Looking For Saltwater Delivery
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phatphisher
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catalina delivers but your lfs will have to arrange the delivery for you. per gallon rate is what your lfs charges. i can't remember if they added delivery charge.
No doubt! And all of his fish are sick within days of his deliveries. :rolleye1:
I wouldnt buy anything there except a few knick knacks and so on. Never buying fish there again, and I make my own water. But he DOES get deliveries of water. I'm just suggesting asking when his next delivery is so he can talk to the guy to see about the possibility of having a delivery to his house on the same days.
GTR
Active member
But still open for business.
I called Catalina about delivery and I think the 300g would meet a minimum. I talked to them about delivering to my shop and not my house and at the time they liked the idea of having a delivery before 10-11am when the stores open up. They come out here to Petworld once a week already so another San Bernardino stop interested them.
I still may do it since I now have a 550g container.
SteveU
blue angel2
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Ocean in Motion are way to expensive. They quoted me 75 cents per gallon.
GTR
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Not sure what makes him a crook.
Is it because they charge more than they pay for stuff so they can pay the rent and make a decent living?
Small stores can't compete on price with big-box stores or on-line companies (but I'm sure you already know that). Though I don't think I've been in the store for over a year they have always been very polite to me and I've never felt ripped off if I decided I wanted to buy something.
SteveU
Yeah, I'm not sure I'd call him a crook, he's making an honest buck, but he's more expensive. Just so happens that I work in Irvine and can take a quick jaunt up to Marine Depot and pickup things cheaper, or have my wife pick things up from PTF in Pasadena before she comes home from work.
I've just had some bad experiences with fish from his stock, although I have managed to keep his Coris Wrasse and Sand sifting starfish alive.
Obviously, if I didnt have other resources I would be shopping there regularly. And if I have an emergency need for salt, sand, rock or whatever, I'll buy it there cause it's very close. I did pickup one live rock from there. It caught my eye and I HAD to have it.
I've just had some bad experiences with fish from his stock, although I have managed to keep his Coris Wrasse and Sand sifting starfish alive.
Obviously, if I didnt have other resources I would be shopping there regularly. And if I have an emergency need for salt, sand, rock or whatever, I'll buy it there cause it's very close. I did pickup one live rock from there. It caught my eye and I HAD to have it.
