buying aquarium stuff online

[Guest]

Can we start a list of suggested sites to buy aquarium stuff from? It has to be a site that you bought something from, you can put your input. Here is a WONDERFUL site for buying live plants: http://www.freshwateraquariumplants.com/
I have ordered plants from them multiple times and they've always been in perfect condition, they even added a few extras when my order was late! The prices are very competative as well.
Anybody else know of good aquarium buying websites?

 

[severum mama]

www.bigalsonline.com has pretty cheap prices.

 

[Guest]

www.bigalsonline.com has pretty cheap prices.

I second that, the only problem is the week long shipping, and thats a SMALL problem. I use them all the time.

 

[malkore]

I dislike BigAl's for their shoddy customer service. I'm a fan of www.drsfostersmith.com www.aquariumplants.com www.amekaaquatics.com www.premiumaquatics.com

 

[skydvr]

Isn't this covered in "General Retailers" under "Buy-Sell-Trade"? I mean, I certainly don't care if there's a thread as well, but isn't it more helpful to keep all the info together?

 

[Jchillin]

http://www.thatpetplace.com
http://www.petsolutions.com (I know an AA member who works here)

 

[TomK2]

I'll chime in for petsolutions.com
They even have a live person for customer support on SUNDAYS!
Great prices, fast shipping, good customer service.

 

[Guest]

I dislike BigAl's for their shoddy customer service.

Thats a good point, it is REALLY bad. One time I forgot to sign in so I could get my VIP points so I politely asked if they could still be added to my account. I got an Email back that just said no and they even pasted in a picture of the "Sign in to my account" button from their site. Amazing, huh? But hell, its hard to beat those prices.

 

[piranha]

Superfishstore.com - super competitive prices ---- Aquataders.com-lowest prices-Jebo sales only

 

[Guest]

Superfishstore.com - super competitive prices ---- Aquataders.com-lowest prices-Jebo sales only

Aquatraders is shady as hell, no one answers their phones and no one emails you back and their website is broken in parts.

 

[An t-iasg]

I order a lot from http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Shop.cfm?N=2004. I ordered some driftwood for my 5 gallon tank. I told them I needed a rather small piece, and when it came, it was huge! Beautiful, but too big for my tank. I called and they sent me a smaller piece immediately -- free of additional charges and shipping costs!

I also like http://www.aquariumguys.com/index.html. They don't have a phone number but they are very responsive to your e-mail. I sent several e-mails, either about product questions or a question about my order, and my e-mail was always answered within 24 hours. It wasn't a "form reply" either -- they were very detailed replies!

 

[catwumman]

Ditto for Drs. Foster and Smith. Super fast shipping.

 

[redwhiptailplec]

Dr Fosters do seem to be very efficient and fast, but I am in most cases much happier to pay less and wait a few more days Big Al's for me!

I just ordered a 25' Python, Marineland Emperor 400 HOB filter, a Test Kit and some feeding clips for $75 inc shipping! Only $40 for the Emperor and the shipping for that would have come to $8, on Ebay you would be lucky to find a new one for $40 and the shipping would be substantially more.

 

[slowboattochina]

www.bigalsonline.com and www.thatpetplace.com are both great, unbeatable prices and also www.marinedepot.com for sw

 

[cougaran]

So far so good with www.bigalsonline.com , they price beat by 5% also. So if you find it cheaper online elsewhere, they'll give you 5% off from that price. I picked up my turbo-twist for real cheap because I had found it elsewhere. You just have to be able to prove it with the other stores web address!

 

[kaaikop]

In Canada, www.mops.ca has honest pricing, excellent service.
Also, got good prices at captivereefs.com (for lights) and aquatic-store.com (CO2).
And bought my Eheim filters at petsmart.com (excellent service)