buying fishes online

turtlehead · 02-23-2005, 06:32 PM

Any good sites except the aution sites?

SweetException · 02-23-2005, 06:39 PM

http://www.liveaquaria.com/

I never bought fish offline but i go to this site all the time and it is very tempting. It is making me want to get another aquarium now and a big one at that

flynngriff · 02-23-2005, 06:42 PM

http://www.aquariumfish.net/

Is a good one. The give good advice, and everything I've heard about them has been positive. I've never bought fish online, myself.

**Fishfirst** · 02-23-2005, 06:51 PM

shipping charges suck! Plus thier prices aren't exactly "low" I'd try dealing with your lfs if you have a special order of some sort.

flynngriff · 02-23-2005, 07:13 PM

Good call, that's why I haven't bought fish online yet. I found a good lfs who can order pretty much anything I want. I pick up my gold nugget pleco next week!

turtlehead · 02-23-2005, 07:17 PM

well yea I can do a special order if I can find a store that does, I know a store that has helped me order a tank but I didn't ask about fish, I asked this as back up incase no one special orders for me.

flynngriff · 02-23-2005, 08:12 PM

Look for stores that are privately owned and not part of a chain. They're the ones most likely to order fish for you. The yellow pages are great. I was very surprized at how many fish stores are nearby. Course, the bigger the town you live in, the better chance you have of finding a good store. If you can't find any privately owned fish stores, try Petland... they've offered to order fish for me a few times.

Good luck!

turtlehead · 02-23-2005, 08:35 PM

Of course privatly owned. I HATE PETSM*RT AND C*

**Fishfirst** · 02-23-2005, 08:39 PM

our petco isn't horrible actually... I've bought a number of fish from there. They aren't horribly uninformed! I have yet to lose a fish from there that was freshwater, saltwater I have fairly good success with too. But I only go there when my LFS doesn't have it, or if its outragously expensive.

turtlehead · 02-23-2005, 08:57 PM

the only good thing about them is the 2 week return dead or alive exchange.

02-23-2005, 06:32 PM	#1
turtlehead Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 203	buying fishes online Any good sites except the aution sites?

02-23-2005, 06:39 PM	#2
SweetException Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 12	Re: buying fishes online http://www.liveaquaria.com/ I never bought fish offline but i go to this site all the time and it is very tempting. It is making me want to get another aquarium now and a big one at that

02-23-2005, 06:42 PM	#3
flynngriff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 34 Posts: 443	Re: buying fishes online http://www.aquariumfish.net/ Is a good one. The give good advice, and everything I've heard about them has been positive. I've never bought fish online, myself.

02-23-2005, 06:51 PM	#4
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,505	shipping charges suck! Plus thier prices aren't exactly "low" I'd try dealing with your lfs if you have a special order of some sort. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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flynngriff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 34 Posts: 443	Re: buying fishes online Good call, that's why I haven't bought fish online yet. I found a good lfs who can order pretty much anything I want. I pick up my gold nugget pleco next week!

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02-23-2005, 07:17 PM	#6
turtlehead Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 203	well yea I can do a special order if I can find a store that does, I know a store that has helped me order a tank but I didn't ask about fish, I asked this as back up incase no one special orders for me. __________________ http://glassaqua.tk/ - finally got off my lazy rear and did something

02-23-2005, 08:12 PM	#7
flynngriff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 34 Posts: 443	Re: buying fishes online Look for stores that are privately owned and not part of a chain. They're the ones most likely to order fish for you. The yellow pages are great. I was very surprized at how many fish stores are nearby. Course, the bigger the town you live in, the better chance you have of finding a good store. If you can't find any privately owned fish stores, try Petland... they've offered to order fish for me a few times. Good luck!

02-23-2005, 08:35 PM	#8
turtlehead Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 203	Of course privatly owned. I HATE PETSMRT AND C __________________ http://glassaqua.tk/ - finally got off my lazy rear and did something

02-23-2005, 08:39 PM	#9
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,505	our petco isn't horrible actually... I've bought a number of fish from there. They aren't horribly uninformed! I have yet to lose a fish from there that was freshwater, saltwater I have fairly good success with too. But I only go there when my LFS doesn't have it, or if its outragously expensive. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

02-23-2005, 08:57 PM	#10
turtlehead Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 203	the only good thing about them is the 2 week return dead or alive exchange. __________________ http://glassaqua.tk/ - finally got off my lazy rear and did something

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