if you're willing to drive, there are a few good places to get stuff too.. I go up to Lansing about once a month and like going to Preuss Pets.. they have a really good setup with variety of fish, coral, and equipment.. and the staff is extremely knowledgeable about a variety things - lighting, filtratation techniques, husbandry, livestock... some around grand rapids and lots around detroit - with Tropicorium being a must stop.
Jim at MWC just has a certain way of doing things - for example, he talks down T5s, doesn't intentionally carry
macro algae because he doesn't believe in refugiums, etc. I"m not saying he's wrong - he is obviously doing something right and it's working for him.. It's just not the only way to succed in the hobby.... I personally have a beef with his unlabeled pricing of the corals... it's known he gives people different prices for the same coral... he does list fish prices though...
that said, I do go there often enough - more to look and get buckets of salt... test kits and equipment I order from
premium aquatics or marine depot...
oh... Martin's Pet shop here in Elkhart has decent fish selection - shipment some in on wednesdays I believe... I no longer support Age of Aquariums for a variety of reasons...
