Do Not Buy Tangs or Wrasses from Them

Thank you for the feedback. We appreciate all constructive critism, both positive and negative. We do try very hard and strive for every customer to have a good experience with our company. We are sorry yours was less than ideal.

Here are a few recent emails we have received from customers. We feel that if a customer has a bad experience, then they are inclined to talk about it a lot. But if they have a great experience, which we feel most of our customers do, then they typically don't say anything at all. We have lots of customers though that are so happy with our services they feel like letting us know.

"I am extremely happy with this purchase! The nautilus does not have any of the typical reported problems I've read about (he can dive without issue, has a voracious appetite - started eating mud crabs out of my hand immediately after opening the package)." Rick

"I did get the order and have to say that everything looks great and healthy!!
You did a great job on selecting and packing!" Rainald

"I recently received an order.(honeycomb eel and chocolate starfish). First, I loved how quickly my order shipped out and the communication was great. Then, I was glad to find that my order was traveling fedex. No better company for on time, safe delivery. As I opened my outer box I was very impressed with the great packing job, the water was still plenty warm! The acclimation kit and guide were a VERY helpful extra. The fish were just as described and very healthy. They had no problem acclimating when I followed the step by step guide. Thank you blue zoo! It,s nice to know there is a company that goes above and beyond, both for the safety of the livestock and satisfaction of the customer. Great job all the way around. " Joe

"I have absolutely nothing but amazing things to say about everyone at Blue Zoo. I just picked my coral cat shark up from the FedEx hold location near my house and she is doing great. I now have my dream fish I've wanted for a long time. Thanks to the in-stock alert I received, I was able to order the coral cat shark I've been obsessing over. I put my shipping address as my home, which is in Omaha, Nebraska. I received a call that day from Greg due to a concern when he looked up the weather for my area, which has been quiet cold. He looked up the closest FedEx holding facility and stated it would be best if the shark was shipped there and held till I could pick it up so that it wouldn't have to endure a cold delivery on the truck. I spoke with Greg a couple more times after that and he was a great help. I even spoke with the curator over a couple questions I had to better help the acclimation of the shark into the setup I had. Everyone I had contact with was very professional and all the help I could ever ask for. The packaging she arrived in was great and the entire acclimation kit that was including was perfect. I plan on getting a second coral cat shark soon and I won't get it from anywhere else but Blue Zoo. I've named her Keto for the Greek sea goddess and she is doing well in her holding tank till she gets to move into the big tank. Feel free to use this testimonial in anything you like. Thank you once again and I'll be in contact soon I imagine to obtain a second shark." Kevin

You are exactly right and I am one of those that read this and did not want to get involved in a, well you know. I am sorry for that as a small business owner I always tell my people that there is no such thing as a complaint. It is an opportunity to improve ourselves. I also know stuff happens even with the best systems. I appreciate your attitude here. It is good to hear when things go right though so.....I have bought from you. I will say that my experience was a great one. The animals were packaged beyond perfect and the acclimation kit was much appreciated. Thank you and keep up the good work.
 
It's also very important to consider the "quality" of the poster/customer, in instances such as this and really in general on reef aquaria boards.

Slapshot is one of the best around and many here would be wise to take a single word of his over a essay from many others around here ...

As we all know well, it's often times the fault of the uninformed/uneducated/misinformed end user rather than the company/manufacturer ... Especially with delicate fish/corals and high end complicated equipment !
 
I received sick fish from them. I emailed them and let them know. I got a credit for the one that died the day after arrival. I followed up with an email to tell them six out of seven died despite quarantine and medication. No response from them. I will not buy from them again.
 
I just received my 1st order from them and was very happy with quality of livestock I got from them, it wasn't a huge order by any means as I was just trying them out and they had the fish I wanted, but everything came in very healthy and active and the coral opened up right away.
 
I received sick fish from them. I emailed them and let them know. I got a credit for the one that died the day after arrival. I followed up with an email to tell them six out of seven died despite quarantine and medication. No response from them. I will not buy from them again.

Thanks for letting us know. Are you positive that the emails went through? We respond to every single email that comes in and usually within hours of being received. When people claim that they did not get a response from us at all, it usually means we never received the email. Most people who don't get a response from us pick up the phone and call as well. If you haven't done that already, then try it. Our phone number is 888-479-2583. We are available Mon-Fri from 9AM PST to 6PM PST.

Take care.
 
I had a terrible experience with them as well. Bought a copperband which came COVERED in ich. I could not believe that anyone would sell such a fish. No one would ever buy a fish like this from a lfs. Also a flame angel that died in a day. Thank goodness I have and use a quarantine tank.

After 2 emails including pictures of the poor dead fish, and a 20 minute phone call they eventually refunded my money. But I feel so bad for the fish that they send out. Please do not support them until they clean up their act.
 
Email

Email

Thanks for letting us know. Are you positive that the emails went through? We respond to every single email that comes in and usually within hours of being received. When people claim that they did not get a response from us at all, it usually means we never received the email. Most people who don't get a response from us pick up the phone and call as well. If you haven't done that already, then try it. Our phone number is 888-479-2583. We are available Mon-Fri from 9AM PST to 6PM PST.

Take care.

Sent an email about my latest order 3 days ago. Still no response. I am positive it went thru, because I sent another one just in case. I work during your phone hours, hoping email would suffice. I guess I have to make sure I can call within your business hours.

Bryan
 
Just remembered another good experience I had with them. Second order I placed, they forgot the sun coral and the flame scallop died overnight (not sure why, looked great upon arrival). Anyways, I emailed them about the sun coral the day I received the order and the flame scallop the next day. Without question, they sent me the sun coral and a new flame scallop free of charge and covered shipping as well. A+ in my book.
 
Not a fan of BlueZoo. Tried to work with them but they make too many mistakes and offer too many excuses. Communication is poor, bordering on rude. Only passing on my experience - wish it were more positive.
 
I bought two beautiful swallowtail and some softies from them. Everything packed perfect and bigger than I expected. FedEx guy was an hour late and had to push back a meeting, but my experience was better than I expected for my first online livestock purchase. This was a couple months ago.
 
Sent an email about my latest order 3 days ago. Still no response. I am positive it went thru, because I sent another one just in case. I work during your phone hours, hoping email would suffice. I guess I have to make sure I can call within your business hours.

Bryan

Hi Bryan. Were you able to get your issues resolved? We do answer all emails within 24 business hours but usually much faster than that. Let us know
 
Hi Bryan. Were you able to get your issues resolved? We do answer all emails within 24 business hours but usually much faster than that. Let us know

I was abled to get my issue resolved, I had to call in during one of my days off. I did finally receive an email response 8 days later.

On a side note, I have had nothing but satisfactory orders with them. Meaning what I ordered, came in. I have had some animals past within their warranty period and was given credit, as in this instance.

Thanks
Bryan
 
I was abled to get my issue resolved, I had to call in during one of my days off. I did finally receive an email response 8 days later.

On a side note, I have had nothing but satisfactory orders with them. Meaning what I ordered, came in. I have had some animals past within their warranty period and was given credit, as in this instance.

Thanks
Bryan

Thanks for letting know Bryan. Glad we could help. :)
 
I have been fairly happy with Bluezoo, and have received nice stuff. However, on my first order there was supposed to be two different types of zoas, but they sent me 2 frags of the same one, which they readily admitted. But instead of sending my the right one to correct their mistake they only issued me credit. Well, no big deal it was only $18, but it was not a doa or daa situation, it was their mistake. I wish they had made it right even though it was a low-cost item.
Last order I got 2 fish that died within a few days. What happens to a small dead fish in a large reef? Yep, the CUC gets it pretty darn quickly. I contacted bluezoo and got a rather curt response that "they were unable to subsidize my livestock losses". I guess they realized this was rude and to their credit issued me credit for the dead fish.
Fast forward to last week when I tried to use my credit, and they would not apply it to the minimum purchase amount for free shipping. I do understand that shipping is a hard cost. However, I believe a credit should be good off all aspects of the transaction. Bluezoo made full profit off my first order. They would have made less profit off the replacement order (the $60 credit plus $80 of full priced items) yet they still would have profited, both on this order and on my future orders.
I will order $200 of livestock this week to use my credit; my choices are to write off the $60 or order $200 to get it. But I will get a free zoanthid... The irony is it is the same zooanthid that they did not ship because of their error.
Bluezoo items come well- packaged. If you don't have a problem, the customer service is stellar. They do have room to improve, though.
 
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