Well, my g/f cae back from FL with a big styrofoam co0ler full of go0dies!!
She got some live rock for her new 30gal, some white hermit crabs and snails.
She also got some of her stuff thats "just renting" in my aquarium until her's is up to spec. (mines like 4 years established, hers has only been up for a month or so.) A nice piece of rock with a bunch of "ring of fire" zoas.
I got a nice size rock with like 9 beautiful orange ric's, a bunch of hermits, some nassarius snails, another sand sifting star, and a couple small pieces of live rock.
The co0lest thing though is all the hitchhikers!! I got 2 pistol shrimp, at least 1 is female b/c you can see all the orange eggs inside her. Lots of small brittle stars and a couple unidentified crabs. I think 1 of them was a gorilla crab ... he went into the refugium, heh.
the LFS was in Gainesville, FL, not sure of the name.
We're originally from FL, moved to KY about 1.5 years ago. I really miss the variety and relative cheapness of the livestock from LFS's back home in FL.
everything in the LFS in FL is basically half price of what I pay at LFS's here in Lexington, KY.
and yea, i agree, I love going into a LFS ive never been to and seeing all kinds of new fish n critters.