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Old 04-17-2007, 10:39 AM
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are there any online saltwater fish stores that you all would recommend?? are there any out there that dont have such a high minimum order to get free shipping?? i see all these sites with really cheap prices, like 1/3 the cost at a regular store, then you read that you have to buy hundreds of dollars in fish to get free shipping otherwise you pay a huge shipping cost. thanks.

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Old 04-17-2007, 12:41 PM
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I like marine depot live
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Old 04-17-2007, 09:20 PM
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Try saltycritter.com not sure what there shipping costs are but its my lfs and hes great.
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:13 PM
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benesh10 is correct about the Salty Critter. He defintly knows his stuff. But if im not mistaken he doesnt advertise his fish online. I shot him an e-mail one day to find out why. Long story short, he said to just give him a call and see if he has what you are looking for.
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Has anyone tried saltwaterfish.com. I noticed they have decent prices and I think you only have to order $90.00 worth of fish to get free shipping. I don't know anyone who has bought from them though.
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i got my cleaning crew from saltwaterfish.com not sure about the fish tho. i got 30 snails, 10 hermits, a brittle star, a anemone crab and a ricordia polyp. everything came in good shape. i think some of the hermits went cannibal enroute, but they gave me a credit for that. so overall, i'd give them a A+ on service and product!
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Old 04-29-2007, 09:57 PM
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I've tried a bunch of them. In my opinion the top tree are marinedepotlive.com, petsolutions.com, and saltwaterfish.com. Stay away from bluezooaquatics.com. They have great prices and a large selection, but the fish are sick, and it is a pain getting them to replace an DOA or DAA.
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Old 04-29-2007, 11:44 PM
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i've used saltwaterfish.com and everything i've bought was great but i've never purchased fish there just inverts but not any problems and its alot better if you get a few buddies in your area to order with you then you all can split the bill and its not to much on anyone at least thats what i do.
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I've used marinedepotlive.com and liveaquaria.com. Both sent me well packaged, superb fishes and inverts. One of my soft corals from liveaquaria.com didn't make it (FedEx left the package outside and didn't ring the doorbell, so the pack got too cold). Liveaquaria refunded my money right away.
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I Have Purchased From Vivadaquariums.com In California
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