Source for clean chaeto in Canada?

samuelgrant · Nov 7, 2019

Does anyone have a good experience ordering chaeto from online Canadian vendors? I see fragbox.ca has some at a decent price, but there are no reviews so I don't know if it's actually clean or not.

My LFS is rife with aptasia and GHA – wouldn't trust their chaeto at all, otherwise I would buy local.

Bringer · Nov 7, 2019

I've been looking around Toronto and haven't had much luck. I know the guys at NAFB have refugiums at home and have offered to bring in clean chaeto if I ask? Might be worth a call.

JoshH · Nov 7, 2019

Canada corals is where I had gotten mine, they do not have it all the time though and when they do it's gone pretty fast. I QT'd my Cheato when recieved it but found nothing. Regardless of what they say I would QT it for pests. Risking your system is not worth it for how easy QTing Cheato is.

canadianeh · May 6, 2020

Bump this up as algaebarn does not ship to Canada

Rst · May 6, 2020

canadianeh said:
Bump this up as algaebarn does not ship to Canada

Yes they do! I just received a tennis’s sized quantity last week. I live in Toronto. Note the shipping was crazy expensive. Total cost was $93 Canadian.

canadianeh · May 6, 2020

Rst said:
Yes they do! I just received a tennis’s sized quantity last week. I live in Toronto. Note the shipping was crazy expensive. Total cost was $93 Canadian.

Waaaa?!

A tennis ball of chaeto for $93?!? Was that the only thing you ordered?

JoshH · May 6, 2020

canadianeh said:
Waaaa?!

A tennis ball of chaeto for $93?!? Was that the only thing you ordered?

Welcome to shipping anything from the US to Canada that's Reef related ;Shifty

Rst · May 6, 2020

canadianeh said:
Waaaa?!

A tennis ball of chaeto for $93?!? Was that the only thing you ordered?

Sadly, yes.

canadianeh · May 7, 2020

Rst said:
Sadly, yes.

thanks for the heads up! I think I am not going to order it from them. Anyone knows who farm and sells the clean ones in Toronto, or Canada?

jda · May 7, 2020

Just get what you can get and clean and QT it. There is really no such thing as "clean" chaeto for long... it can be full of nasty stuff just as fast as your tank can be if you do not have a true coral QT. The first frag plug can bring in flatworms, aiptasia and all kinds of algae. You need to have consumers.

If you don't want something in your chaeto, then you need to do it yourself just to be sure, just like any coral or fish.

andrewkw · May 7, 2020

I don't use cheato, but if I did I would pick through a $0-5 portion then keep it in a bucket before I paid $93 for some. That's more then I'd pay for a lot of frags...

AlgaeBarn · Jul 2, 2020

canadianeh said:
Bump this up as algaebarn does not ship to Canada

We totally ship to Canada

~Shaun K.

JoshH · Jul 2, 2020

AlgaeBarn said:
We totally ship to Canada ~Shaun K.

Do you fill out the proper forms to avoid the duty fees at the border? Products produced in the US can be exempt from most fees at the border but the proper paperwork needs to be filled out by the company who's shipping the item... this can easily add $10+ to an order and unfortunately the customer here has to eat it.

Hugh Mann · Jul 2, 2020

+1 Canada Corals. Got my chaeto there, none of that aiptasia or anything.

J&L aquatics, if you're nearby Burnaby, though I think they are starting shipping back up soon.

Actually came with 2 1" brittle stars which I was pretty pleased with, considering my other lfs sells them for $15/each.
Friend of mine had 5 in his, lucky bugger.

canadianeh · Jul 2, 2020

JoshH said:
Do you fill out the proper forms to avoid the duty fees at the border? Products produced in the US can be exempt from most fees at the border but the proper paperwork needs to be filled out by the company who's shipping the item... this can easily add $10+ to an order and unfortunately the customer here has to eat it.

Would like to know this as well @AlgaeBarn

Timrpn · Jul 22, 2020

Bump. Also looking for clean chaeto in southwestern Ontario.

|Tom the Bomb| · Jul 22, 2020

JoshH said:
Welcome to shipping anything from the US to Canada that's Reef related ;Shifty

i tried ordering a waterbox reef tank at first it says shipping isnt availible but after it appeared ti be shipped by freight and guess how much the shipping was
guess
guess\
$2600 CAD shipping+taxes+customs fee and that
i ended up getting a red sea tank

JoshH · Jul 22, 2020

|Tom the Bomb| said:
i tried ordering a waterbox reef tank at first it says shipping isnt availible but after it appeared ti be shipped by freight and guess how much the shipping was
guess
guess\
$2600 CAD shipping+taxes+customs fee and that
i ended up getting a red sea tank

Yeah unfortunately they don't have a Canadian distributor, even though they had mentioned to me months ago they were working with one