Livestock order

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jandlms

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Okay folks. You asked for it . What livestock do you want and where should we order it from. I realize a few of you left your wants and needs on the other thread, but please put them on this thread also.
Has anybody had any success with some of the newer businesses posting on the web such as Sharky's or BlueZoo Aquatics? Sound off here and get your two cents worth in quick. I think an order placed at the beginning of next week would be a good starting off point. I can act as the delivery point if you all are agreeable with the idea.
jandlms
 
I'm open for referrals... someone reliable who'll stand behind their product is what I'm looking for... with a great price of course!
 
I had a bad experience at Sharkys.
I ordered zoa's last year and they sent me different ones than I ordered.
Then they told me they'd give me $40 credit and I keep the zoa's they sent. I said OK. Then they told me they have a minimum order of $100 and I had to spend $100 again to get my credit.
I'm like but but but you sent me the wrong items ( it was more than 1) that's not right.
It took some fighting but they finally sent my money back instead.
I would have taken the credit had they not make me spend another $100.

I REALLY do like their zoa's though. I just don't like the policy of minimum $100 order if something goes wrong.
I would maybe give them a second chance though. Their pictures look like they have nice stuff lol.

Let us know where you plan to order.

That can be a problem to as some want fish, shrimp and some want corals. Some places don't have alot of both.
I still have $40 in credit from reefscience to lol from a yr ago but don't wanna spend $50 in shipping to get it.

kass
 
I ordered from Blue zoo. I got some snails.

They were super nice and shipped everything packaged as you would expect.

The livestock seemed to do OK despite the fact that Fedex left the package on my back porch in April without even knocking on the door in 50 degree weather!

I think that I had considerably short lives on those animals due to this.

But, their service was great and they were ready to make it right even though it was Fedex that screwed up.
 
I haven't actually gotten anything from Sharky's and his stuff looks good, but I tried to get an order a couple times and it didn't work out. 1 order had a starfish in it and I waited a couple weeks to ship it (he had something going on that delayed it) then when he was finally ready to ship it he said it wasn't looking healthy so my order was cancelled. Which I can appreciate, I don't want someone to send me something that's going to die right away frm the stress of shipping. Then it got better and I was going to get that and a RBTA, some hermits and some other stuff about a month later after the starfish was doing better, but then when he was going to ship it he changed his mind and said starfish was a no-go again. And then my order was too small. So anyway, I didn't get anything bad from there, it just didn't go smooth. That was over a year ago though, and I wouldn't think it was typical.

I've never gotten aything from Reeftopia but I've read a lot of good stuff about it. Looks like a great place to get cleaning crew, shrimp, etc, great prices on those. But if people are looking for fish the selection is very limited, and just has some gorgonians and mushrooms/ricordia.

I don't need anything so I wouldn't be going in on this anyway, just throwing out some info for anyone who's interested. :)
 
Reeftopia has great stuff, but a limited assortment. Their prices are very good also. I just thought that maybe someone had found someplace new to order from. Places seem to pop up on the web on a daily basis. When consensus is reached on where to shop I will figure out what to order. By the way BlueZoo Aquatics looked interesting.
jandlms
 
I have purchased twice from saltwaterfish.com

very hardy animals. service is iffy though. They dont ship right away, but i think that they may be willing to work with you on that. I've never tried to talk to an actual human being there, so I cannot comment on service.
 
I am looking for a small, unusual, goby and some LPS/Zoos.

Liveaquaria actually seems to have a pretty good selection right now. I don't see anything at reeftopia that looks interesting, I'll have to look through bluezoo when I get off work.
 
Doesn't Liveaquaria.com seem a little expensive for what you get? I also hope we can find a place that has a little more variability in the corals that are purchased. What I mean is that the info - 2 to 3" piece of caulastrea for 29.99 - doesn't tell me much. Boy do I miss Gooch's corals.
jandlms
 
Agreed....

Tagging along... I'd like to put something with this order when an agreement on where from is reached. I'm good for at least a couple items... Jon knows I never seem to get enough angels... or Grammas... I wish I was ready for that 300 to be filled, I wanted to add like 20 grammas and 15 pygmy angels... but we can save that for a different order.


I know this is elementry, but what are the sites for Blue Zoo and Sharky's? I made a quick pass, and got some shopping mall and something about a beer made by Sharky himself....

J
 
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I just got the sale prices from saltwaterfish.com. They seem pretty good and with free shipping on orders over $79.......
Check them out: Royal Grammas $9.99
Bicolor Blennies $9.99
Purple Pseudochromis $9.99
Redlip Blennies $9.99
Pygmy Angels $9.99
Lawnmower Blennies $9.99
Flame Cardinals $9.99
Chalk Basslets $9.99
Porcupine Puffers $14.99
Turbo/Astrea Snails - Group of 10 $9.99
Nassarius Snails - Group of 10 $9.99
Blueleg Hermit Crabs - Group of 10 $9.99
Scarlet Hermit Crabs - Group of 10 $29.99
Emerald Crabs - Group of 3 11.99
Lettuce Nudibranch $4.99
Ricordea Mushroom Polyps $7.99
Shaving Brush Plant - Group of 5 $15.99
Jawfish $14.99
Sally Lightfoot Crabs $9.99
Umbrella Mushroom Polyps $7.99
Coral Banded Shrimp $7.99
Arrow Crabs $7.99
Cleaner Clams $5.99
Pink Tip Haitian Anemones $9.99
Chocolate Chip Stars $9.99
Orange Tree Sponge $24.99
Red Tree Sponge $24.99
Orangeback Basslets $15.99
Decorator Crabs $6.89
Porcelain Crabs $6.99
Sand Sifting Cucumber $7.99
Caribbean Pistol Shrimp $9.99
Radiata Lionfish $59.99
Blackcap Basslets $34.99
Yellow Tangs $19.99
Niger Triggers $19.99
plus lots of other great deals!!

At these prices, Jason you may want to order those grammas and angels.
jandlms
 
Little high on the Black caps... at 35$, we got em' last time for 14... but I'll take the following...

2 - jawfish (listed only as such - not the tigers) 15$ ea
2 - Coral Banded shrimp. 8$ ea
2 - pygmy angel fish. 10$ each

For a total so far of: 66 + anything you need for s+h - I trust same arrangements as the last couple times... or I can drop cash early...I may add to this, but this should get things started. I will pm you my new # for my hip.



Jason
 
Jason, Slow down. I just threw this posting up. I don't know that the group wants to go with Saltwaterfish.com. I take it your vote is yes. For what its worth my vote also.
Everybody else out there chime in so we can get this going quickly.
jandlms
 
looks like several would like to order from saltwaterfish.com, so I'll put my vote in as a yes as well... they sure are lower in price in peppy shrimp than bluezoo!
 
I think three was the magic number. Lets give saltwaterfish.com a try this time. The minimum for free shipping was only $79 and I think Jason passed that by himself.
Start sending me your list of items so that I can put the order together. I would like to send the order on Friday with it shipped out on Monday if possible.
Thanks,
jandlms
 
my order:
Peppermint Shrimp - Group of 5 - $19.99

oh argh! Well that's all for now... gotta do some research before I add anything else!
 
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