A few years since I have bought fish... where is your go to?

[husemn]

It's been a few years since I have purchased fish and previously I have had ok luck with liveaquaria. Where is everyone going for their fish purchases? Any sources better than others in 2021?

 

[tbrown]

It's been a few years since I have purchased fish and previously I have had ok luck with liveaquaria. Where is everyone going for their fish purchases? Any sources better than others in 2021?

I prefer local reefers. A lot of locals are on the local forums here on Reef2Reef and also on OfferUp/Craigslist or local Facebook groups.

 

[Zionas]

I’m not an American hobbyist nor does LiveAquaria ship to me, but reading between the lines “ok luck” I assume they’re not great? Lol.

I prefer same city or same province / state as me, with the option of picking up the fish in person whenever possible.

 

[Tcook]

TSM
Reef Pro
Dr. Reef
Marine Collectors

The first two I have purchased from and have been very happy with them. The second two i plan to try out.

 

[Zionas]

Would you order directly from Biota?

 

[Bouncingsoul39]

LFS or local hobbyist. I’ve used LA a couple times too but I swear their is an issue with every order. Good news is that they offer store credit fairly easily to compensate for issues.

 

[Anthony Scholfield]

if youre looking for disease free healthy fish and want to skip doing your own QT, marine collectors is a great go to. I use him for all my fish needs.

 

[mannyfish16]

It's been a few years since I have purchased fish and previously I have had ok luck with liveaquaria. Where is everyone going for their fish purchases? Any sources better than others in 2021?

Petco

 

[Zionas]

Does he take orders for any fish, even very common ones?

 

[dedragon]

idk if they ship to china though, biota is good for parasite free captive bred fish

 

[Zionas]

Yeah, unfortunately they don’t. It’s a pity. For now Bali Aquarich and some Clownfish breeders is about the only access we have to captive bred fish especially angels.

However I have seen captive bred Blue Tangs and Foxface Los before, and I think one time I saw a captive bred Lionfish?

 

[CMMorgan]

Dr Reef's Quarantined Fish

 

[scubaboy]

I second that, Dr. Reef! He is great to do business with.

 

[Jekyl]

It's been a few years since I have purchased fish and previously I have had ok luck with liveaquaria. Where is everyone going for their fish purchases? Any sources better than others in 2021?

Drreefsquarantinedfish.com

 

[fachatga]

That’s the perfect list. I can only say reefpro from experience. They’re great to work with. Wonderful fish. I’ve bought from them many times. Once I had a box of 6 delayed and took 3 days to get to me. 5 of 6 were alive and well. They really take care to pack them well making sure they’re okay if delivery is delayed which happens often enough.

 

[9975]

I like @Dr. Reef. I get his conditioned fish to quarantine myself so I can watch them closely outside of the main tank and Mike's prices are great.

 

[Oberst Hajj]

I'm a big fan of quarantined fish from TSM Aquatics.

 

[husemn]

Thanks all for posting. I checked out a bunch of the recommendations and will be trying some of them out in the coming months!

 

[jtf74]

It's been a few years since I have purchased fish and previously I have had ok luck with liveaquaria. Where is everyone going for their fish purchases? Any sources better than others in 2021?

I like to get my fish from people looking to sell on local forums as a first choice. I've had no problems with live aquaria or saltwaterfish.com. Actually a third of my fish came from Petco.