Review for aquarium depot

[ron b]

I've been looking for a good vendor for ZOA's. I ran across aquarium depot with great prices for zoas. My question are they good to buy from and please give input asap I have a cart and don't know if I should pull the trigger

 

[TheHarold]

No no no no no please god no no no no no

 

[Oldreefer44]

Have bought from many suppliers and realize that shipping live animals is risky at best. However, this vendor was once under another name and was the only one that, after a couple of high mortality shipments, I refused to buy from. C

 

[Triggreef]

Horrible company. R2go using a different name. Many pests and just horrible customer service, horrible shipping processes.

Only company i ever take the time to criticize. I buy from everywhere so i guess that makes them the absolute worst.

 

[jboone82590]

You should buy from other hobbests on here and locally before you buy from places like that. More then likely you will get better livestock and better prices

 

[goliwala]

So I made the mistake of buying from them, oh well you learn from your mistakes. I bought what they advertised as Yellow Face Zoa, looked a lot like King Midas/24k so I ordered a few frags of same. Well, first thing is that they offer free shipping after certain price so I spent that much, than they say you can upgrade to Express for $24 more, which I did. They sent the corals with UPS 2 Days, not express in any part of this world. Zoa came in almost dead, took a few days to get a few polyps opened and these are not the same Zoa. They sent me Kiwi Crush, a different Zoa they are selling online. Contacted them and first they said its the same, just looks different. Than they say that since not all polyps are opened, Yellow face are the ones that are not opened . I had to file with PayPal, lets see what happens.

How do I insert a pic from my computer here?

 

[MT. Reefer]

I too have ordered Zoa's from these folks. Their pics look great, but what you get is any ones guess. Did not even resemble what I ordered. First time I emailed them and they gave me a credit. So, like a dope, I ordered again. Still did not get what I ordered so I just gave up. I have to say though, they do have good pods, snails and crabs. Snails and crabs are on the small side.

 

[MT. Reefer]

So I made the mistake of buying from them, oh well you learn from your mistakes. I bought what they advertised as Yellow Face Zoa, looked a lot like King Midas/24k so I ordered a few frags of same. Well, first thing is that they offer free shipping after certain price so I spent that much, than they say you can upgrade to Express for $24 more, which I did. They sent the corals with UPS 2 Days, not express in any part of this world. Zoa came in almost dead, took a few days to get a few polyps opened and these are not the same Zoa. They sent me Kiwi Crush, a different Zoa they are selling online. Contacted them and first they said its the same, just looks different. Than they say that since not all polyps are opened, Yellow face are the ones that are not opened . I had to file with PayPal, lets see what happens.

How do I insert a pic from my computer here?

I saw someone who is selling on Ebay now with the name goliwalla1. Must be you, right?

 

[Chiefmaster30]

Do not buy from them. I ordered 50 polyps of a zoo and got 5 separate frags of it instead of a 50 polyp zoo. I also received a cleanup crew that was mostly empty shells.

 

[germs101]

I've had good luck, but I live 45 minutes from their location so shipping for me is not a big deal.

This frag was $9.

 

[ron b]

Thanks for all input I'll be staying far away from them.. Thanks reefing community for the help

 

[Fin]

I too have ordered Zoa's from these folks. Their pics look great, but what you get is any ones guess. Did not even resemble what I ordered. First time I emailed them and they gave me a credit. So, like a dope, I ordered again. Still did not get what I ordered so I just gave up. I have to say though, they do have good pods, snails and crabs. Snails and crabs are on the small side.

This was my experience also. The zoanthids I ordered based on their pics and what I got were not even close. Very drab zoas. That was my first and last order.

 

[domination2580]

Never again...I tried dealing with them and it isn't even worth it....the lady I talked to stood the owner is on here as well...well like I told the lady, they site as well can be but is their own fault that reviews like these show what they really amount to. I've gone through to much from them is not even funny.