I'll usually buy my fish at a LFS. It's not to be nice to the LFS its because most fish have a good chance of stressing out from shipping. It seems to me that the first week is a very critical period for them. After a week you can usually tell what is gonna make it or not. Most the local fish stores will also order something for you if they can.
I have not ordered fish online but I have ordered some corals, clean up crews, and equipment. Here's my opinion on a few.
Saltwaterfish.com: has pretty good deals on some things but they do not have free shipping. Add in the $10 box fee and the $10 gas tax = $20 shipping
E-Tropicals has some of the best clean up crew packages. I ordered one and also got 3 hitchhikers. All mean, but everything arrived healthy.
For corals most all are good. I think I'll be stalking Pacific east though in the future. In there WYSIWYG section atleast once a week they have some very nice coral you'll never find anywhere else for their price.
Zoafrags off ebay I'd be leary of. After this week if they do not make good on all the dead stuff I bought I'll do my best to let everyone know. Hopefully they'll make good on my order.
Osiris , I'm not sure where in Wisconsin you are from. Sharky's Reef, Oceans Floor, Sea Shor e, Dark Lord Corals, and Rod's Reef might all be worth checking out in IL. They are mostly all in the Chicago burbs and are highly recomended by others. I'm glad I do not live close to them. It'd be to tempting to go to their stores everyday.
Last edited by vvolfe1; 06-01-2007 at 05:02 AM.
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