LiveAquaria Alternative? I need some fish.

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Personally I have had decent luck with LiveAquaria. Not the same as it was 10+ years ago, but it is what it is.

Anyway, I need a few fish (Rabbitfish, Tangs, some clean up crew). Since I always used Live Aquaria I didn't look elsewhere. So where is you fav online shop that ships quality livestock at a fair price? I need some recommendations please.
 

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Dr. Reef all day every day. His quarantined fish options aren't much more expensive than standard online and LFS options. Orders your fish on demand with a huge catalog.

He isn't the cheapest, but isn't the most expensive and has always treated me well. I've spent probably $2K with him this year.

The only negative is you typically have to wait 3-5 weeks for your fish. But worth it to get the exact fish you wanted that are generally healthy fish that don't nuke your tank.
 

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Personally I have had decent luck with LiveAquaria. Not the same as it was 10+ years ago, but it is what it is.

Anyway, I need a few fish (Rabbitfish, Tangs, some clean up crew). Since I always used Live Aquaria I didn't look elsewhere. So where is you fav online shop that ships quality livestock at a fair price? I need some recommendations please.
There's other discussion on here that LiveAquaria went out of business and any outstanding orders are just being ignored. A week ago or so I ordered a naso tang and goby with free overnight shipping. They arrived DOA 5 days later. No one answers their phone anymore or responds to emails, but they kept my 200 bucks. So whatever is going on with them is not clear. All I know is that they have ripped off lots of members here on R2R and I will never order from them again. But it seems like the business bit the dust.
 

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For quarantined TSMAquatics, Fish Hotel, Dr. Reefs

Non quarantine is just located local fish store and make sure you do a full QT yourself. I don’t trust petco
 

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