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[Awibrandy]

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Originally Posted by mtk

One thing no one has mentioned, without the LFS we would not have as many in this hobby as we do right now. Most people that are brand new to this hobby are not going onto the internet to purchase their first set up and livestock. Forums are great if you know enough to figure out if someone is just repeating what they heard or if the info is from someone that actually lived the experience. Now I am not saying you can't get bad info from a LFS but if your LFS is good you should get the correct info to help you.
Now you are correct you can get great prices online mostly if you buy more then one item. For me my tank is pretty full so I buy a frag or two at a time. Lets use a red planet frag for example. My lfs sold me a nice frag for 59.00. Now I have seen them online for 30.00. Thats almost half the price as my lfs. Now add shipping. I would say 36.00 on shipping. Now the online frag is 66.00. My lfs was cheeper. Also how many times have you ordered online and what you though you were getting is not and when you contact the company they say it should color back up once it is in your tank for a while. I personally like seeing in person what I am buying and under what light it really is under. Now I also do buy online and from peoples basements but I think lfs, online vendors and members selling stuff all play a balancing act and we need all 3 to keep this hobby growing
Just my 0.02[/QUOTE]

+1 it's great and all to get a deal on corals from your buddies tanks but without your LFS many of us would not be able to sustain our tanks, we rely on them for drygoods, fish, inverts, additives and much much more. I am a firm believer in supporting your LFS because without them it will cost you much more money in the long run.

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