Need your opionion on online ordering of fish - Aquarium Advice

8965 · 09-08-2004, 09:51 AM

i'm looking to purchase a tang in the next few weeks and would like your opinion on whether or not I should order online or not. The reason for ordering a tang online is because they are much cheaper than if I would go to my LFS (about a $45.00 difference). My major concern is how do these fish handle the "overnight in the bag thing?" Are they much harder to acclimate than if they are in the bag for an hour or so on my drive home?

Anemoneman · 09-08-2004, 10:19 AM

Fish ordered online will be fine. Acclimate slowly then net the fish and put in your tank, don't add the bag water.
The only concern I would have is the cold temperature this time of year. [acronym:ca65c4e0b5="In my opinion"]IMO[/acronym:ca65c4e0b5] its best to order online in the warmer months.

yaksplat · 09-08-2004, 11:56 AM

I ordered a bunch of inverts in the middle of february in Buffalo, NY. Everyone survived fine. The heat packs in the box were still warm.

b3noodles · 09-08-2004, 04:49 PM

I had a problem with ordering online I bought a blue tang and it arrived dead. I called the place and they sent another that died in transit. When I called and told them they told me that they would refund the cost of the fish but not the shipping so it cost me $25 for two dead fish. How lucky am I to get such a great deal? That was about 3 months ago from liveaquaria.com so be careful.

lbaier · 09-09-2004, 06:37 PM

i had problems with liveaquaria as well. The fish they gave me is missing his back top back fin and was full grown, i had at the time all babies so he was the outcast and only survived because we divided the tank in half. they again sent me a coral banded shrimp instead of a mantis shrimp, that mistake has cost me all the crabs and snails. They also messed up my shipping and said they would give me my next order free, and then said that the proper way is that they would have sent me paper work. So the fish is a pain, but his name is Stumpy and we love him!

I would never buy from them again, i'm very cautious to buy online as well. mareindepot has a good record with me, but that was crabs and other cleaners.

lbaier · 09-09-2004, 06:38 PM

i have to change that, it was saltwaterfish.com not liveaquaria... i just found the bank statements.

AirRazr · 09-09-2004, 08:01 PM

lbair... you wanted a mantis shrimp?? Everything I have read about them say they are generally pests and you should get them out of your tank as soon as possible.

lbaier · 09-09-2004, 11:37 PM

On the website it was claimed to be an algea eater, I still haven't researched shrimp. I can't kill it, I'm going to get another tank eventually, we always have to upgrade! and he can live alone. are the coral banded shrimp pests? this one has been eating all our snails and even snips at the fish at night, I don't really trust much research from the internet!

blorkiemom · 09-10-2004, 01:03 AM

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I don't really trust much research from the internet!

Except your good friends at AA, right?

**ellisz** · 09-10-2004, 08:50 AM

My order with saltwaterfish.com came out pretty good. 2 fish ordered are still kicking. I did lose 3 out of 4 peppermint shrimp though.

09-08-2004, 09:51 AM	#1
8965 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 108 Images: 3	Need your opionion on online ordering of fish i'm looking to purchase a tang in the next few weeks and would like your opinion on whether or not I should order online or not. The reason for ordering a tang online is because they are much cheaper than if I would go to my LFS (about a $45.00 difference). My major concern is how do these fish handle the "overnight in the bag thing?" Are they much harder to acclimate than if they are in the bag for an hour or so on my drive home? __________________ 50 gal 20 g sump 2 "nemo" Clowns 1 regal tang 1 pink spotted goby 40 pds lr cleaners: 2 cleaner schrimp, 7 blue hermitts 7 scarlett hermitts,2 american star snails 1 brittle serpent star, 20-25 snails

09-08-2004, 10:19 AM	#2
Anemoneman Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2002 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 1,001 Images: 16	Fish ordered online will be fine. Acclimate slowly then net the fish and put in your tank, don't add the bag water. The only concern I would have is the cold temperature this time of year. [acronym:ca65c4e0b5="In my opinion"]IMO[/acronym:ca65c4e0b5] its best to order online in the warmer months. __________________ Mark

09-08-2004, 11:56 AM	#3
yaksplat Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: orchard park, ny Posts: 430 Images: 2	I ordered a bunch of inverts in the middle of february in Buffalo, NY. Everyone survived fine. The heat packs in the box were still warm. __________________ If consequence dictate my course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught.....

09-08-2004, 04:49 PM	#4
b3noodles Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 115	I had a problem with ordering online I bought a blue tang and it arrived dead. I called the place and they sent another that died in transit. When I called and told them they told me that they would refund the cost of the fish but not the shipping so it cost me $25 for two dead fish. How lucky am I to get such a great deal? That was about 3 months ago from liveaquaria.com so be careful. __________________ Thanks all for your help! And for putting up with me!!

09-09-2004, 08:01 PM	#7
AirRazr Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia, TN Posts: 91	lbair... you wanted a mantis shrimp?? Everything I have read about them say they are generally pests and you should get them out of your tank as soon as possible. __________________ Wes 75 [acronym:aeb9df1e28="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:aeb9df1e28] [acronym:aeb9df1e28="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:aeb9df1e28] tank, Eheim 2215 Filter, 45lb Figi Premium [acronym:aeb9df1e28="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:aeb9df1e28], 2 Maxi-Jet Powerhead/Pump Model 900 5 Dwarf Red Tip Hermit Crabs, 5 Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crabs, 3 Emerald Mithrax Crabs, 1 Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Fire Shrimp, 10 Cerith Snails, 10 Nassarius Snails, 6 Bumble Bee Snails, 16 Turbo Snails, 1 Brittle Sea Star Yellow-tailed Blue Damsel, Foxface Lo, Coral Beauty Angelfish, Sailfin Tang, Scooter Blenny

09-09-2004, 06:37 PM	#5
lbaier Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 92	i had problems with liveaquaria as well. The fish they gave me is missing his back top back fin and was full grown, i had at the time all babies so he was the outcast and only survived because we divided the tank in half. they again sent me a coral banded shrimp instead of a mantis shrimp, that mistake has cost me all the crabs and snails. They also messed up my shipping and said they would give me my next order free, and then said that the proper way is that they would have sent me paper work. So the fish is a pain, but his name is Stumpy and we love him! I would never buy from them again, i'm very cautious to buy online as well. mareindepot has a good record with me, but that was crabs and other cleaners.

09-09-2004, 06:38 PM	#6
lbaier Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 92	i have to change that, it was saltwaterfish.com not liveaquaria... i just found the bank statements.

09-09-2004, 11:37 PM	#8
lbaier Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 92	On the website it was claimed to be an algea eater, I still haven't researched shrimp. I can't kill it, I'm going to get another tank eventually, we always have to upgrade! and he can live alone. are the coral banded shrimp pests? this one has been eating all our snails and even snips at the fish at night, I don't really trust much research from the internet!

09-10-2004, 08:50 AM	#10
ellisz Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Indiana USA Posts: 2,672 Images: 9	My order with saltwaterfish.com came out pretty good. 2 fish ordered are still kicking. I did lose 3 out of 4 peppermint shrimp though. __________________ 180 gal Display, 100 gal basement sump, 33 gal refugium, 3x250 MH, 2x160 VHO actinics, zoos, some softies, LPS & lots of acros and other SPS. 100 gal prop tank plumbed into main system w/ 2x96 PC lights and 1x150 MH,

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