i love shopping online for stuff, and usually when i buy i'll splurge 300-400 at a time to get the free shipping
but i also like visiting the local stores for items i must have immediatly..
anyone know any good stores in the dallas/ft. worth area?? so far only one i have found is called true percula, while thier fish and dry goods and equipment is nice thier prices are double what i could get it online for.
Fish2morow in Fort Worth (Beach & Basswood) but I think they're kinda high too. Big store with lots of selection though, both corals & fish.
Keller Farms in Fort Worth (Denton Hwy/377 between Webster & W. Broadway). Small SW room, but huge place. Lots of dry goods. Prices seemed comparable to online.
True Percula, but you've been there. Their drygoods prices are actually pretty good for a brick-and-mortar LFS, cheaper than most places in DFW by a good amount (at least $10 or more).
Franks Tanks on S. Hulen in Ft. Worth. Didn't see much in the way of dry goods, didn't price fish either since we just went for salt, but hear lots of good things about them.
Fish Paradise (McCart in Ft. Worth). TONS of fish to choose from, and some pretty good size corals too. Prices were reasonable.
North Texas Corals (West Bedford-Euless Road). New and small, but he's got some pretty good coral frags & prices. Last time we went in, he had removed his fish tanks because they were replacing them. Probably back up by now.
Petworld (Haltom City)...skip it.
Other places that I haven't been to:
Neptune's Cove in Plano. Supposed to be a great store, but don't know about prices.
Exotic Aquatics in Plano. Has awesome reviews in google LOL.
Dallas North Aquarium in Carrollton. Been there a lot, but that was in the late 90s early 00s. Mixed reviews but lots of customers from what I hear.
Hope that helps you!
Oh, and as to the original question...I used to only buy online in 2001-2004 when I had tanks before (with an occasional purchase at my local Petco before the good SW guy left & the tanks went to crap). This time around it seems I'm buying drygoods online and livestock (so far only cleanup crew) at the LFS. My boyfriend I think prefers getting critters where he can see them & I've come home to the cleanup crew waiting in the tank for me heheheh, so we'll likely be going that route. North Texas Corals has said they'd let me buy on line & have it shipped there to pick up, so there might be some of that too.
