Purchasing Coral Online

Discussion in 'Coral' started by dancin_trancy, Sep 18, 2007.

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  1. dancin_trancy

    dancin_trancy Fire Worm

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    Hello all,
    For those of you who have ever ordered coral from an online source, what sites would you suggest, that you were happy with the item themselves as well as the packaging?
     
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  3. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    What Corals are you looking for ?
     
  4. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    Fraggle Reef, Premium Corals and Fish always has awesome corals, excellent shipping, great prices and a 3reef sponsor to boot. The trick is to to always check the site cause Miguel updates it everyonce in awhile and the stuff goes quick when he does cause he sponsors other forums as well.
     
  5. 120gallons

    120gallons Astrea Snail

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    I bought from Pacific East Aquaculture at MACNA so it wasn't through the mail, but that's how they normally sell and they have nice stuff. I posted a pic of the orange zoos I got in the photo section.
     
  6. YellowBelly

    YellowBelly Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    I like Saltwaterfish.com - Saltwater Fish, Saltwater Fish Aquariums, Tropical Fish, and Saltwater Fish Tanks, eTropicals, /// Zoafrag /// and LiveAquaria. I've also bought a number of nice specimens on eBay very cheap and none have died. Purchased a 4" Rose Bubble Tip Anemone for $34.99, 1" Pink Millepora for $14.99, 5 heads of all Red Blastomussa (not red and green like most blastos) for $34.99, [110 snails, 1 orange ricordea and 60 hermit crabs for $120]. Reliable eBay sellers are: zoafrags, islandmarinelife and djpuf.
     
  7. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    I have bought a couple of times on ebay with succes. But the best experience has been and still is, is with reef-gardener(ebay) and she(morgan) has her own web site called The Reef Gardener About 60% of my corals are from her. If any of you buy from her, you wont regret it. Send her my regards if you do.
     
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  9. MissouriReef

    MissouriReef Astrea Snail

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    to be perfectly honest, I have purchased stuff online, and had a 50/50 chance with it. However for me, Anything I will be buying in the future will be from Tangster
     
  10. crappyballer

    crappyballer Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    check out carolina frags, probably the best prices ever, and they are a 3reef sponsor. plus the last time i ordered i received 3 corals for the price of one. Welcome to Carolina Frags!
     
  11. thecoralbroker.com

    thecoralbroker.com Plankton

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    ***THECORALBROKER***
    O.K. YES we are NEW to the online side of things but we have over 20 years in the marine business. Our prices and service are EXCELLENT and we have a gurantee.

    We are having a BIG SALE this weekend - 25% off EVERYTHING AND $25. off in your first email after signing-up!

    You can use these together to make your purchase even a better deal!! A GREAT way to try us out!
    The Coral Broker

    PLEASE leave us feedback on here and let us know how we are doing!!

    Look forward to seeing you soon!
     
  12. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    Here's a suggestion. Can you put a description for the corals so the people buying know what kind of lighting and what kind of feeding/care it needs? For us newb's in the coral world. We're still learning and to have that infront of you when you are buying helps a lot on what to select.:) Thanks!