Wow, that is a departure from here. Here in Tampa we have 2 absolutely great resources, the biggest fish store in the Southeast (MarineWarehouse) and TampaBay Saltwater (best rock ever). I have 5 dedicated fish-only stores in a five mile radius of my house. Most are good, and can find just about anything. There is even one that one stocks hard to find exotic stuff only. With the exception of 1-2 or two smaller ones, they are great, most very knowledgable, even the college age kids, but these are large stores, but not chains. One Mom & Pop does in fact does something you mentioned as far hoping they sell them before they die. This place (in Orlando) has probably 100 small 10 gal tanks, all with a whisper filter on each. No central filter system. The lights on each, including light dependant items sush as soft/hard corals and anemones are only 15W flourecents. Its shameful to see a 16" diameter blue electric carpet starving for light, stuffed in a 10 gal with poor filtration, and several other things like fish and inverts. I think because the stock is so readily available down here, proper care is sometimes an afterthought as a replacement can be had quickly. For the most part though, I see more respect for these animals than disrespect.
