Retail fish Stores VS. Online - Page 2

03sonicstang · 11/04/2010, 08:30 AM

I tried my first On-line Coral purchase about 3 weeks ago. I used CoralProps.com, great WYSIWYG corals and the customer service was awesome! All my purchases are all doing very well in my system.

Never ordered any fish on-line and not sure if I ever will.

There are (2) great LFS in my area that I frequent. Plus with (3) young daughters they love to hang out in the store and help me pick out Fish/Corals. One day they're not going to want to hang out with Dad at a fish store

Got to soak this time up while I can!!!

Hocky · 11/04/2010, 08:41 AM

I've had great experiences with SWF and liveaquaria.

rwm555 · 11/04/2010, 08:25 PM

I have made a couple of purchases from saltwater and have been very pleased with everything I received. I had one cleaner shrimp die after a couple of days and they gave me full credit.

rancoo · 11/04/2010, 09:33 PM

I ordered from reefs2go.com, for a cleaner shrimp, 2 emerald crabs and assorted snails and crabs and everything was great. I am going to order a flame angel and some other assorted items from them again soon

lordofthereef · 11/05/2010, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeff@zina.com

You might even get Picassos or occasionally a black clown. But if you wanted a **name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** or a Wyoming White, the staff will generally look at you like you're speaking Martian.

Designer fish... ROFL... may as well be speaking Martian

Camel413 · 11/13/2010, 09:29 PM

I just received an order from Blue Zoo Aquatics and I am very happy with my purchase from them. Even got a phone call to make sure my shipping address was correct so there was no mess ups.

Ethan_W · 11/13/2010, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by keenstyle1

So going forward with my new tank, i walked into a new store in my area that wasn't yet open. Then I had flash backs of my last tank, where I would walk in for saltwater, and come out with hundreds of dollars in coral rock and other stuff.

So the question is, are there good online stores that anyone has had good or bad experiences with?

its called self control. or just dont ever ask the people in the stores what you need and ask on here first. then just go in with your list.

the nice thing about RC is that people let u know what you NEED and arent just trying to sell you stuff

11/04/2010, 09:33 PM	#29
rancoo Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 128	I ordered from reefs2go.com, for a cleaner shrimp, 2 emerald crabs and assorted snails and crabs and everything was great. I am going to order a flame angel and some other assorted items from them again soon __________________ -Brad 110 Gallon (48x18x30) FOWLR, 160 lbs live rock, 60 lbs live sand, sump, skimmer. Yellow Tang, Ocellaris Clown x2, Lawnmower Blenny, Blue/Green Chromis x5, Pajama Cardinal x2, Yellow Watchman Goby.

11/04/2010, 08:30 AM	#26
03sonicstang Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 500	I tried my first On-line Coral purchase about 3 weeks ago. I used CoralProps.com, great WYSIWYG corals and the customer service was awesome! All my purchases are all doing very well in my system. Never ordered any fish on-line and not sure if I ever will. There are (2) great LFS in my area that I frequent. Plus with (3) young daughters they love to hang out in the store and help me pick out Fish/Corals. One day they're not going to want to hang out with Dad at a fish store Got to soak this time up while I can!!!

11/04/2010, 08:41 AM	#27
Hocky Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 55	I've had great experiences with SWF and liveaquaria.

11/04/2010, 08:25 PM	#28
rwm555 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 90	I have made a couple of purchases from saltwater and have been very pleased with everything I received. I had one cleaner shrimp die after a couple of days and they gave me full credit.

11/13/2010, 09:29 PM	#31
Camel413 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Salem IL Posts: 161	I just received an order from Blue Zoo Aquatics and I am very happy with my purchase from them. Even got a phone call to make sure my shipping address was correct so there was no mess ups.