Best Online Coral & Fish Stores?
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cougareyes
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For fish, blue zoo hands down; liveaquaria/diver's den was bought by petco. I've gotten good corals from Unique and The Salty Underground. On eBay: SoCal Aquafarms.
jraker
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The quality of LA DD hasn't changed since Petco bought them. There is a sticky addressing the issue. LiveAquaria and Divers Den still provides excellent quality fish, and amazing customer support. BlueZoo and LiveAquaria are pretty much the same as far as quality of fish, but LiveAquaria does have better customer service.
cougareyes
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I have to disagree, I knew something was going on before I even knew petco bought it. I received dead fish, dead clams, very stressed corals that whithered in my tanks, fish that were not even close to the size descriptions- ones that were even on dd with pictures. Even though they are good about giving refunds I won't order from them anymore. And their prices have even gotten a little off on dd.
scooter31707
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I enjoy Vividaquariums for corals and fish. All livestock comes in healthy and great customer service.
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I get all my live rock from them. I scored 3 porcelain crabs & a spiny urchin with one order. Picked up some coral last month but have never purchased fish from them. Plenty of reviews on their site & I do not recall seeing a bad one. If there was bad service or product, I'd think buyers would have posted a bad review.
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Grimreaperz
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Anyone have any Canadian suggestions?
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Liveaquaria or any place with a guarantee.
I've actually had good luck at petco. I'd say probably 2/3 have lived. But that's in store. I just quit my part time gig cleaning tanks for a small marine aquarium company. The owner bragged about how good his stock was, but I'd say about 2/3 died within a month. So I strongly recommend buying anywhere that had a warranty. Be prepared for fish to die regardless of where you get them. Don't be surprised if a newer fish dies within the first month or so. That's fairly normal. I find that if a fish makes it 4-6wks, then it's in it for the long haul. Unfortunately I think liveaquaria is the only place that guarantees fish now and that's for only 2 weeks.
Best of luck!
I've actually had good luck at petco. I'd say probably 2/3 have lived. But that's in store. I just quit my part time gig cleaning tanks for a small marine aquarium company. The owner bragged about how good his stock was, but I'd say about 2/3 died within a month. So I strongly recommend buying anywhere that had a warranty. Be prepared for fish to die regardless of where you get them. Don't be surprised if a newer fish dies within the first month or so. That's fairly normal. I find that if a fish makes it 4-6wks, then it's in it for the long haul. Unfortunately I think liveaquaria is the only place that guarantees fish now and that's for only 2 weeks.
Best of luck!
X2, If you are in their zone 1 shipping area you can not beat it. Outside of that they still get in some very unique pieces.
Yeah I really wish I was in their "zone" or had a similar type of place near me (Chicago)
