This is an admittedly late review, but one I intended to do.
I stumbled across Salgado aquatics online and their prices were great. Browsed through the website and they seemed passionate and serious about their business. Thus I placed a 5 fish order.
The positives:
- Communication was excellent
- Fish competently packed
negatives:
- The actual condition of some of the fish was not great. The chocolate tang had ripped fins and a growth on its dorsal fin. The lavender tang also had ripped fins. The small naso didn't last more than two weeks, died of unknown issues. More importantly, the lavender came with flukes. I noticed some twitching and scratching, so I did a dose of prazi and immediately it was twitching and shaking its head.
Although I'm pleased with the communication, I'm less impressed regarding the condition of the fish they send. I tried getting a refund for the Naso, but they don't have any sort of guarantee beyond the few hours after receiving the fish. That's totally fine, but given these factors I cannot recommend this vendor to anyone. For what it's worth, I got a Naso from my LFS and it's doing great. The lavender and chocolate both healed their fins and have better coloration now, so I'm confident it's nothing with my tank.
I stumbled across Salgado aquatics online and their prices were great. Browsed through the website and they seemed passionate and serious about their business. Thus I placed a 5 fish order.
The positives:
- Communication was excellent
- Fish competently packed
negatives:
- The actual condition of some of the fish was not great. The chocolate tang had ripped fins and a growth on its dorsal fin. The lavender tang also had ripped fins. The small naso didn't last more than two weeks, died of unknown issues. More importantly, the lavender came with flukes. I noticed some twitching and scratching, so I did a dose of prazi and immediately it was twitching and shaking its head.
Although I'm pleased with the communication, I'm less impressed regarding the condition of the fish they send. I tried getting a refund for the Naso, but they don't have any sort of guarantee beyond the few hours after receiving the fish. That's totally fine, but given these factors I cannot recommend this vendor to anyone. For what it's worth, I got a Naso from my LFS and it's doing great. The lavender and chocolate both healed their fins and have better coloration now, so I'm confident it's nothing with my tank.
