Where to buy properly quarantined fish?

cedwards04 · Jan 30, 2020

Do to my work schedule, it just isnt feasible for me to properly quarantine fish. I really dont want to risk stocking the tank with fish that havent been properly quarantined. So are there any go to vendors that quarantine fish before selling so they are able to go straight to the display?

Therich84 · Jan 30, 2020

Check out ocean devotion la. I just ordered a melanarus wrasse from them for $65 plush shipping. That includes a 30 day qt. They have a form on their site where u can request a certain fish as well. The owner emailed me a detailed description of their process and I was impressed.

AC1211 · Jan 30, 2020

Also try divers den on Liveaquaria also sometimes a local fishkeeper will do it for you for a couple bucks a fish to keep their qt running.

SuperSaiyanTang · Jan 30, 2020

Check out tsm aquatics. Ordering most of my fish from there.

NexisG · Jan 30, 2020

Also try marine collectors. A but more pricy but very high quality and Elliot is very helpful.

locito277 · Jan 30, 2020

TSM Aquatics for me. From my big fish to tiny ones. Like the fish whisperer.

Mical · Jan 30, 2020

+1 Marine Collectors

Pau Hana Reefer · Jan 30, 2020

+1 TSM Aquatics. I live 40 mins away and stopped by last week. I got to chat with one of the co-owners, Matt, for at least 20 min. They take their quarantine process very seriously.

Here's a pic of one row of ready-to-sell fish. I didn't see a single sick or dead fish in any of their tanks.

And here's a shot of the section of their warehouse dedicated for quarantining.

I will be ordering all my future fish from them.

ross0201 · Jan 30, 2020

The ones I know that do a full, medicated QT are:

Quarantined Fish LLC
Quarantined Marine
Humblefish Aquatics (I don't think he's currently accepting orders)
Marine Collectors
Humblefish recently added Bay Bridge Aquarium to his approved list but I haven't heard any feedback.

I've ordered from Humblefish and Quarantined Fish; both were great. Both were price competitive with the big online retailers.

bevo5 · Jan 31, 2020

So. Y’all don’t qt at all when you order fish from those sources? Man that’s a trust fall I’m not sure I can take. But I really want too.

phatduckk · Jan 31, 2020

I’ve ordered from Marine Collectors and https://quarantinedfish.us/ both great. @Humblefish has a section of his forum dedicated to QT vendors. Worth checking it out.

ross0201 · Jan 31, 2020

bevo5 said:
So. Y’all don’t qt at all when you order fish from those sources? Man that’s a trust fall I’m not sure I can take. But I really want too.

I've done both. Humblefish wrote all the articles where I learned to QT, so I have no issues ordering from him. Quarantined Fish & Quarantined Marine have glowing reviews, took a while but after reading only positive reviews I went for it.

bevo5 · Jan 31, 2020

Which is humble attached too?

Pbh-reef · Jan 31, 2020

bevo5 said:
Which is humble attached too?

HumbleFish Aquatics LLC

humblefishaquatics.com

reefproaquatics · Jan 31, 2020

TSMAquatics.com

Omgitsjoe · Jan 31, 2020

Humblefish Aquatics

cedwards04 · Jan 31, 2020

I reached out to humblefish before making the post. He is local enough to me that I could just drive over and pick up whatever I order. Havent heard anything back yet. Figured I would talk with multiple sources and then make a decision. I want a supplier I can trust.

BayouReefer · Jan 31, 2020

+1 for Marine Collectors Elliot is awesome. I have already gotten 2 fish from him and contacted him last week about my next order which will be 5 fish. I fully trust him also he comes highly recommend from Randy at BRS

esther · Jan 31, 2020

Therich84 said:
Check out ocean devotion la. I just ordered a melanarus wrasse from them for $65 plush shipping. That includes a 30 day qt. They have a form on their site where u can request a certain fish as well. The owner emailed me a detailed description of their process and I was impressed.

Yes. Highly recommend Adam at Ocean Devotion. He’s currently QTing 4 fish for me!