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06/29/2011, 04:29 AM
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6:30am and my package finally arrived in my state, but it's still not at my local fedex center.
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06/29/2011, 07:37 AM
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Let us know how the animals make out
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06/29/2011, 07:49 AM
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I don’t buy from anyone who only ships fedex. Can't say I ever had a good experience with them.
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06/29/2011, 03:27 PM
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I got my package at 2:30 today and it was supposed to arrive by 3pm yesterday. I got a yellow clown goby, starry blenny, a bunch of assorted snails, feather duster and corals. The goby wasn't looking too hot when I opened the box. I drip acclimated for close to 2 hours and so far everything seems to be doing ok. The goby was been perching around the tank and on coral and the starry blenny the same. He's even begun to snap up some hair algae that sprouted this week.
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06/29/2011, 08:16 PM
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How are things now... everything making it?
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06/29/2011, 08:31 PM
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I hope they do well for you!! how did the inverts fare against the shipping?
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06/29/2011, 08:41 PM
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I also had issues with FedEx. To me "Delivery by Noon" means BY noon, not 5 pm. Further, of the 3 times I called between noon and 5, none of those times were they willing to attempt to locate the truck. It was freezing out at the time so I was a bit panicked. I realize it's "only 5 hours", but the package was only being shipped from 3 hours away. It was late enough I could've almost left the house at noon (the "latest" possible delivery time for the shipping option), driven to the store that was selling them and beaten FedEx back. UPS "by noon" gets here around 11.
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06/30/2011, 12:06 AM
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ups terminal is about 15 miles from work & since it`s a business packages alway arrive by 10:30.im my area i would pick ups evertime. i know in other areas they do not do so well. but in mine ups is king
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07/02/2011, 07:30 AM
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It's been close to 3 days and so far so good. Corals and the feather duster seem to be OK. Snails are OK. I also got a starry blenny but I don't see him all the time. I've caught him a few times picking at some hair algae that just sprouted. I've squirted some brine shrimp by him but he wasn't interested.
I also got a yellow clown goby. This is the guy I was concerned about because he was just laying on his side in the bag. After acclimation he was fine and was bouncing around the rocks and coral. The next day he vanished and couldn't find him anywhere. I assumed he was either in a rock or did die. Last night I opened my cabinet and saw the little guy swimming above the filter pad in my sump. It took about an hour but I was finally able to capture him and toss him back in the tank. He somehow got drawn into my overflow box and got transported down to the sump. lol
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07/02/2011, 07:46 AM
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Glad to hear everything worked out. Here, UPS Sucks. Every package I get from there looks like they dragged it behind the truck the whole way to my house. Fedex does a decent job. Usually their packages arrive before 11. Must be lucky.
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07/02/2011, 08:04 AM
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Im lucky here I guess that both UPS and FedEx are on time. UPS is roughter on the packages, but not terrible. FedEx looks like the thing was never even shipped.
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