Buying Fish Online

[NaturalGothic]

Hey guys!
I want to buy a new clownfish, however, the kind I want is only available online. What sites are the best? And what sites would you avoid?
Thanks!
Alison

 

[cshouston]

Hey guys!
I want to buy a new clownfish, however, the kind I want is only available online. What sites are the best? And what sites would you avoid?
Thanks!
Alison

I only buy from somewhere that medicates and quarantines before shipping out to you. It’s not bulletproof, but if you don’t quarantine them yourself it’s the next best thing.

elliot @ marinecollectors.com
mike @ quarantinedfish.us
Diver’s Den @ LiveAquaria.com

the nice thing about the first two is they can source the fish you want if it’s not already on hand.

 

[Pistondog]

Hey guys!
I want to buy a new clownfish, however, the kind I want is only available online. What sites are the best? And what sites would you avoid?
Thanks!
Alison

We bought ours thru

Cultivated Reef

cultivatedreef.com

And had mostly good luck.
Stupid piston ordered a fish around Xmas that got delivered a week late by ups, doa. They replaced the fish free, just had to pay shipping.

Nice selection of colors and grades.

 

[ichthyogeek]

Hey guys!
I want to buy a new clownfish, however, the kind I want is only available online. What sites are the best? And what sites would you avoid?
Thanks!
Alison

It depends on where the fish are available. What are you trying to buy?LiveAquaria and BlueZooAquatics have both been alive for a while (which is usually a sign that they're fairly good at what they do). And if you're sketched out by the website, you can always look for reviews. You can sometimes find them on Better Business Bureau to see if they're there or not, and assess how the company does their work.

 

[leighla]

I have always had a good experience with the ORA captive bred clowns via LiveAquaria.

 

[mike550]

@NaturalGothic welcome to R2R!

Couple of thoughts for you. There seems to be a love/hate relationship with LiveAquaria in this board. So you’ll get a lot of opinions on them. I see that you’re from NY. It’s possible that a local fish store would be willing to order it for you. The key here is don’t pay for the fish until they get it in the store and you can see that it’s healthy.

What fish are you looking for?

 

[jeffrey750750]

Hello, check out nyaquatic. I just got a nice shipment from them yesterday

 

[NaturalGothic]

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@NaturalGothic welcome to R2R!

Couple of thoughts for you. There seems to be a love/hate relationship with LiveAquaria in this board. So you’ll get a lot of opinions on them. I see that you’re from NY. It’s possible that a local fish store would be willing to order it for you. The key here is don’t pay for the fish until they get it in the store and you can see that it’s healthy.

What fish are you looking for?

I’m looking for a female Zombie Clownfish. It’s a strain of black Ocellaris. I was thinking of ordering from Thatfishplace.com

 

[cshouston]

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I’m looking for a female Zombie Clownfish. It’s a strain of black Ocellaris. I was thinking of ordering from Thatfishplace.com

I’ve had bad experience with them on the freshwater side. I should’ve trusted my gut because their name doesn’t really inspire confidence. That being said, they say it’s ORA stock. If it comes directly from ORA, I’d say fine. If not, I’d be sure to quarantine first.
Both places are sold out, but LiveAquaria’s are drop shipped directly from ORA which is the best way, imho.

ORA® Captive-Bred Zombie Clownfish: Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums

 

[TvanB1]

I haven’t had great experiences with thatfishplace

 

[NaturalGothic]

Thank you for your honest opinion. I may ended up buying a true percula female that was surrendered to my job. She seems very sweet and active. Very people friendly too.

 

[swiss1939]

Tsmaquatic is an hour or so from nyc and quarantines everything before selling.