saltwaterfish.com  any good?  Where to o

They have some pretty good prices on fish. $75 minimum order I found out, but $18 for a yellow tang especially is a good deal. Thinking about a yellow and regal tang, a porcupine puffer and a couple other small ones.

Where should I order from? The LFS's here in Dallas (Dallas North Aquarium) are charging a LOT! $80 for a small regal tang! Found another that is $45 for the same size.

 

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What's it worth to you to actually LOOK at the animal before you plop down hard earned cash?

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I try to patronize my LFS..just so they stay around! They are getting fewer and farther between! If it is a good store, I pay good money ;D

 

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Im with Birdlady here. But is is fun to drool over the internet shops. It helps you get a feel for what you want to buy. Heres another one with ok variety.

www.vividaquariums.com


Jay

 

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[quote author=birdlady link=board=Fish;num=1099854271;start=0#1 date=11/07/04 at 12:00:41]What's it worth to you to actually LOOK at the animal before you plop down hard earned cash?

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I try to patronize my LFS..just so they stay around!  They are getting fewer and farther between!  If it is a good store, I pay good money ;D

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Yeah, I agree... good store is worth a little more. Plus the Dallas North Aquarium is less than a mile away from me. They do have drazy prices on some though (regal/hippo) tang. Taking advantage of their demand for sure. I do need to find more LFS. Is there a place to find a listing besides the yellow pages?

 

Re: saltwaterfish.com  any good?  Where to o

[quote author=Jay link=board=Fish;num=1099854271;start=0#2 date=11/07/04 at 12:50:50]Im with Birdlady here. But is is fun to drool over the internet shops. It helps you get a feel for what you want to buy. Heres another one with ok variety.

www.vividaquariums.com


Jay[/quote]

Thanks for the link Jay. They also have pretty good prices. One thing about mose of these fish ... the ones I see at the fish store are almost all exactly the same. I don't think that ordering one sight unseen is all that bad in that case. I would expect that they would send only fish in good condition as well because they offer a guarantee and there's no way they would make it through that after shipping if they weren't healthy.

Anyone actually bought from a place on-line?

 

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I have bought fish from http://www.liveaquaria.com they actually sent me the wrong fish. I would definitely prefer to see the fish before I buy it. The one thing I can't justify is paying $7/lb for LR.

 

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I've had good luck both on-line and at my LFS, but I prefer the LFS. I always call the online store to get a feel for the operation and talk to the owner or no go.

 

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I have purchased cleaner crew from Saltwaterfish.com, and was very pleased. Fast and well packaged.