[nickbuol]

OK. I've seen the Sea of Marvels post. I was just there (after going to one in C.R. that was going out of business) on May 25th. They do have saltwater only, which is nice, and some of the stuff was interesting, but I wouldn't say that it is great. Really there aren't that many good places around the area. The Fish Shack (in Dubuque) is going down hill because they don't have anyone there that cares about the saltwater fish, the one in Manchester is probably better since it is run by the dad of the family, and he take more pride in the store.
In Davenport, we stumbled across a really nice store. We hit it by pure chance, it is Aquatic Environments. Fish only, not hamsters and rabits like some "fish stores".
Stay away from PetCo and PetSmart. You are asking for trouble there.