Online Fish Vendors

fragit · Apr 26, 2016

Where does everybody buy their fish online? Looking for quality, healthy fish. I live in Maine so LFS is not as accessible to me as most of you reefers. Obviously there is Live Aquaria. Thanks for the suggestions!

JPSika08 · Apr 26, 2016

I haven't bought online as I live outside USA but a good place is http://www.liveaquaria.com

Others will chime in to help you.

Lynn52 · Apr 26, 2016

I always buy at live aquaria, Divers den when I can find what I want there.

Humblefish · Apr 27, 2016

I hear these people are hit or miss, but I've have fairly good success with them: https://bluezooaquatics.com/

sc50964 · Apr 27, 2016

Humblefish said:
I hear these people are hit or miss, but I've have fairly good success with them: https://bluezooaquatics.com/

Unfortunately I've had bad experiences with them. I bought a WYSIWYG scoly, which showed on their website to be a healthy coral, but what showed up was a scoly with receding tissues. I called them to report this issue. Despite the fact that they saw the picture I sent them and acknowledged that it was their fault for sending out a damaged coral, they still wanted me to pay for shipping the coral back to them to get a refund on the cost of the coral alone, which meant I had to pay for both shipping (the 1st shipment from them plus the return shipment) simply because they made a mistake and should've never sent out the coral in the first place. I will not do business again with bluezooaquatics.

I've done online business with NYAquaric, 3to5, Reefwise, and Zoacollector. They all have given me good customer service and quality livestock.

fragit · May 11, 2016

I've gone with liveaquaria in the past. However have read some really troubling reviews here recently. Seems like after Petco bought them out quality of livestock and service has gone down the tubes. Any other suggestions?

michellejy · May 11, 2016

fragit said:
I've gone with liveaquaria in the past. However have read some really troubling reviews here recently. Seems like after Petco bought them out quality of livestock and service has gone down the tubes. Any other suggestions?

One of the bad reviews recently was from me...because I was an idiot and thought they didn't ship a fish. They did, but it slipped through 1/8" mesh before I saw it. It popped out 5 days later like, "hey, here I am!"

I have to say that their customer service was unbeatable in my case. Not only did they refund the cost of the fish, but they also called the next day to offer the same fish to me before it was listed on Diver's Den. (FYI, I did call them when I found the fish yesterday and asked them to charge me again.)

120reefkeeper · May 11, 2016

michellejy said:
One of the bad reviews recently was from me...because I was an idiot and thought they didn't ship a fish. They did, but it slipped through 1/8" mesh before I saw it. It popped out 5 days later like, "hey, here I am!"

I have to say that their customer service was unbeatable in my case. Not only did they refund the cost of the fish, but they also called the next day to offer the same fish to me before it was listed on Diver's Den. (FYI, I did call them when I found the fish yesterday and asked them to charge me again.)

That's the right thing to do BRAVO! [emoji106]

tj w · May 11, 2016

I haven't bought any fish from him yet but the zoa collector always seems to have a great list of fish in stock. As well as among the reef. They are both sponsors here.