Wondering Were You Get Your Marine FIsh??

Myka · #1 12-21-2009, 11:52 PM

I used to order everything from J&L when I lived in Kelowna. Now I either buy locally at Bayside Corals or order from The Reef Shoppe. I would rate both of my local(ish) vendors better than J&L.

The Grizz · #2 12-22-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Myka

I used to order everything from J&L when I lived in Kelowna. Now I either buy locally at Bayside Corals or order from The Reef Shoppe. I would rate both of my local(ish) vendors better than J&L.

I have got livestock & coral from Kelly @ The Reef Shoppe as well. He is an awesome dude to deal with.

randy123 · #3 12-23-2009, 01:08 AM

J&L does prefer to ship to airports. They will do UPS, but choosing that method of shipment voids the "arrive alive" guarantee. I risked it with the UPS, and my mystery wrasse made it okay.

reef_rookie · #4 12-23-2009, 01:25 AM

I just got a shipment from Colby at Bayside! He shipped west jet. Left at 9:00am and I picked it up at the airport at noon the same day! Everything was amazing!! Just like the pictures!

I also bought some corals from Wicked frags with no problems! I picked these up at the UPS depot at the airport.

ponokareefer · #5 12-23-2009, 01:34 AM

I have placed orders from a few vendors who shipped to me by UPS, and I will never do it again. I had some success the first couple of times a few years back, but the last few made me regret doing it. I had issues on my last order, and the LFS refused to respond to PM's, e-mails and brushed me off on phone calls.
I really prefer to see the fish eat, and know how it is acting first hand before I make the purchase. Also, I have had mix ups on what the type of fish I was getting as different LFS's use different names for fish. I ordered a leopard wrasse, and ended up with a dusky wrasse as an example of that. If you're looking at doing it by airport, you have to drive to Edmonton/Calgary anyway, where a lot of the LFS's are on this site. I know the price can be enticing at some of these places, but I will never risk it again.

The Grizz · #6 12-23-2009, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ponokareefer

I have placed orders from a few vendors who shipped to me by UPS, and I will never do it again. I had some success the first couple of times a few years back, but the last few made me regret doing it. I had issues on my last order, and the LFS refused to respond to PM's, e-mails and brushed me off on phone calls.
I really prefer to see the fish eat, and know how it is acting first hand before I make the purchase. Also, I have had mix ups on what the type of fish I was getting as different LFS's use different names for fish. I ordered a leopard wrasse, and ended up with a dusky wrasse as an example of that. If you're looking at doing it by airport, you have to drive to Edmonton/Calgary anyway, where a lot of the LFS's are on this site. I know the price can be enticing at some of these places, but I will never risk it again.

Have you ever tryed The Reef Shoppe? Kelly is awesome and makes several trip to Edmonton. Him & I make arrangments to meet at the airport for me to pick up and pay him. Work good for me.