AQuarium Depot reviews

flchamp89 · Jun 15, 2019

https://aquariumdepot.com/baby-back-blue-eyes-zoanthids-coral-zoanthus-sp-10-polyps/

13 polyps for 19.99. Hard to beat

flchamp89 · Jun 15, 2019

Orange crush zoa. One of my favorites of theirs. 14 polyps 19.99. Orange under whites.

flchamp89 · Jun 16, 2019

20% off today.

Waynerock · Jun 16, 2019

I have ordered many times, I chose 2 day shipping on Zoa’s and no problems. The only time i have had problems are in winter and that is a bad idea anywhere. Both times they refunded my FULLY. Not the super hard to find stuff like at ASD but decent stock at very decent prices

SKYHIGGh · Jun 16, 2019

Great experience with them I think people hate because the prices are low and people want to keep them high. I’ve done the 2day 14.99 shipping no problem!

Zoas from them pink diamonds and Nebula I believe

Jon Fishman · Jun 21, 2019

I am in need of about 50 snails, so I think I will just order them through these guys, so I can tack on some cheap zoas...... and who knows what else.....

I love getting mail.....

flchamp89 · Jun 23, 2019

9.99 Florida Ricordea today. A couple different kinds. I've bought several of these at this price. About nickel size good color and have done well. Limit 2 per customer. Cheap way to start a garden. If anyone wants a real picture of what they look like holler.

Thom24 · Jul 9, 2019

Appreciate the info as I live in a small town in Ontario with only two lfs and they are very limited...desperate to find a reputable on-line retailer in Canada.

flchamp89 · Jul 18, 2019

All corals 50% off.

flchamp89 · Aug 30, 2019

Hurricane Sale.... Everything 50 % off

smartwater101 · Aug 30, 2019

I have only once had an issue with Aquarium Depot, and they reshipped a bag of pods to me asap. I order amphipods at least twice a year and always add random inverts/coral as well.

In fact, just today I received my 6000 amphipods and 10 pep shrimp. Everything is alive an well, as usual.

Mary Carmen · Oct 15, 2019

Hi all!
This is the first time I get corals online.
This last Sunday, I ordered several Zoas and a Kenia Tree. I didn’t upgrade the shipment method to a 2 day delivery and I live in the Boston area. Does anyone here live this far away form the Aquarium Depot? If so, what state did your corals got to you?
Thank you

MrDuane-007 · Oct 15, 2019

I ordered 12 items from them, 2 died within 30 days and they refunded me. Im in southern cali and the 2 day ship was fine for me. All of the other items are still flourishing in my tank. Good experience for me.

azreefkeeper · Jun 13, 2020

Just keeping this thread up to date with a recent order. I've found that AD still has some of the best sized amphipods so I ordered another 1000 from them last week. Looking at the bag it seemed to be more like 200-250. To make things worse at least half were dead at the bottom of the bag. The survivors were added to my sump refugium. I took some of the dead ones ones and fed them to my fish. Not sure why there were so many dead. The packaging and cold packs looked great.

Fir3ant · Jul 10, 2020

the curious said:
I just made a large order...over $400. I got many different zoas, shrimp, crabs, marco, and candy cane.

First of all, the shrimp, crabs, and macro are all very healthy...whew. except that the xtra lrg hermit crabs I bought are Sooooo frigging tiny, that I can't imagine what their normal size looks like.

I am a zoa collector, and I can barely tell the variety of Zoas apart. They all look so similar, that I can hardly figure out what I am looking at. Ugh. They also didn't ship the most expensive zoas that I purchased.

The real kicker though was the red candy cane. The picture on their site is awesome. I had to have it, so I bought 4 heads. They are absolutely nothing like the pictures on their site, and neither were the yellow face zoas.

I'm gonna turn around and sell most of what I bought, and probably take a loss. I wish I had did my research before purchasing from them, but I have bought from so many online sellers, with no issues whatsoever, that I let my guard down.

Just wanted to vent and share my experience.

Who is good to order from in your opinion?

fnlyreefready · Aug 16, 2020

Fir3ant said:
Who is good to order from in your opinion?

There corals are cheap and I’m thinking about giving them a shot. I currently have a 72 gallon bow front with a few 20 head (5) zoanthid Colonies and a small anem. And it just looks bland to me so I want a way to buy a variety of corals to get the tank poppin.

fnlyreefready · Aug 16, 2020

fnlyreefready said:
There corals are cheap and I’m thinking about giving them a shot. I currently have a 72 gallon bow front with a few 20 head (5) zoanthid Colonies and a small anem. And it just looks bland to me so I want a way to buy a variety of corals to get the tank poppin.

azreefkeeper · Aug 16, 2020

My greatest concern in reading these reviews is that what you see in the pictures is not necessarily what you get in the order. The coral type might be a match but the coloration/intensity was not. I've never heard the same complaint from companies like WWC or LIveAquaria and a few other online outfits. Like they say, caveat emptor - buyer beware.

fnlyreefready · Aug 16, 2020

azreefkeeper said:
My greatest concern in reading these reviews is that what you see in the pictures is not necessarily what you get in the order. The coral type might be a match but the coloration/intensity was not. I've never heard the same complaint from companies like WWC or LIveAquaria and a few other online outfits. Like they say, caveat emptor - buyer beware.

I’m sure they take there pictures with coral lenses I’m sure this could be part of the reason people feel like they are getting screwed I got spas from Petco and they aren’t very bright in color but are supposed to be green in color with orange boarder, I’m sure they stress during shipping and come off colored. It has been overnight for my zaos and the frags I bought where covered/ they had been in store for months the guy said.... so I spent my evening dragging them into smaller pieces and placing them in the tank. I put some of them on small pieces of rock and some on plugs and placed them around my tank for grow out. Already they have seemed to bounce back in color slightly and instead of being stretched for light they are now short and plump. The new nem. I got tho is the opposite. Within 20 minutes he went from being full and happy to waking up to him shriveled up. Hopefully he bounces back or I will be looking to make a return
Edit: after turning on the light he seems to already be extending again but is still not in good shape