing lol. Although as a summer job I would probably want to do an LFS lol
 
Oh ok that would be a cool summer job thing lol. Although as a summer job I would probably want to do an LFS lol
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Sameee. Although I'm not old enough yet, ;)
 
I've been going on a weekly basis for sure.

Most of the time I don't buy anything, I go a lot looking for new plants...which they rarely have. When one store did get it (which is a major pet store, not just fish store) it was in pretty poor condition but I bought some anyways, because it's so hard to find water sprite apparently. I think they only ordered it because I went there for like a month straight asking when they would get new plants constantly.

(I live in São Paulo, Brasil, and even the more reputable fish store around here in the fancy neighborhood didn't have the freakin' water sprite. I was expecting them to be more quality but looking around, even they had sick/dead fish hanging around and store employees just standing around on their phones. It's all so depressing... I'm sure there's a good, reliable, caring fish store owner somewhere but this city is huuuuge and I don't have a car.)
 

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Weekly. I buy 20 gallons of RO water each week for my water change so I'm there every week.
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How expensive is RO water where you are at? I’m not too familiar with using it but it’s always been pricey in my area.
 
How expensive is RO water where you are at? I’m not too familiar with using it but it’s always been pricey in my area.
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It's really cheap. I bring my own jugs and fill it from their RO tank. It is only .35 a gallon so only about $7.00 a week.
 
It's really cheap. I bring my own jugs and fill it from their RO tank. It is only .35 a gallon so only about $7.00 a week.
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! Wow that is incredible, my LFS doesn’t have a tank they just sell jugs of it for around $12. Not sure how much is in the jugs. I’ve been interested in it since my water is fairly hard.
 
! Wow that is incredible, my LFS doesn’t have a tank they just sell jugs of it for around $12. Not sure how much is in the jugs. I’ve been interested in it since my water is fairly hard.
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Ouch. That is pricy indeed!
 
I don't go to my LPS on a weekly or daily basis. My mom usually just orders the stuff I need on Amazon. The only reason I'd have to go to my LPS is probs for the fish.


Dang. Lucky...my LPS is too far from my house to walk lol.
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I have to BEG my uncle/dad to take me there
 
Once a week. But... My LFS here never have much choice. Yesterday I went to one of them, and most of its tanks were empty...
 
Once every few weeks. I visit a range of shops and I plan to check out one I’ve never been to before sometime during this holiday.
 
I go way too often and I just started in the hobby a couple weeks ago. The owner always tells me, "See you tomorrow, Tyler!" hahaha
 
Well, i will be going a bit less, at least to Petco. My aquatics guy there is quitting, his last day is wednesday. Don't know how much any of his co-workers picked up from him, but i hope at least a bit...there are a lot of new fish keepers that will suffer.
 

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Since my tanks are fully stocked I don't go very often. Maybe every couple of months to buy frozen food. Everything else is cheaper to buy online.
 
Far, far too often considering it's around a sixty mile round trip. They know us by name and are relatively familiar with us. We only got into fishkeeping in February and only became their customers/regulars about a month ago. I'm not looking forward to adding up what we've spent there... but it's been completely and entirely worth it. I try to remind myself it's still cheaper than my therapy visits lol.
I've noticed a few people posting about their LFS not having great options or not being a fun environment. Aquatopia in Bend is pretty awesome if you're looking for an option in central Oregon. Almost too awesome lol. They're not a huge store but they've always got a wide range of options, offer amazing service, and are worth the stop if you're in Bend.
 
I never visit mine.

All equipment, food and livestock is ordered online and delivered by courier.
 
Every payday, lol. Since getting back into the aquarium hobby I'm always finding excuses to visit the local fish stores. Even when not buying anything, it's really fun to see the fish, especially the more exotic ones.
 
Once in two months. And even with more income and no pandemic it would be just once a month.
 
Every payday, lol. Since getting back into the aquarium hobby I'm always finding excuses to visit the local fish stores. Even when not buying anything, it's really fun to see the fish, especially the more exotic ones.
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Yep the old "oh no just gotta get brine shrimp" *then ends up getting two honey Gouramis* (yeah that happened with me lol) but my parents were chill with it lol cause i called them while i was at the store haha
 
I go about once every 2 weeks if I am lucky. I do not have my drivers license yet so I have to get my parents to drive me. Last weekend I did walk to my LFS, but it took me an hour to walk there.
 
Since my tanks are up and running I try to stay away from the fish store as much as possible, only go there for frozen food and Indian Almond Leaves, Seachem stuff. I believe that if I want the LFS to stick around for a while longer I have to bite the bullet and pay a bit more the times I visit, otherwise they will not be there one day.
 

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