Online shopping for corals

BeachBumTX · Feb 12, 2021

Anyone have experience with Aquarium Depot? The good and the bad. Was thinking of buying some corals.

Also, what other online American site have y'all had experience with? The good and the bad.

Anyone done frag packs? I have not yet. Keep saying I will, but just afraid of getting crappy corals, non colorful corals, and/or getting something I don't want. What's y'all experience? Good and bad?

mdb_talon · Feb 12, 2021

There are many many good options for buying online. Over the years I have probably ordered live coral from over a dozen different online sites and only really dissapointed with one of them. Which one you should go with depends a lot on what you want and your budget it is hard to recommend one without really knowing what you are looking for. My advice is generally speaking many of the vendors here do live sales or good size discounts on their website fairly often. Especially if you are looking to buy quite a few pieces it can be a huge savings for you. Especially the live sales can get frustrating if you dont get what you want, but more than worth it. Not a good option if you know exactly what you want and want it quickly. Never know what you going to get on the sales.

fade2black · Feb 12, 2021

Agreed, I recommend sticking to the various vendors on here.

reeferKen · Feb 12, 2021

an idea is fraghousecorals.... you can ask them about in Texas shipping

fish farmer · Feb 12, 2021

Unique Corals, Cultivated Reef. I'm temped to try Pacific East Aquaculture once it warms up a bit.

Bnutz · Feb 12, 2021

I live in corpus too. I have used aquasd and wwc. Both shipped well in September and October.

Nick Steele · Feb 12, 2021

I just got a shipment from corals.com and was very pleased. I had a few questions and they answered quickly and professionally. Even replied at 8pm at night.

I only have a 20g at the moment but when I upgrade they are top of the list for certain corals.

Another one that seems to be great for sps is battlecorals.com Adam seems like a stand up guy and I pray he’s around in 5-10 years when I can set up my dream tank!

hds4216 · Feb 12, 2021

I just got a shipment from AquaSD that went great and it's 17 F here.

ruegaroo · Feb 12, 2021

I've been liking corals.com. For online vendors, they seem to have the best shipping rates that I have found so far.

vabben · Feb 12, 2021

I've had a great experience with Kush Corals, AquaSD, and Coral Collectors.

ID-Reefer · Feb 12, 2021

Ive ordered twice from Aquarium Depot. I have had good experience with them. Any problems and they were quick to remedy. Decent size frags and good packaging. I would give them a thumbs up. They don't seem to have a lot of higher end stuff or a huge selection but Id order from them again for sure.

Ive ordered from 4 different venders total. Recently ordered from one called "Rainbow Reefs" who has some amazing deals on Ricordeas. Bought a 50 pack (shhh don't tell my wife). Also has some amazing LPS available. No SPS though.

BeachBumTX · Feb 12, 2021

Nick Steele said:
I just got a shipment from corals.com and was very pleased. I had a few questions and they answered quickly and professionally. Even replied at 8pm at night.

I only have a 20g at the moment but when I upgrade they are top of the list for certain corals.

Another one that seems to be great for sps is battlecorals.com Adam seems like a stand up guy and I pray he’s around in 5-10 years when I can set up my dream tank!

Same boat here. I got a 20g Nano. I will be building a 120g tank soon. Going to go mainly sps in that.