New order from liveaquaria

[Sniperhank]

I just put in my first order from liveaquaria. I am freaking excited. I stumbled upon the two corals I wanted more than anything else. I made myself sleep on it, but woke up and ordered away. From the diver's den I snagged a Blue Synphodium and a Blue trumpet coral with 34 heads!!! I also grabbed a aquacultered purple australian big polyp blasto and another aquacultured blue trumpet coral frag. Really excited to add these to my tank and then in a month, move it all over into my new 55 gallon!

 

[Flreefer]

Sounds like really nice stuff, I'd be stoked too! It's Synphodium huh? Cool, thought it was Sympodium, but that was verbal from my lfs. Live aquaria has great stuff, but always seems really pricey. Enjoy your new pieces.

 

[Pufferlove]

You will have to tell me how the experience with live aquaria goes I really want to know because I want to order from them but am not sure yet to spend all the money on shipping

 

[Sniperhank]

Without getting it, I will tell you that they are quality. They wouldn't be in the position they are in and as well known as they are without being on their a game. If you are on the western side of pa maybe after they grow we can trade frags

 

[Mrc8858]

Without getting it, I will tell you that they are quality. They wouldn't be in the position they are in and as well known as they are without being on their a game. If you are on the western side of pa maybe after they grow we can trade frags

Near Pittsburgh by chance? I wouldn't mind finding some people to trade with

 

[Sniperhank]

Ill start a thread in the correct location for this and link it in this thread for those of us on the western side of pa.

 

[Sniperhank]

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f114/western-pa-lfs-and-trades-194588.html

 

[Rutrag]

Sounds like really nice stuff, I'd be stoked too! It's Synphodium huh? Cool, thought it was Sympodium, but that was verbal from my lfs. Live aquaria has great stuff, but always seems really pricey. Enjoy your new pieces.

Compared to what I have around for LFS, their prices are great! Easily 50% less than local (unless you count PetCo, whose animals I don't trust). I would not buy frags from them, though. (Colony pricing seems competetive though.) I've found some good stores I can travel to on business that I get great deals from.

Also, they guarantee animals for 14 days. No LFS around me does that. In fact, I'm pretty sure they only guarantee it gets out their front door alive. Last time I made a claim, all it took was a phone call.

If shipping seems high, think of what it costs to send a small package next day air from the UPS Store. It's reasonable. You can also order with a friend or save up and order for several tanks (or some of the higher end stuff) to get free shipping at $225 of livestock.

The down side is that unless you're ordering from their WYSIWYG section, you are buying blind.

 

[Crazycajun]

Order from them all the time. I wait until I can order $225 for the free shipping.

 

[Sniperhank]

My order just shipped a couple hours ago. I'll have it by 430 tomorrow! I can't wait to get them in the tank and take pics.

 

[carey]

good luck, looking forward to seeing what you get!

 

[Elitehunter1]

I had a flight get delayed on my order, so my powder blue and my clam arrived dead. Called em and they replaced both with no problems.

 

[Sniperhank]

I have full faith in liveaquaria. My faith is lacking in my own talent and equipment to keep this stuff alive until my 55 is cycled and I figure out what lights to get for it. P.S. check out my thread in the equipment subforum and help me make the decision sooner rather than later

 

[Greenturtle]

When I was sent my Kole Tang and Algae Blenny, the Algae Blenny arrived DOA. They gave me my money back with no problems

Also saltwaterfish.com does a good job of refunding your money, but you can't use their store credit with any other deals

 

[carey]

I had my lemonpeel angel die 3 days after delivery and they refunded my money within 24 hrs. Their packaging and shipping are really good. I prefer to order from them if I have a choice. Had no luck with reefs2go or with aquacon as far as refunding for doa/dying livestock. 34$ may be steep for shipping but you really do get what you pay for in this case.

 

[Buffy]

I guess I'm kinda partial, cause even though they are an hour and a half away, everytime I've gone up to the retail store, everyone has always been helpful and friendly. I've returned items (in person lol) and no questions asked, I explained a little of what I was going on and replacement or refund no problem. Just don't buy livestock from the retail store, is almost 1.5x's the price than diver's den. Speaking of which I'm touring their facility this Saturday. So I'll be able to see how everything is taken care of (maybe I'll see someone's name on something lol) that gets shipped out to customers.

A Reef club in the area is having a frag swap and the owner-founder will be speaking, plus he and steve will be at a Reef ?'s table I think they called it. Can't go, but am planning on asking questions this Saturday. If you got any, post them and I'll take a list with me to ask.

Oh and I trust them too, even when I brought my livestock home in my truck, they took great cares in the packing and all.

 

[Sniperhank]

I've had great luck with saltwaterfish.com too. I wish I had more options in my area for LFS. Who would have guessed that western pa wouldn't have many saltwater fish stores lol.

 

[Sniperhank]

Ignore the flash, but my lights were out. I just had to share my new additions.

Blue trumpet

Blue trumpet frag, big polyp blasto, and my blue symphodium.

 

[FTMMWS]

LA is the best IMO/IME...You should also check out the divers den section...Tons of stuff ...
Like said already,,just order 225+ and get the free shipping ,can't beat it

 

[Sniperhank]

The symphodium and 34 head blue trumpet came from the divers den. I saw them and couldnt let anyone else have them.