Buying fish/inverts on-line

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  1. reeferguy

    reeferguy Plankton

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    heya everyone. just wondering if anyone can recommend any on-line dealers of livestock as my lfs (petco) leaves much to be desired. ive heard on-line ordering is a safe way to go..just curious if anyone has tried it!?!
     
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  2. Froc3

    Froc3 Fire Goby

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    Yes, I've had great results with online fish and inverts, but in terms of corals LPS are best bought locally as they are easily damaged in shipping.
     
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  3. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    I have had good experiences buying coral online via vividaquarium.com and reef_pets seller on eBay.
     
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  4. el_sillo

    el_sillo Spaghetti Worm

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    saltwaterfish.com ive ordered almost evrything from them, they have very good price! and none of them have died.
     
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  5. tube

    tube Flamingo Tongue

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    Saltwater Fish .com!!! They are great !!!
    Professional and caring people !!!
    Great site but there is a lot on the ''Wish list''
    Items that are not in stock !!!
     
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  6. Av8Bluewater

    Av8Bluewater Giant Squid

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    reefcleaners.org and ebay seller piece-of-the-reef
     
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  7. fazool666

    fazool666 Sea Dragon

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    I've used liveaquaria.com many times and 90% of the time everything arrived healthy and in good condition. Also piece-of-the-reef on ebay is another great company to deal with.
     
    fazool666, Mar 16, 2009
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  8. puma

    puma Flamingo Tongue

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    I have also used liveaquaria.com a few times and most of the time everything is healthy. The nice thing about that site is everything has a 14 day guarantee so if something dies within that period of time you can at least get credit for it. Only part that sucks is the shipping
     
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