Where do you buy your fish online?

StealthJett · Sep 30, 2020

My lfs isn’t great by any means and neither are the ones like 1 1/2 hours away. What online retailers do you buy your fish from?

cshouston · Sep 30, 2020

Quarantinedfish.us
Marine Collectors
Diver’s Den @ LiveAquaria.com
TSM Aquatics

YaboiNathan · Sep 30, 2020

Live aquaria is the best website

cshouston · Sep 30, 2020

Just be sure to quarantine if you’re buying from LiveAquaria since the fish are drop-shipped directly from wholesalers in Los Angeles.

LAReefer4Life · Sep 30, 2020

Quarantinedfish.us
Marine Collectors

Highgrade · Sep 30, 2020

Only TSM aquatics I don't trust any others.

StealthJett · Sep 30, 2020

Thanks for the replies everyone!

StealthJett · Sep 30, 2020

Quarantinedfish site doesn’t seem to want to open

cshouston · Sep 30, 2020

StealthJett said:
Quarantinedfish site doesn’t seem to want to open

https://quarantinedfish.us/

Opens fine for me

StealthJett · Sep 30, 2020

cshouston said:
https://quarantinedfish.us/
Opens fine for me

Woah that worked perfect, the link on google wasn’t, huh

cshouston · Sep 30, 2020

StealthJett said:
Woah that worked perfect, the link on google wasn’t, huh

Just FYI, Mike aka Dr. Reef here on the forums, (he runs QuarantinedFish) just had a baby born over the weekend so he may be a little slow to reply to emails.

piranhaman00 · Sep 30, 2020

It doesnt matter, all fish should be QT. I use LA for there great guarantee.

BloopFish · Sep 30, 2020

Not a fan of LiveAquaria's prices and such, but their packaging and quality is alright. I personally don't have the budget or interest in what specialty places like TSM sells.
But I have bought from ReefBeauties recently and they have very fair prices and good packaging. They have a similar live guarantee as Live Aquaria

BloopFish · Sep 30, 2020

piranhaman00 said:
It doesnt matter, all fish should be QT. I use LA for there great guarantee.

All fish should be QT'ed, but vendors do vary in quality. Some may send you fish that will die before they go through QT, local stores may sell you a fish that will just plop dead the next day... I would say it does matter where you get your fish, even if you are going to QT regardless.

cshouston · Sep 30, 2020

The point of vendors like Dr. Reef at QuarantinedFish.us, who quarantined and medicated for 4-6 weeks before shipping, is that you don’t have to quarantine a second time. For those of us without the space or equipment to properly quarantine, that is definite value added.