coral on internet

[parrot MAN]

Who knows a good, cheap place to buy coral off the internet??

 

[dbacksrat]

um...i can't name a place specifically, but i can get you one tip: go to http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=80
and find you local reef club--mine is always doing group buys, where someone orders and everyone takes advantage of very low shipping by combining to make one giant order

 

[1979camaro]

they only place i have ever actually shipped coral from is liveaquaria.com but the online prices most anywhere are competitive, its the shipping that kills you...the only way to make it financially better is to buy enough that with shipping included it is still cheaper than going to the LFS

i'll illustrate:

if i buy a zoanthid rock, some mushrooms, and a finger leather at the lfs it will cost me around $100

if i buy a zoanthid rock, some mushrooms, and a finger leather online it will cost around $80...plus another $45ish to get it shipped...so the lfs wins

ive found, generally, on live good that if you don't spend at least $150 it will be cheaper to go to the LFS...of course, if you can't get what you want at the LFS you are SOL and my whole plan goes down the crapper

some common places:

www.liveaquaria.com
www.etropicals.com
www.marinedepotlive.com
www.garf.org

i always send LA folks to Jeff's Exotic Fish...the place is super cheap and has tons of stuff...they have an online business as well and I have never ordered from them, but if their in store service is an indicator they are good...and like i said, cheap
www.exoticfish.com

thats all ive got

 

[wayne]

Which lfs have you tried so far? Can you travel? Any options on swpaping frags?

 

[1979camaro]

as wayne and dbacksrat have alluded to, its often much easier and cheaper to get stuff from local club members or folks you meet online, many of whom are willing to give things away which are "overgrown", etc

try this: http://www.rockymountainreefclub.com/

 

[S.Reef]

themarinecenter.com is a good site for both rare fish and corals...also cheap live rock.

 

[1979camaro]

nice little place they seem to have...not exactly cheap, but a lot of really nice stuff

 

[S.Reef]

Yeah...like their rare angels.

 

[1979camaro]

definitely...and a lot of rare wrasses too

 

[1979camaro]

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/

this place is ok also, forgot about it

 

[allthingsanimal]

I have bought from

http://www.reefermadness.us/
http://www.drmaccorals.com/sys-tmpl/door/
http://www.aquadesignz.com/index.html

These guys are not the cheapest but have very good products and great customer service.

 

[parrot MAN]

thanks guys

 

[1979camaro]

please let us know your experiences with whoever you order from

 

[1979camaro]

so, did ya try any of these places?

 

[Fishypoo]

Internet corals

Try tropicaloceanreef.com, I got some nice zoos from them.