Ordering live stuff through the net

basile · Mar 5, 2017

Anybody ever ordered live fish and critters via the net, i'm tired of being ripped OFF by the locals.....

EX; blue Hippo tang, $73 for a 4 inch on the net
$199 at LFS for a 3 inch

What was your experience like and do you recommend it, thanks.

Gator1970 · Mar 5, 2017

Following along - I'm wondering about the survival rate for fish and coral.

domination2580 · Mar 5, 2017

I've ordered multiple fish from bluezoo. Including a leopard wrasse....they did fine....all made the shipment fine.

Cary Meredith · Mar 5, 2017

I have ordered a large number online, I have used a number of different supplier and for the most part everything arrived healthy and happy. I do live in a cold climate in the winter so lets just say I did have 2 shipments where I had loses, cleanup crew, one because a box sat outside in 30 temps for 3 hours and the next because of snow storm delaying shipment. I usually don't try and order in the winter due to these reasons but I broke down and did. Also where there were loses they replaced them or at least gave me store credit. As far as hardiness in shipping, the most hardy would be corals, second fish and then third would be snails/hermits, and last would be more sensitive invertebrates such as shrimp.

spiraling · Mar 5, 2017

I've ordered fish from bluezoo as well and plan to again.
I've bough corals from several online vendors and all have done well. Look on the forums and make sure they are reputable.