Ordering livestock online

snowmansnow · Jan 1, 2016

RobThePanda;1075490 wrote: totally confused with everyone and there replies... but buying from local fish stores is no better, they order their fish and they get shipped just like you're getting shipped from LA. Honestly the biggest benefit of buying directly from LA is that extreme price differences.

Other people said time wasted? I mean you spent 2-3 minutes to place an order and unpacked it when it arrived. So you wasted like 10 minutes? I'm not exactly sure how that is wasted time. I guess others here just think differently than me lol...

Personally I see no benefit from buying locally, they provide crazy prices. My advice is if you ever do any business in Florida to just take the coral out of the water and wrap it up and put it in your suitcase when you fly back home. Should be completely fine and it's extremely cheap.

Or if you ever go to florida for business near the coast during a warm month you can always just go diving if you have time and rip out your own coral, i believe it's illegal, but a buddy of mine does that and he gets some huge colonies for free!

not something id document on a forum haha but to each his own i suppose

jp30338 · Jan 1, 2016

RobThePanda;1075490 wrote: totally confused with everyone and there replies... but buying from local fish stores is no better, they order their fish and they get shipped just like you're getting shipped from LA. Honestly the biggest benefit of buying directly from LA is that extreme price differences.

Other people said time wasted? I mean you spent 2-3 minutes to place an order and unpacked it when it arrived. So you wasted like 10 minutes? I'm not exactly sure how that is wasted time. I guess others here just think differently than me lol...

Personally I see no benefit from buying locally, they provide crazy prices. My advice is if you ever do any business in Florida to just take the coral out of the water and wrap it up and put it in your suitcase when you fly back home. Should be completely fine and it's extremely cheap.

Or if you ever go to florida for business near the coast during a warm month you can always just go diving if you have time and rip out your own coral, i believe it's illegal, but a buddy of mine does that and he gets some huge colonies for free!

Uh ya. More people raping corals from the ocean, because of greed and selfishness....

grouper therapy · Jan 1, 2016

RobThePanda;1075490 wrote: totally confused with everyone and there replies... but buying from local fish stores is no better, they order their fish and they get shipped just like you're getting shipped from LA. Honestly the biggest benefit of buying directly from LA is that extreme price differences.

Other people said time wasted? I mean you spent 2-3 minutes to place an order and unpacked it when it arrived. So you wasted like 10 minutes? I'm not exactly sure how that is wasted time. I guess others here just think differently than me lol...

Personally I see no benefit from buying locally, they provide crazy prices. My advice is if you ever do any business in Florida to just take the coral out of the water and wrap it up and put it in your suitcase when you fly back home. Should be completely fine and it's extremely cheap.

Or if you ever go to florida for business near the coast during a warm month you can always just go diving if you have time and rip out your own coral, i believe it's illegal, but a buddy of mine does that and he gets some huge colonies for free!

What have you ordered from them?

civics14 · Jan 1, 2016

RobthePanda I'm not sure if you're a diver or not, but pulling coral out of the ocean is a big no no and more times then likely it is illegal and you risk your cert.

I don't condone not quarantining but I bought all of my fish between Nemo,
Aviarium, & Atlanta aquarium and put them right in, never had an issue. I just watch them eat first and observe their swim habits.

benpoole28 · Jan 1, 2016

My LFS quarantines the fish for 3 weeks before they let anyone buy them, even the ones I special order. Which means they are taking on most of the risk of getting a bad or diseased fish which is worth allot in my opinion. Plus, by the time you pay shipping, it's not that much cheaper to order online. A 14 day alive guarantee is good, but it won't cover any other fish that get infected by the one they sent you. I'm not sure why, but my LFS here in warner robins prices are always within 10% of LA prices.

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genesis · Jan 1, 2016

SnowManSnow;1075508 wrote: I've always been pleased with bluezooaquatics for fish

I've ordered some fish from them as well. Nice packaging, acclimation kit, sample food. The only thing that didn't make it was a cleaner wrasse, but they gave me credit for it towards a future order. The advantages from getting at an LFS is you can see it right there but it does come with an increased price most of the time. But hey they have to make a profit as well so pick your poison. I think online suppliers like tidal gardens with there live video auctions are really trying to get creative about marketing and becoming equivelant to LFS.

benpoole28 · Jan 1, 2016

It's not really an issue in a large markets like atlanta, but we only have one store down here, so I try to do my part in keeping their doors open!

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russ-iv · Jan 1, 2016

i ordered from my saltwaterstore once. everything died. fortunately DoA were covered, but i never ordered again.

i just text adam from battlecorals, or jeremy from reef raft or joe from joe knows these days if i want something.

as far as lfs i always do an aviarium, atlanta aquarium, pure reef (and used to do a SEA) run.

never had an outbreak of ich from any of them. i just dump from the bag.
i think pure reef copper treats their fish so i just grab the fish and pitch them in the display like i am winning a ty cobb award.

davidinga · Jan 1, 2016

RobThePanda;1074689 wrote: i've always used liveaquaria.com
they have great deals and a great money back guarantee if things go wrong.

This.

Just got some fish from them a week ago. Everything came fat and healthy; as always.

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hzheng33 · Jan 1, 2016

when i used to live in the middle of nowhere, I use LA as well. if anything happens to your livestock, they can redeliver, credit, or refund with no questions asked.

lsu_fishfan · Jan 1, 2016

I prefer buying fish locally. I like to see how the fish acts at the store, and make sure it eats. Nemos has great selection and prices on their fish. Pure Reef, atlanta aquarium, and the fish store all have a large fish selection as well. Shac gets nice fish in at great prices too.

hzheng33 · Jan 1, 2016

I definitely buy local as well. it really depends on situation. again, when I lived in the middle if nowhere, I will try to purchase online. nowadays I live so close to 3 lfs, I just swing by.

grouper therapy · Jan 1, 2016

RobThePanda;1074689 wrote: i've always used liveaquaria.com
they have great deals and a great money back guarantee if things go wrong.

What have you ordered from them? Cora,fish, or both. I was thinking about some corals from divers den.

hzheng33 · Jan 1, 2016

grouper therapy;1075695 wrote: What have you ordered from them? Cora,fish, or both. I was thinking about some corals from divers den.

I have gotten corals from them. I think they're just ok. I bet you can get better deals from Rit

grouper therapy · Jan 1, 2016

hzheng33;1075696 said:
I have gotten corals from them. I think they're just ok. I bet you can get better deals from Rit[/QUOT
Probably so. Rob said he had ordered from live aquaria which is not wysiwyg so I was wandering how what they sent compared to what was listed.

fishlips · Jan 1, 2016

hzheng33;1075696 said:
grouper therapy;1075697 wrote:

hzheng33;1075696 said:

I have gotten corals from them. I think they're just ok. I bet you can get better deals from Rit[/QUOT
Probably so. Rob said he had ordered from live aquaria which is not wysiwyg so I was wandering how what they sent compared to what was listed.

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I got a High dollar acro frag pack. Not impressed at all. Bags not labeled. Called to ask what they sent.There response. "I don't know ".

hzheng33 · Jan 1, 2016

grouper therapy;1075697 said:
Fishlips;1075703 wrote:

grouper therapy;1075697 said:

I got a High dollar acro frag pack. Not impressed at all. Bags not labeled. Called to ask what they sent.There response. "I don't know ".

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this is a good point and a valid constructive criticism. I have only ordered corals that I already know of. I have not ordered coral packs. so when they got to me, I know what they're. all corals that came in, though, are well packed but no labels. they should get on labeling in this hobby where name is almost everything.

grouper therapy · Jan 1, 2016

Fishlips;1075703 said:
hzheng33;1075704 wrote:

Fishlips;1075703 said:

this is a good point and a valid constructive criticism. I have only ordered corals that I already know of. I have not ordered coral packs. so when they got to me, I know what they're. all corals that came in, though, are well packed but no labels. they should get on labeling in this hobby where name is almost everything.

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Thank you for the compliment but I did not post it

grouper therapy · Jan 1, 2016

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