[Bmore]

hello has anyone ever bought fish or invertebrates from Aquacon.com?
http://www.aquacon.com/

 

[crvz]

in a word, no.

 

[chrisd]

stick with live aquaria. fish and corals are very healthy when they arrive.

 

[jrtjoker]

stick with live aquaria. fish and corals are very healthy when they arirve.

+1

Cant go wrong with the Dr's.

 

[ebross67]

liveaquaria.com or bluezooaquatics, IMO.

 

[Phishnoob]

liveaquaria.com or bluezooaquatics, IMO.

Yep what is right up there ^^^^^^^.

Do a search for aquacon and you will find unbelievable horror stories, mine included which had zero anything that lived. Other outfits are marginal and have bad return policies like saltwaterfish.com.

Live Aquaria delivers great stuff, and on the ultrarare occasion when a fish or coral doesn't survive they give you a credit on the spot based your honor. I won't go anyplace else after that level of customer service.

Blue zoo gets lots of positive comments all the time here on TRT from some folks that really know their stuff.

 

[Bmore]

thanks. Yeah I have heard good things about Live Aquaria and Blue Zoo aquatics. I just found aquacon and was curious

 

[FutureDoc]

since you are in the MD and if you dont mind a drive/look at the eastern shore, check out pacific east as well. They are out of Mardela Springs (near Salisbury), but normally have good corals although their fish selection can be difficult. Also, I would expect some decent LFS in the area if you find the right people to ask.

 

[Bmore]

thanks, next time im out there ill check it out. there are a couple stores in the area one is called Exotic Aquatics and the other is House of Tropicals.

 

[GJman]

+1 for liveaquaria.com and my favorite bluezooaquatics.com

 

[sha_ggy13]

thanks, next time im out there ill check it out. there are a couple stores in the area one is called Exotic Aquatics and the other is House of Tropicals.

If it is still open, the aquarium depot in randalstown is huge. Shouldn't be too far from towson!

 

[crvz]

since you are in the MD and if you dont mind a drive/look at the eastern shore, check out pacific east as well. They are out of Mardela Springs (near Salisbury), but normally have good corals although their fish selection can be difficult. Also, I would expect some decent LFS in the area if you find the right people to ask.

Pacific East Aquaculture is my go-to for corals, but unfortunately they don't ship many fish. They do have a retail location, though, and I would expect it to be top notch.

 

[CHM]

I had a good experience with Reef 2 Reef and Extremecorals.com.

 

[firsthesitation]

+1 for Live Aquaria. Their WI office is also 4 hours from my house so I make regular trips up there. They also offer a 15 day guarantee which most places don't.

 

[Bmore]

yeah aquarium depot is still open ill try there too!