Where can i get a Spotted Mandarin Goby???

[Hypertek99]

Ok my pods are all over the place now. The refugium is full of pods. I haven't had any fish in my tank now for over 8 months now switched over to a reef. But now my pods are everywhere so i have been looking for a spotted mandarin goby but can't find one. Anyone know any good sites??? Also looking for a place to get a Helfrich Firefish.

 

[Rosseau]

Can't help you. However, most LFS's will likely order things in for you. This way they probably have a better chance of surviving and the risk is taken by the LFS or the shipper, not you.

 

[DarthBaiter]

Helfrich you can find at Diverdan in Liveaquaria.com
They might also have a mandarin in the reg fish dept.

 

[Illuminati]

Liveaquaria's price for Helfrichi firefish is absurd, look at www.marinecenter.com. I got an order from them and everything arrived healthy.

 

[DarthBaiter]

colinadam...what are you talking about?

Marinecenter Helfrichi is $179.00
Liveaquaria is $169.00

Marinecenter helfrichi fish pair is $349
and Liveaquaria is $329.oo

Seems to me it's marinecenter that's more expensive.
Also, Marinecenter doesn't have any right now, and liveaquaria does and Liveaquaria is WYSIWYG.

 

[Illuminati]

Looks like Live Aquaria recently dropped the price of them. In the not to recent past they went for $300 each on LA at the same time Marine Center sold them for half the price.

 

[Hypertek99]

Yeah when i checked liveaquaria a few weeks ago it was 249.99 But thanks for letting us know about the price drop

 

[DarthBaiter]

I bought one from LA months(feb or Jan) ago for $169.00+S/H :shrug: Thought I overpaid when I saw your post and went to check marinecenter.

It's wierd, but their price in the reg. section is higher then when it's on diverdan's WYSIWYG....go figure.

*edit*Wait, I take that back, I just checked again and they lowered the price in the reg marine fish section also.

 

[Doglover_50]

I did a reefhotspot.com order---they have a pretty good 2 week warranty policy (store credit). They have both fish you are asking about, and excellent prices. I found their customer service very very good.

 

[Doglover_50]

also, I hope you have a decent size tank of at least 30 gallons with tons of rock--and if it is smaller, a fuge.
It is normal to have a pod explosion several months into setting up a reef, but then the # will reduce again.