Moorish Idol
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jsvand5
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I see them for $70 - $90 pretty much at any online or local fish store. I don’t think they are nearly as challenging as the used to be. I have two and they are fat and eat anything. Not sure if it’s better collection practices or what but there are a few that have been for sale at my LFS for about a month and they don’t have any issues keeping them either. Theirs aren’t as fat as mine but I feed at least 5 times a day. I’d order from live aquaria or saltwaterfish.com because of their warranties if you can’t find one locally.
jsvand5
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Can’t you ask your LFS to order you one? If not I’d be patient and wait for one from a site with a good warranty.
But saltwaterfish.com has them. I just added one to my cart. Free shipping as well. A little overpriced but the free shipping makes up for it.
jsvand5
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I recently got a regal angel from them it’s doing well. I’d order from them again. I think they have a 5 day guarantee
NYAquatic also has them. I’ve done pretty well with fish from them as well.
https://www.nyaquatic.com/moorish-idol-african/
jsvand5
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Yea, their shipping is usually high if you aren’t close to NY. That is likely their actual cost to ship though and their fish prices are almost always the lowest. FedEx and ups overnight prices are crazy. Even with the big discounts they give to companies that ship a lot of packages I don’t know how some of these online retailers can do it giving out free or even low priced shipping. Especially with liveaquaria giving free shipping on $99 and saltwaterfish somehow doing free shipping at $75.
I used to ship a fair amount of reptiles and I got a pretty good discount with fedex but even with packages weighing 2-4 lbs I was paying $60-$100 for shipping and of course every customer expected free shipping.
saltwaterfish and fishy business use the same wholesaler - Sea Dwelling Creatures. Although the cost of the fish is slightly cheaper at FB ($93 vs $100), after shipping, SWF is cheaper (they have free shipping above $79). SWF has a 15-day guarantee on all fish (including MIs), whereas FB only provides DOA guarantee on MIs.
I recently tried out a MI from SWF. It came it extremely skinny and not able to swim correctly. It was vertical and upside down. It died a few days later. To their credit, SWF promptly honored their guarantee.
I recently tried out a MI from SWF. It came it extremely skinny and not able to swim correctly. It was vertical and upside down. It died a few days later. To their credit, SWF promptly honored their guarantee.
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67chevellemalibu2
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I don’t know how sellers on EBay and Amazon can offer free shipping. $81 to ship is a deal breaker for me.
OK. So I wasn't the only one having issues with their Moorish idols.
jsvand5
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Give reefbeauties a shot. Might have better luck buying from a smaller company than one of the big guys that are just drop shipping. When I got my regal they sent me a pic of the exact one I would be getting. They were kept in individual cubes though. Not sure if the idols would be kept individually.
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67chevellemalibu2
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In Channahon?
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67chevellemalibu2
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About an hour or so one way definitely worth the drive for $55 . I sent him a Facebook message and an email and no response so far.
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