buying fish online

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  1. SeaLevel

    SeaLevel Bristle Worm

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    Has anyone here purchased fish from the net? if so what sites did you use. I see advertisements all the time but i can imagine how this could be a pretty bad idea.
     
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  2. swinkreptiles

    swinkreptiles Melanarus Wrasse

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    There are quite a few sources from the net that are very reliable when it comes to livestock. My personal favorites are:
    Aquarium Fish: Tropical Freshwater Fish and Saltwater Fish for Home Aquariums
    Reef Fish, Marine Fish, Coral, Aquarium Supplies & more - Saltwaterfish.com
    and Saltwater Fish, Buy Saltwater Fish, Exotic Saltwater Fish, Large Saltwater Fish

    liveaquaria and saltwaterfish do a great job when it comes to fish. They qt for so many months and make sure the fish are in tip top shape. But they are quite pricey alot of the time. Saltwaterfish has some good promos and each dollar you spend goes towards reward points for free stuff on future purchases.
    Aquacon has a 40% off list that is updated weekly but I wouldnt recomend getting fish from them. After several orders of the fish being sick and having ick I dont order fish from them much more. Their corals are great though and reasonably priced at that.

    GL
     
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  3. aquariaman

    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    Try liveaquaria.com!!! I have never had a problem and will give you 100% refund if anything happens!
     
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  4. dee77

    dee77 Plankton

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    try reefhotspot or reefs2go
     
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  5. swinkreptiles

    swinkreptiles Melanarus Wrasse

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    reefs2go is good on prices aswell. I didnt like the service when I ordered from them but they are under new managment now!
     
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  6. Renee@LionfishLair

    Renee@LionfishLair 3reef Sponsor

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    +1 for liveaquaria
     
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  7. dee77

    dee77 Plankton

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    yes i order now with new managment i got moon lights and i ordered blue and they sent me white but i did not test them before i glued them to acrylic and then screwed it into my canopy.:angry::angry::angry:
     
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  8. pink4miss

    pink4miss Panda Puffer

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    liveaquaria is tops and i also like bluezooaquatics
     
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  9. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    To clarify, this is true for Diver's Den on Live Aquaria and Eye It/Buy It on Saltwater Fish. All other fish from either company come from the ocean, are dumped in a bin, rebagged and re-oxed, and off they go again within hours. No one looks to see if it's eating, healthy, has ich, flukes, etc. The prices are cheap because they don't have to pay for rent, electricity, water, medicines, salaries, etc.
     
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  10. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Reefs2Go isn't offering fish now.
     
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