I mean maybe you can try
I mean maybe you can try it but idk
I've ordered extensively from four professional online stores and had good and bad experiences with three of them--and only good experiences with AquaSD, which I definitely recommend. Not sure how bad shipping from SoCal to Alaska will go, and if I had to nitpick something about them, I'd say they are not as fantastic at packaging as one of the others I use (they're still really good at it,
Anything to fragile I'd only order during summerI've ordered extensively from four professional online stores and had good and bad experiences with three of them--and only good experiences with AquaSD, which I definitely recommend. Not sure how bad shipping from SoCal to Alaska will go, and if I had to nitpick something about them, I'd say they are not as fantastic at packaging as one of the others I use (they're still really good at it, just not the absolute best). But they run really great sales, have a nice variety, and they've always sent me very healthy, gorgeous pieces. I've also ordered a fair number of zoas through individual sellers on eBay, again with mixed results ranging from paying for frags I never got, to DOAs, to wrong items, to phenomenally priced steals and unexpected freebies. Honestly my biggest concern with ordering through Etsy/eBay/etc. would be whether the seller has the ability to pack and ship them for the best shot at survival with such a long (and probably cold) transit. You're also more likely to run into the problem of whether any individual seller has enough variety of what you'd like to order to justify the shipping costs.
just not the absolute best). But they run really great sales, have a nice variety, and they've always sent me very healthy, gorgeous pieces. I've also ordered a fair number of zoas through individual sellers on eBay, again with mixed results ranging from paying for frags I never got, to DOAs, to wrong items, to phenomenally priced steals and unexpected freebies. Honestly my biggest concern with ordering through Etsy/eBay/etc. would be whether the seller has the ability to pack and ship them for the best shot at survival with such a long (and probably cold) transit. You're also more likely to run into the problem of whether any individual seller has enough variety of what you'd like to order to justify the shipping costs.