Dr. Reef's Copperband and other fish A+

[reely989]

For anyone interested in Copperbands or other "difficult" fish, I'd highly recommend considering Dr. Reef. I've placed a lot of orders through him over the last couple of years, and while not perfect, it is consistently a great experience. I've had some DOA and some lethargic fish, but that's going to happen when we're shipping aquatic life cross country. No getting around that. What happens much more frequently, however, is that I receive well sized fish that are swimming around my aquarium within hours and eating like pigs.

Through several setbacks and tank moves, I've ordered several copperband butterfly fish from him over time, probably 5 or 6 in total. ALL of them have eaten frozen food within 2 or 3 days of entering my tank. All of them except one have eaten within the first day of being in the tank. Same thing with Moorish Idols. Same thing with Leopard Wrasse.

I see this site get a good bit of hate on here for some reason, and I can't understand it. I've ordered from other places, some "high end" quarantine sites and things like that. They do a good job, but I can't say that I've ever gotten an order from anywhere that I would say was packaged any better or had fish that were acclimated any better than Dr. Reef.

In terms of quarantine protocol, I'm no expert. I know some of those guys take some issue with how Dr. Reef does his quarantine, but I can say at least speaking personally from ordering probably 30 or 40 fish from him, I've never had one with any sign of disease nor has my tank ever shown signs of any outbreak whether it be ich or something more serious.

All of that being said-- I can't recommend the site enough. They have always gone out of their way to make sure I'm taken care of, have always accommodated any changes in order/shipping schedule I need, and have never given my any trouble with refunds/store credit/etc whenever appropriate. I think it's a fantastic resource for the hobby and for people who have no interest in quarantining themselves (and even those who pay no attention to quarantine status at all), it is a fantastic place to order fish.

 

[Dr. Reef Verified Sponsor]

Thank you for your feedback, Glad it all worked out, We do have a great source for copperbands now (last 1 year) and they do well in qt and are on frozen foods.
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