Good places to buy fish online?

[bigdee65]

I have only order from LiveAquaria as I was in the same situation as you Doug. So when my lfs refused to order me Lyretail Anthias I decided to order online. I also ordered a decent sized clean up crew so I got free shipping. Today was the 2 week mark and I only lost my Skunk Cleaner and I was credited the money no questions asked.

I was also impressed by the packaging and will be ordering from them again soon.

 

[dougchambers]

Thanks for the feedback guys... My LFS offered to order in an Achilles that should have arrived ~noon yesterday. We stopped by just before 7pm last night and the shipment still had not arrived. All they could tell the shop was that the packages were between LA and Boise. Unfortunate!

I'll give them a call later today to see if the shipment arrived late last night.

-Doug

 

[orgetorix]

My personal favoritet is themarinecenter.com They are a bit pricey but always have great livestock. They can also get rare fish and a plus if you live in Southern California (which you don't) overnight shipping is only $10 on any order.

 

[vthondaboi]

My club did a group buy from Reefhotspot and 10 out of 16 Tangs arrived DOA. Another one or two died within the two week guarantee. One of the ones that I got that arrived alive arrived with ich. Some guys two skunk clowns died too.

Then he missed the re-ship date and pushed it back a week. During that wait period he sold the Tangs he was suppose to ship to replace for us the week before. We ended up getting about 5 or 6 replacement Tangs.

Naturally we paid the shipping fee but I think he should have stood up for his business and waved it due to missing the ship date and 10 Tangs DOA.

Not sure how it was communicated to him but he packd the Tangs this time around two to a bag and we had to re-bag them once they got here.

Not sure if he runs it out of his house but one time I called and got someone completely unknowledgeable about even True Perculas. Oh and answering the phone more often would be nice.

 

[Torno]

DEE-NIED! lol

 

[WILDTHING]

come on guys this is not the correct thread to go into long discussions about your displeasure with a company. Thats for the feedback forum.

THIS thread was asking about good places to buy fish online.

I've seen threads like this go south fast and get closed just as fast.

colleen

 

[vthondaboi]

Sorry didn't mean too except I made a comment and people asked me to explain and I did. Mods may delete or edit out my earlier reply as I'll post something in the Vendor section.

Also is Reefhotspot allowed to solicit business in this forum?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6927717#post6927717 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WILDTHING
come on guys this is not the correct thread to go into long discussions about your displeasure with a company. Thats for the feedback forum.

THIS thread was asking about good places to buy fish online.

I've seen threads like this go south fast and get closed just as fast.

colleen

 

[ReefHotSpot]

Reply to vthondaboi,

The order was for 19 baby blue hippo tangs and 2 pink skunk clowns. You received the baby blue hippo tangs at $12.40 per fish and I paid for shipping on the initial order. When Robin originally called to place the order she was under the misconception that they were $20 a piece. I let her know that their was a better price. I don't try to cheat anybody.

I had a lot of requests for these fish and that is the reason I tried to sell them. It didn't work out. They're really cute but too young. I no longer sell them because of their mortality rate in shipping. I take responsibility for letting one order be comprised of 19 of them. I had them for about a month online and no longer sell them because of their high mortality rate in shipping.

You are misinformed about missing a ship date. I missed no ship date. Robin informed me that she was going on vacation and that is the reason the ship date was pushed back. I didn't sell any out from under you but had to make other replacements. As I said, I no longer sell them because of their mortality rate in shipping.

The total value of the shipment was replaced and the baby blues which were not replaced were replaced by other livestock at a discounted price. The person that I was dealing with in the group purchase sent me an email the day after the replacement shipment thanking me.

As a hobbyist, it is remarkable to me that people could take such an attitude. The fish you ordered are exceptionally fragile. You got them at a very fair price. All I can do is make good on my guarantee and that is what I did.

 

[BrianD]

redrunblue and vthondaboi,

This isn't the place to hash this out. Please take your discussion elsewhere.

BrianD
Staff
Reef Central

 

[ReefHotSpot]

BrianD,

Sir, I don't disagree with you about this not being the right place. I am new to reefcentral. But, if somebody takes to using words like "shady" in regards to my company, I will respond because I am honest man and this is an honest company.
Isn't that fair?

Regards,
Max
ReefHotSpot.com

 

[ta_billy]

Achilles Tang...difficult to acclimate, but not impossible. However, if he/she does acclimate, plan on this fish being the boss of your 135gal.

IMO, only the Clown Tang is more agressive.

Very cool fish, but beware!

 

[mjdlonghorn]

vthondaboi
Stop pouting about a few dead fish. I know from experience that bably blue tangs are fragile. I think the marinedepotlive website even says that they dont guarantee a live arrival. Your experience is trivial and I am seeing way too many posters try to get others to refuse to do business with merchants because of a single grievance. This is becoming so common I feel like I have to call you out on it. I have spent $100+ on a clown tang that just refused to acclimate. Its just bad luck.