Where Do You Usually Get Your Fish And Plants From?

[Blackhawksfan4life]

I go to Tropiquatics, Some times which kinda far away from me Aquarium Adventure and I'll go to PetSmart and Petco. I have tried to do done online shopping but the shipping just becomes to expensive when that costs more than the fish I want or the plant I don't see the Merritt in that I would love too cause you can find all the variations that not all the stores carry

 

[Kiks]

In my country we don't ship fish, so buying them online isn't an option. All I can buy online is equipment and plants.
That means that unfortunately I have to go to a local store to buy my fish and I say unfortunately cause none of them are very good. There are three different ones in my area, but none of them take good care of their fish (some of them don't really take care of them at all) and they all give extremely bad advice/information. When I buy fish from them, I have to stand for a long time examining the tank and the fish in it to make sure I don't buy some that are ill, cause so many of them are. Even when I do manage to buy some fish that aren't ill, I still feel kind of bad for supporting the store as I don't feel like they treat their animals right.

 

[AngryRainbow]

I go to Tropiquatics, Some times which kinda far away from me Aquarium Adventure and I'll go to PetSmart and Petco. I have tried to do done online shopping but the shipping just becomes to expensive when that costs more than the fish I want or the plant I don't see the Merritt in that I would love too cause you can find all the variations that not all the stores carry

tropaquatics and aquarium adventure are my go-to also actually.... The guys at tropiquatics are really good about ordering whatever I'm looking for so I've never had to order online. Aquarium adventure will also order fish for you if you make the request

 

[CanadianFishFan]

I started in Petsmart, yeah not anymore.
Now I only buy fish from my local fish keepers or my LFS, Big Als Edmonton.
Petland is ok for Plants.
Petvalu, Petsmart, Petland, Mr Pet, Pet Plus, are only good for rescue bettas lol.

 

[Jellibeen]

I get most of my plants from my local aquarium club. By far the best prices, and all of the money goes towards supporting the club and to the members. I buy far more plants than fish, but recently most of my livestock has come from fish cons.

 

[Blue-Green]

Fish I usually get at Petsmart—one specific Petsmart in the area that takes good care of their fish. The other Petsmart and Petco stores around here are pretty bad. Plants I usually get online from Aquatic Arts or on Etsy.

 

[JenC]

Fish from local pet stores, shrimp from Fishlore sellers, plants from both plus online stores.

 

[JChi]

For plants, I've actually gotten a few from Amazon of all places, and if you are a prime member, or know someone who is, you can get shipping for free. I got an through Amazon and a and both are amazing actually.

I've also found a few deals through Etsy, and the shipping isn't as bad as other places. For fish I actually was asking around about that too - and yea the shipping is CRAZY on some of them, but eBay seems to be a solid place to look for fish. You just have to make sure you research the sellers. But with eBay at least they protect the buyers, so if something happens and the seller doesn't do right by you, you can get your $$ back.

 

[EbiAqua]

Fish - LFS (don't do fish much these days)
Shrimp - SoShrimp, Flip Aquatics
Plants - Aquarium Plants Factory, AquariumPlants.com, BucePlant, LFS

 

[NC122606]

I go to Tropiquatics, Some times which kinda far away from me Aquarium Adventure and I'll go to PetSmart and Petco. I have tried to do done online shopping but the shipping just becomes to expensive when that costs more than the fish I want or the plant I don't see the Merritt in that I would love too cause you can find all the variations that not all the stores carry

I agree Aquarium Adventure is a great place with almost everything you need.