Best place to buy aquarium plants online?

[doctorp]

As I prepare to make the plunge to a planted tank I have been checking out various places online to buy from. None of my LFS have very good selections + they're pricey. So which places can you all recommend for buying an assortment for a 55 gal. tank?

Some of the ones I've looked at are:

aquariumplants.com
freshwateraquariumplants.com
azgardens.com
aquariumgarden.com

Thank you!

 

[Peyton]

How about the classifieds and barter/trade section on this site. Just find out what you want and post.

 

[plecoperson]

This is the best place, true! But if you want to order, I'd go with AquaBid (lowcoaster, wermyapl, cfide are great), or aquariumplants.com

 

[Purrbox]

Be wary of ordering from anyplace that doesn't quote the shipping costs as you can end up with a big shock when the bill comes.

I concur that the Barter/Trade section of this forum is excellant for obtaining plants. I've had good luck with both AquariumPlants.com and Lowcoaster on Aquabid. You could also see if there is a local fish club (or plant club if you're really lucky) in your area, as these can also be excellant sources of plants.

 

[gu2high]

Go to ebay, find aquadisestore. They are the cheapest one - $2.99 each, free shipping.
I have ordered 12 plants from them by 3 orders. Quality is from ok to good, and no loss so far, all are survived and growing.

But, one problem for the site is, for each order, I received one wrong plant which is not ordered by me. I have to send email with picture to request the right plant that I bought. They did ship me the right plants for the first two orders for free, but not for the third order - so far. Anyway, I have ordered and paid 12 plants and got 14 plants so far.

 

[Rupret]

I have had excellent luck with liveaquaria.com, through Fosters and Smith. I have bought quite a few plants and fish from them. They package both plants and fish well for shipping and their customer service is exceptional.

I ordered some fish, the main ones I wanted were on backorder, after two weeks they cancelled the backorder, I recontacted them about shipping costs, and they credited my account for the price of shipping, which I was able to apply to my next order.

Liveaquaria.com definately gets my recommendation for both plants and fish.