Ordering Fish, Corals, Inverts online?

[jipps]

What's the general feeling about ordering fish, corals, and inverts online? It seems much easier and cheaper than most LFS's, and so long as I know what I want it's much less of a hassle having to wait for stores to get their orders in/getting there in time to get the goods. What's the general feeling about this, and what are the best sites to order them from?

[Fly Guy]

Marine depot and Live Aquaria are always solid for the commons. Reefer madness is one of my faves. a little more money but really sweet stuff.

[combiemaster]

I rather wait at hand pick my fish instead or wating for a surprise

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by combiemaster

I rather wait at hand pick my fish instead or wating for a surprise

Thats why reefer madness is more money. You in a sense ARE handpicking your corals. WYSIWYG

For waht its worth as well, both marine depot and live aquaria have never let me down on my expectations of what they were sending me. If it dies they replace it. Marine depot even replaced the same coral TWICE one time.

Heres something for you. This is a $45 zoanthid rock from marine depot. Its probably about the size of a softball. The backside you cant see is all but just as covered with polyps. If have ordered from them too many times to count and they have made me a happy enough customer that i have no problem plugging them.

[Geoff]

when ordering critters on line, make sure to take into account the shipping costs. they can be very high sometimes.

G~

[Casey]

Stick with Chris at Rm shipping is in the price and they are great.

[DebsSisterFlo]

it helps if you join a reef club or have local friends so you can all pitch in for an order... at Live Aquaria I think it's free shipping for orders over $225. Their actual prices are much lower than my lfs's.