Local Shops for Reefing
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alozano
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There is life beyond Rochester!!
This was a cool iniciative:
http://www.zoyzoy.com/aquarium/login.asp
I hope we keep adding stores and improving that site.
Alvaro
This was a cool iniciative:
http://www.zoyzoy.com/aquarium/login.asp
I hope we keep adding stores and improving that site.
Alvaro
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well that link gives you three very nice stores but there are more then just the ones everyone seems to favor on here.....
Pet World: (greece and fairport) both have salt setups but the greeece store as way more to offer...and all the food you will need is there
ABC Pet City: (perinton plaza) they are now expanding the saltwater selection and the guy has fair prices (got a lawnmower blenny from them for 9.99 when other stores selling them at least 4 dollars more)....food selection is ok but he lacks the stuff he tends not use himself.
Kritter Korner?: is on 5&20 in canandaigua next big lots and near walmart plaza. Same as above but you will find they have alot of diff animals that most dont have such as pot belly pigs or sugargliders and lots of diff reptiles....fresh water deff out weighs the salt but they seem to always some odd ball something in the tanks worth checking out if your in the area........
Dr doolittles? : ive never been here and i think they are only fresh water........
The Ocean new store...never been there but its a new company and some perfer a more established store.......
If anyone else has anymore to add on but thats all i can think of besides the chain stores such as petco,petsmart etc.............
Pet World: (greece and fairport) both have salt setups but the greeece store as way more to offer...and all the food you will need is there
ABC Pet City: (perinton plaza) they are now expanding the saltwater selection and the guy has fair prices (got a lawnmower blenny from them for 9.99 when other stores selling them at least 4 dollars more)....food selection is ok but he lacks the stuff he tends not use himself.
Kritter Korner?: is on 5&20 in canandaigua next big lots and near walmart plaza. Same as above but you will find they have alot of diff animals that most dont have such as pot belly pigs or sugargliders and lots of diff reptiles....fresh water deff out weighs the salt but they seem to always some odd ball something in the tanks worth checking out if your in the area........
Dr doolittles? : ive never been here and i think they are only fresh water........
The Ocean new store...never been there but its a new company and some perfer a more established store.......
If anyone else has anymore to add on but thats all i can think of besides the chain stores such as petco,petsmart etc.............
There's also some decent stores in buffalo that are worth the trek once in a while.
The fish place on Robinson in Tonowanda (sp?) alone is worth the trip once in a while. Especially if you're into freshies as well. There's also a new one AquaTech if you didn't catch the thread.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=808777
The fish place on Robinson in Tonowanda (sp?) alone is worth the trip once in a while. Especially if you're into freshies as well. There's also a new one AquaTech if you didn't catch the thread.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=808777
bosborn1
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ABC Pets is carring more and more. He is now stocking Joe's Juice. He always has Cyclop-eeze, DT's and M.Y.S.I.S in stock. I have been selling him quite a few frags and full size corals to get his stock. Alex is a freindly guy and he will always give you a deal. He gives more store credit for trades than most guys. Alex knows what he is talking about too. Remember before Tom started TRS he worked with Alex at the Lyell ave shop they were looking to buy.
Scott
Scott
jcanute
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http://www.countrymax.com/cmstore/customer/help.php?section=about i know the store in farminton has sw.
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hey just got back from countrymax in farmington and was shocked to see how much they had. They carry salt and fresh water. Salt isnt to impressive but they did have a little bit of everything and some macro algea ive never seen...I live in farmington about a mile from this place and never knew it exsisted. They also carry lots of diff animals like birds and reptiles....also has every type of food for any type of animal ...very cool store thanks for heads up...
bosborn1
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FWIW I would rather go there then spend my money with that Pompus a$$ Tom at the reefshop. I am sorry that you didn't have a good experiance. Thats unfortunate for them. I thought they were ready to handle the sometimes over judgemental URS. I like Alex and would really like to see him succeed.
IMO I think that the hobbiest spirt has been lost with stores like TRS and CF it seems more and more to me like there only out for the sale. They except for one individual seem like they don't care about the hobbiest. MO seems to thrive from the hobbiest support they get. I for one might start making the drive out to aqua-tech. I have also just been buying more stuff online.
Also it concerns me that I have only been hearing negatives about the various LFS in the area that aren't CF,TRS,or MO. I just don't understand for the life of me why everybody seems to blindly support these guys while they overcharge for almost everything in there store. I know that most of you have only dealt with the LFS in this area (NY) but there is a difference in the way these stores price and other stores in the US. I used to spend goobs of money at Tampabay Saltwater, Petmart(tampa LFS) and The Aquarium in Orlando. Boy the prices and the atittudes there were far different there. I know the first time I walked into CF I thought "How does this place stay in buisness with these prices". Maybe its the shipping or the regional availibility. I just don't get it. Thes LFSs that I used to frequent were just so much larger,diverse,knowledgable, and freindly than the ones that I have been too here. With the exception of one or two none of the LFS store people even know my name. I hope that this isn't offensive to anyone but this has been bothering me for the 4 years that I have been in the great city of Rochester. I really enjoy everything about this city except for radio stations and the LFSs. Maybe I am just spoiled from the central florida shops????I don't know I was just bothered by this all and I needed to vent. The reason why I support the little guys is to me they seem to want your buisness more. The small stores I go in seem to really want to talk to you. This oddly enough is how the big stores in FL treat their customers. I would like to know if anybody else feels like when they go into one the LFS here if they feel like once the store worker finds out there a hobbiest they want to get rid of them? I once had this discussion with another transplant URS member and he seems to feel similar to what I do...Or atleast I think he does.
I hope nobody takes this seriously. Or even really reads it.
Scott
BTW sorry if I hijacked the thread...This was eatting away at me and I needed to say it.
IMO I think that the hobbiest spirt has been lost with stores like TRS and CF it seems more and more to me like there only out for the sale. They except for one individual seem like they don't care about the hobbiest. MO seems to thrive from the hobbiest support they get. I for one might start making the drive out to aqua-tech. I have also just been buying more stuff online.
Also it concerns me that I have only been hearing negatives about the various LFS in the area that aren't CF,TRS,or MO. I just don't understand for the life of me why everybody seems to blindly support these guys while they overcharge for almost everything in there store. I know that most of you have only dealt with the LFS in this area (NY) but there is a difference in the way these stores price and other stores in the US. I used to spend goobs of money at Tampabay Saltwater, Petmart(tampa LFS) and The Aquarium in Orlando. Boy the prices and the atittudes there were far different there. I know the first time I walked into CF I thought "How does this place stay in buisness with these prices". Maybe its the shipping or the regional availibility. I just don't get it. Thes LFSs that I used to frequent were just so much larger,diverse,knowledgable, and freindly than the ones that I have been too here. With the exception of one or two none of the LFS store people even know my name. I hope that this isn't offensive to anyone but this has been bothering me for the 4 years that I have been in the great city of Rochester. I really enjoy everything about this city except for radio stations and the LFSs. Maybe I am just spoiled from the central florida shops????I don't know I was just bothered by this all and I needed to vent. The reason why I support the little guys is to me they seem to want your buisness more. The small stores I go in seem to really want to talk to you. This oddly enough is how the big stores in FL treat their customers. I would like to know if anybody else feels like when they go into one the LFS here if they feel like once the store worker finds out there a hobbiest they want to get rid of them? I once had this discussion with another transplant URS member and he seems to feel similar to what I do...Or atleast I think he does.
I hope nobody takes this seriously. Or even really reads it.
Scott
BTW sorry if I hijacked the thread...This was eatting away at me and I needed to say it.
dreaminmel
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bosborn1,
It can definately get frustrating sometimes to find access to the things I want at a fair price and I do agree that some of our LFS have overpriced dry goods. At this point I only shop either online or at CF. Everyone at CF knows my name as I've been going in there for over 5 years now. Brian and Ryan both are very honest with me on whether a particular coral is something they'd take home or not. They are the two that I've talked to the most there. Millie is also nice to talk to but I save my questions for the guys as she seems to be busy a lot. I attempted to shop at Tom's TRS after he left CF but due to a long story I'll just state I no longer go to TRS. I have been to MO a few times but tend to only get dry goods there as I don't like the fact that the corals and fish are not price marked as it makes me wonder if they would tell me the same price they gave someone else. Plus they are 30 minutes away when CF is only 5 minutes away from me...
As far as the other stores, I will NEVER purchase live saltwater fish/corals from Petco or Petworld as every time I look the tanks are looking pretty dirty and the fish always seem to have ich or bacterial infections. Drygoods, however, I do purchase from them if the price is right. I have also found a new favorite store for FW fish... the Petsmart that just opened up in Webster is 5 minutes away, has very healthy fish and the girl actually asked me questions like how big was my tank and did I know what to feed the particular fish I was buying. On the one hand I felt a bit put off that she would question me but I think it's more important for her to ask as there are many people out there that will sell anything to anyone even if it ends up dying due to improper care.
In the past year all my purchases have been made from drsfostersmith.com, liveaquaria.com, reefermadness.us and CF. Every one of them has provided me with excellent service any time there was a problem.
From what I have seen prices are different in many areas of the country. I visited stores when I lived in New Hampshire, Vermont, Florida and now in NY and each one was a different price range. Stores are in business to make a profit so some markup is expected. If the markup is a bit too high, I just don't buy the marked up items from that particular store. Many one stop stores like Walmart and Target have varying prices. While Walmart is cheaper for one thing, Target is cheaper on another. These stores count on the consumers being willing to buy everything at one place instead of taking time out of our lives to purchase things from many different places. I have seen many people buying dry goods from CF and have wondered why when the same thing online is cheaper. It could be any number of things from them being someone who wants to physically see something before they buy it, wanting to support their LFS, being too lazy to shop around, etc. If no one was buying the dry goods at the higher price then I'm sure that by now either the prices would have come down or the dry goods wouldn't be sold at all.
As far as attitudes in stores around here I would like you to analyze if the differences you experienced were only in the fish stores or if the difference was in the community as a whole. I will say with conviction that our community in the Rochester area is starting to embarass me. Every time I go in public there are nasty, irritable, impatient people and it makes me sick. The communites I lived in in NH, VT and FL were completely different. Everyone was civil, caring and most of the time they would drop everything to help a complete stranger. Not around here... I have been saving my pennies for years now and after a couple more years will be saying good riddance to this area/state. Still trying to decide between Arizona or Texas...
It can definately get frustrating sometimes to find access to the things I want at a fair price and I do agree that some of our LFS have overpriced dry goods. At this point I only shop either online or at CF. Everyone at CF knows my name as I've been going in there for over 5 years now. Brian and Ryan both are very honest with me on whether a particular coral is something they'd take home or not. They are the two that I've talked to the most there. Millie is also nice to talk to but I save my questions for the guys as she seems to be busy a lot. I attempted to shop at Tom's TRS after he left CF but due to a long story I'll just state I no longer go to TRS. I have been to MO a few times but tend to only get dry goods there as I don't like the fact that the corals and fish are not price marked as it makes me wonder if they would tell me the same price they gave someone else. Plus they are 30 minutes away when CF is only 5 minutes away from me...
As far as the other stores, I will NEVER purchase live saltwater fish/corals from Petco or Petworld as every time I look the tanks are looking pretty dirty and the fish always seem to have ich or bacterial infections. Drygoods, however, I do purchase from them if the price is right. I have also found a new favorite store for FW fish... the Petsmart that just opened up in Webster is 5 minutes away, has very healthy fish and the girl actually asked me questions like how big was my tank and did I know what to feed the particular fish I was buying. On the one hand I felt a bit put off that she would question me but I think it's more important for her to ask as there are many people out there that will sell anything to anyone even if it ends up dying due to improper care.
In the past year all my purchases have been made from drsfostersmith.com, liveaquaria.com, reefermadness.us and CF. Every one of them has provided me with excellent service any time there was a problem.
From what I have seen prices are different in many areas of the country. I visited stores when I lived in New Hampshire, Vermont, Florida and now in NY and each one was a different price range. Stores are in business to make a profit so some markup is expected. If the markup is a bit too high, I just don't buy the marked up items from that particular store. Many one stop stores like Walmart and Target have varying prices. While Walmart is cheaper for one thing, Target is cheaper on another. These stores count on the consumers being willing to buy everything at one place instead of taking time out of our lives to purchase things from many different places. I have seen many people buying dry goods from CF and have wondered why when the same thing online is cheaper. It could be any number of things from them being someone who wants to physically see something before they buy it, wanting to support their LFS, being too lazy to shop around, etc. If no one was buying the dry goods at the higher price then I'm sure that by now either the prices would have come down or the dry goods wouldn't be sold at all.
As far as attitudes in stores around here I would like you to analyze if the differences you experienced were only in the fish stores or if the difference was in the community as a whole. I will say with conviction that our community in the Rochester area is starting to embarass me. Every time I go in public there are nasty, irritable, impatient people and it makes me sick. The communites I lived in in NH, VT and FL were completely different. Everyone was civil, caring and most of the time they would drop everything to help a complete stranger. Not around here... I have been saving my pennies for years now and after a couple more years will be saying good riddance to this area/state. Still trying to decide between Arizona or Texas...
bosborn1
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You know I have asked myself the question about the general attitudes of the population and I don't think people here are that bad. Things are certainly different but not bad. I tend to still shop at CF I was just there the other day. I raely go their however. I just sometimes question the lemming like behavior of some people whn it comes to the big three. I have had good luck with the livestock from all three but attitude plays a big part to me. Perhaps I am a little jaded from my years at WDW but I think that customer service as a whole is some what poor in this area. I try to run my buisness with a positive edge and I try to be as accomadating as possiable to people. I try to involve myself in there projects. I just don't see the same thing from not only the bir three but from most customer based buisness in the area. I for one plan to stay in this area for sometime. I enjoy the outdoor activites here as well as the snowy winters. I also enjoy the URS and the people that I have met through it. But the fact the even though I like it here will not stop me from drawing comparison to my previous home.....Boy I am way off topic but if you get me started on a philisophical debate I tend to go on and on and further alienate myself from the group.
Once again sorry for being OT
Scott
Once again sorry for being OT
Scott
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remember that this topic has been run into the ground many many times and its best to just grow up and look the other way...no need for name calling or bashing of other stores. It seems you have made up your mind bout which stores are for "you" so just keep negative opinions to yourself. I agree with you for the most part that some snobery has gone around regarding LFS. When this thread was posted I was thinking it could be a postive word out about other LFS without all the name calling and it was for a bit......the only thing that happens when the negative things are pointed out is it turns people off to your point of view. Hats off to the people of URS that like those shops and refrained from pointless bickering by just ignoring it........point of this thread is ruined and i hope everyone gets out to all the LFS in rochester and make your own desison
dreaminmel
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Just a thought Hound,
My husband and I have been finding lately that many stores and businesses in this area (not just LFS) have developed an "I don't care if you're unhappy w/ our mistake attitude, that's the way it is." We have brought the attorney general into many situations in order to get the businesses to make things right. It shouldn't have to be that way.
If everyone just turns their head and "grows up" when there is a legitimate gripe then nothing will ever change. Business owners create their customer base depending on how customers are treated. If they are just about money and profit then that is fine as long as the shopper is well educated.
I don't feel that this thread has turned bad, it was started for a list of LFS, that list was pretty well completed. Once that's done it is normal progression of discussion to start discussing the stores themselves. I am sorry if anything I said offended you however the beautiful thing about this forum is that it is open to all people and all opinions. I would personally prefer to see people vent and share opinions here than to walk into a scene at a LFS.
My husband and I have been finding lately that many stores and businesses in this area (not just LFS) have developed an "I don't care if you're unhappy w/ our mistake attitude, that's the way it is." We have brought the attorney general into many situations in order to get the businesses to make things right. It shouldn't have to be that way.
If everyone just turns their head and "grows up" when there is a legitimate gripe then nothing will ever change. Business owners create their customer base depending on how customers are treated. If they are just about money and profit then that is fine as long as the shopper is well educated.
I don't feel that this thread has turned bad, it was started for a list of LFS, that list was pretty well completed. Once that's done it is normal progression of discussion to start discussing the stores themselves. I am sorry if anything I said offended you however the beautiful thing about this forum is that it is open to all people and all opinions. I would personally prefer to see people vent and share opinions here than to walk into a scene at a LFS.
Hound
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not that the number of posts matters but i can see you have not been on this site long enough(77posts) to know how nasty this topic can get or how redundant it is.In the past it has turned away URS members for good or just splits the group up....personally i could do without all the drama and make my own desisions about things instead of trying to force my opinion on how bad a store is .......Also if your having problems with just more then one store to the point of having to bring officials in to fix things then maybe the prob is you? Ive lived in rochester all my life and never had to go above the store to get things my way....instead i dont go there anymore and I find a new place to shop since we do live in a city full of options......the point is if you dont like something go somewhere else how hard is that to understand......or at least find a better way to give your opinion without calling someone a pompas a$$....seems that that was way out of line and is just looking for a fight ....we are supposed to be adults on here im assuming? so why resort to childish name calling and pointless bickering? enjoy the hobby dont try to tear it apart with this nonsense
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