NP, and yea TI has some issues. I work about a mile from them, but about 98% of my buisness over the past 10 yrs has been with all the other LFS's above.
If you want friendly, Unique is the place to go. Brendon is the owner, and he has several really good people on his staff. best to go on a weekday so they aren't really busy (No store has the time to really talk with you on a weekend) and call first to make sure they aren't putting a fish order away because if they are the lights will be off.
For outright volume of livestock and some great drygoods prices hit salem Nh, all 3 stores are within a few minutes of each other. Personally I stop by Aquaaddicts and jays just about every time I am in the area and they are about 4 min apart if you go the right way.
CRA is also well worth the drive though it is a hike. Jeremy the owner can be a little quiet if he doesn't know you, but don't be afraid to say Hi and ask a question. He's super knowledgable and will talk you out of any bad purchases even if you're practially throwing bills at him. I trust him, even when he's selling me something
Also, in case you haven't stumbled across it yet, there is a local reef society. Google will find it easily if you are interested. (we used to use this forum but were encouraged to migrate to our own space)
