Anyone interested in a reefcleaners.org group buy?

TrishW · Sep 29, 2013

I am willing to do the leg work and contact them about setting up the buy. If we have a $200 order we will get free shipping, but if not then we could split the shipping equally. I am available during the day to take delivery and then could meet everyone in a central location to pick up their items that afternoon/evening.

What do you think?

H@rry · Sep 29, 2013

I have always bought from Reeftopia.com and have been very satisfied with the livestock and service. Just a thought for you to consider.

Rothgar · Sep 29, 2013

I would be!

markkazdad · Sep 29, 2013

Yes, if you are going to do an order with overnight items. Anyone have particular luck with GHA cleaners?

H@rry · Sep 30, 2013

The only thing that I know that will really eat GHA is Dolabella auricularia Sea Hare. I got mine from bluezooaquatics.com on Tomoko's recommendation. They go through GHA like a shop vac.

nhago · Sep 30, 2013

I would if they had peppermint shrimp...

JLight · Sep 30, 2013

markkazdad said:
Yes, if you are going to do an order with overnight items. Anyone have particular luck with GHA cleaners?

Heard great things about urchins taking care of that but they'll have your coralline for dinner too.

TrishW · Sep 30, 2013

nhago said:
I would if they had peppermint shrimp...

Okay, so maybe reeftopia.com is a better site to buy from. They have comparable pricing and offer peppermint shrimp. I know that in the past reefcleaners had peppermint shrimp and long spine urchins. They don't appear to stock the variety that they offered the last time I ordered.

TrishW · Oct 6, 2013

Ok, so I have aipstasia coming back and I am planning to order peppermint shrimp. I can order 10 for $25 if I order from reeftopia as Harry suggested. It takes $125 to get free shipping. I live between New Market and Meridianville but would be willing to drive to the Costco area on the day of delivery. Is anyone else interested in ordering from reeftopia.com?

markkazdad · Oct 7, 2013

I'd be interested in 10 peppermints for $25 too, but I note their 25 and 50 packs are out of stock, so I wonder how many they could fulfill. I have a little uncertainty about delivery day since it starts our Fall Break and we're not sure what we're doing, if anything, yet.

TrishW · Oct 8, 2013

I will call them tomorrow morning and see how many they have in stock. If we were to go ahead and order now there would be three of us splitting the $20 shipping fee because we would be between $69 and $124. Are you okay with $6.67 shipping? And if so, what delivery day works for you?

markkazdad · Oct 8, 2013

How short are we from free shipping?

TrishW · Oct 8, 2013

The peppermints put us at $68 but I will order some crabs as well. I wish they had cleaner shrimp. If you and I both order $53 each we would get the free shipping. Maybe someone else will decide to get something but no one has expressed interest yet and I was trying to speed it up so that we could order this week and not interfere with your break schedule.

markkazdad · Oct 8, 2013

I work 3-11pm this week, but my wife could meet you this week Weds afternoon, any time Thursday (preferably during the school day) or Friday early afternoon. I am going to pick out some crabs and maybe a ricordea or two, so if they have enough peppermints I don't think I will have a problem hitting the target.

TrishW · Oct 9, 2013

This became a reeftopia.com group buy and is now closed.

Do I need to get a mod to close the thread?

Chameleon · Oct 9, 2013

i got 10 peppermints from saltwaterfish.com for $20 and only had to spend $99 to get free shipping. they packaged with a max of 2 per bag and out of 10 i had 1 doa. I liked the transaction

TrishW · Oct 10, 2013

We ordered a total of 30 peppermint shrimp, 6 emeralds, 1 red, 3 red mithrax, 2 green flower nems, a red sponge and 100 small blue crabs. I can't speak for every single crab but everything was alive and well. I will DEFINITELY order from reeftopia.com again. Very pleased! Thanks for the recommendation, Harry.