Buying fish online?

[Kaysdad]

Anyone doing that with success? In the past I rarely bought new fish. My guys are old, if they had whiskers they'd be gray like mine. Lol. All I keep are angelfish and clown loaches. Last year I lost my eldest angel presumably to old age, he was well over 15 years old. I wouldn't mind putting a couple new guys in there but the only place I have access to nowadays is Petsmart and I won't buy any fish from there. Cloudy tanks, floaters, no thanks. Maybe not all of them are like that but the one closest to me is. Its a shame the Mom and Pop, aka real pet stores are a thing of the past. That leaves online aquatic suppliers. Anyone here have a positive experience buying fish like that and if so have a recommendation they'd like to share?
Thanks

 

[aquachris]

Anyone doing that with success? In the past I rarely bought new fish. My guys are old, if they had whiskers they'd be gray like mine. Lol. All I keep are angelfish and clown loaches. Last year I lost my eldest angel presumably to old age, he was well over 15 years old. I wouldn't mind putting a couple new guys in there but the only place I have access to nowadays is Petsmart and I won't buy any fish from there. Cloudy tanks, floaters, no thanks. Maybe not all of them are like that but the one closest to me is. Its a shame the Mom and Pop, aka real pet stores are a thing of the past. That leaves online aquatic suppliers. Anyone here have a positive experience buying fish like that and if so have a recommendation they'd like to share?
Thanks

You can always check around locally as well for breeders/hobbiests who might be breeding?

I have ordered recently from Aquaticarts.com and got really good results with them. There are tons of other reputable online places you can check out... I know getgills.com looks interesting as it is from breeders. Some people have good luck as well with eBay and Aquabid. I've done shrimp from aquabid and had okay success. The only thing to be careful of right now is USPS is pretty bad to ship with, and the weather is a bit of a challenge depending on location shipping from/to.

 

[Mudminnow]

I've ordered fish from Aquabid and from The Wet Spot. In both cases, the fish came healthy and happy.

 

[shrimpyay]

I've ordered fish from Aquaticarts and aquabid, and all arrived quite healthy! I did spring for overnight shipping in both cases though, considering the shipping situation right now.

 

[ProudPapa]

Hello,

Being a year older than you are, I have some of those gray whiskers too. I've had good luck ordering fish from Aqua Huna. Their shipping is also very reasonable. Here's the link to their Angelfish page: Angelfish, and here's the Loach page: Loach.

Like most retailers now, their supply is limited due to the current world conditions, but they often have fish come back in stock that they had been out of earlier, so if they don't have what you want wait a few days and check again.

 

[FishSupreme]

I always believe Mom and Pop stores will never go away, but if you keep using this website then you will unlock a tab where you can buy fish. Otherwise Aqua huna is the way to go.

 

[Megaanemp]

What country are you in? I know Angelfins ships in Canada ans has a huge selection of angelfish and much more.

 

[TheWalkman]

I’ve ordered from liveaquaria twice now and I was satisfied both times.

 

[Guppy777]

Mom and pop stores are still around, they have just moved online. Todays zoning laws and sky high rent are to blame sadly.

 

[Kaysdad]

Thanks for all the replies everyone! I'll be checking your recommendations soon. Good to see a fellow Texan and Ray Wylie Hubbard fan JettsPapa.