This weekend I impulsively decided to save some tadpoles from CERTAIN DEATH. Thus today I took myself first to another pet store (which had nothing for me) and then to Menagerie to buy gravel, plants and a net. I'd raised tadpoles back home but wasn't too sure if the requirements of the Canadian variety differed so I was pleased to walk into Menagerie and find it ridiculously well stocked both with products for amphibians and with resident experts. The reptile/amphibian expert was helping another customer (at length) and was unable to help me, though a very nice fish expert came to my aid and helped me choose what I needed. My spermatozoidy friends seem pleased with their new environment and I felt the service was great and the cost very reasonable.
Also, I appreciate going into a pet store and finding that they don't sell dogs or cats. The Humane Society is, after all, full of cats and dogs that originally came from pet stores.