Best place to purchase Instant Ocean

[recess62]

Where is the best place to order the 10 gal box? I ordered from Chewy and most of the boxes were solid bricks. Any online retailers offer consistently fresh boxes?

 

[Coralfuture]

Amazon is my go to or was till I got in on group buys from my local reef club

 

[Jim Heenan]

Drs. Foster & Smith. Mainly because I get next day shipping due to my close proximity.

 

[kalare]

I always order from Amazon. Once in a while, I'll do Foster & Smith if they're running a great sale.

 

[rblair]

I order mine from Pet Solutions - seems to have good prices and if I add a little something to the order the big box is shipped free

 

[KMench]

Amazon, always the cheapest I have found.

 

[Monkichi]

Amazon, always the cheapest I have found.

This. I buy the big box that has 4 bags in it, it doesn't ship as fast as other prime items (because it weighs 50 lbs), but it's free and shows up in less than a week. IO seals 4 individual bags inside the box instead of one big bag with a zip tie or some other temp seal on it (this is how the box of LA salt showed up). I prefer that for storage and shipping. Have had some handled rough and puncture a bag, at least this way it's just 1:4 that is busted and messy and not the whole 50 lbs.

 

[KMench]

Never had a problem with punctured bags from amazon. My box might be a little beat up when I get it, but the bags are always intact and clump-free (at least until I open them).

 

[jd371]

I was getting it from Amazon until my lfs started to sell the 200g box for $35.

 

[Monkichi]

I was getting it from Amazon until my lfs started to sell the 200g box for $35.

Dang, that's low, even after you apply your sales tax rate.

 

[jd371]

Yeah, the other shops are $45 and up. You can get 3 for $100.

 

[Monkichi]

Yeah, the other shops are $45 and up. You can get 3 for $100.

Now you're just rubbing it in. ;)