So im in a pickle for getting corals where I live. I need to order online. Out of curiosity because I don't find it to be a good idea. Has anyone ordered zoas of of Etsy , I see advertised corals but not sure that would be a good place to order corals. Thoughts or feed back if anyone has.
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What kind of algae did you buy
Haha, I'm sure it was a fancy macro algae. The way I read it at first was that they bought corals covered in algae, but I think something like Graciella or caulerpa or the like.
I can personally vouch for AquaSD and Your Reef (who is/was running a sale today, you can likely still grab a few great steals!) for West Coast orders. Both are priced well (IMO) and have excellent shipping!
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Check the for sale section here, lots of reputable hobbyists selling frags!
I love locally to AquaSD and agree they are great, just know what you are shopping for. As mentioned, lots of great online vendors and for the longest time I was afraid of shipped corals. I'll be honest and say I've had some misses, but often they are pretty good or they wouldn't still be around.
My two cents is understand the market by looking at multiple vendors, know what kind of coral you are buying (wild acros and gonis are harder than ones passed around the hobby forever), and price shop for what it is and not the name. There could be something called one thing on one vendors page that is exactly the same and cheaper elsewhere.
if you are out here in the south east get on Top Shelf Aquatics. mind I ask (assuming you are in the US) what state you are in?
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Another great vendor is SBB corals. They do mostly once a month sales on here. But are very passionate about what pieces they sale, and are very responsive to questions. They're next sale is March 17th. Not gonna lie, one of my tanks is between 85-95% corals from them, and have only lost a few due to my own issues.
Yes but are they willing to ship to Alaska
If you want great deals and amazing zoas get with lowcountry coral boys
Best costumer service out there and the corals are always top notch
Bought two zoas from an eBay seller. Beautiful zoas but brought #$&*ing velvet in my tank and the plugs were NASTY. Would not recommend eBay
Don't get me wrong I am researching that myself , just looking to see who people like ordering through online . If I had a LFS I would certainly go there. Closest is 7 hr drive. But they will air mail up here, so I have one so far
All the way in the middle of Alaska, Fairbanks.
oh yea don't order from topshelf then they are in florida
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, 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.
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