A good site to buy fish from?

[endilliteracy]

My LPS usually don't have much of a selection so I am thinking about purchasing some fish online. Anyone have any good sites that sell fish?

 

[stellablu]

Have you asked them to special order you something?

I have yet to buy from a store online because as low as some prices are, shipping is usually kills the deal. Like one sight, regardless of how big or small the order is, charges $24.95 for shipping. They had a $5 fish that my LFS's hasn't been able to get in and as bad as I wanted it, I didn't want to spend $30 on it.

I like liveaquaria.com a lot, well the items they carry and their reputation, but again the shipping wasn't doing it for me. I'm not buying $70 fish...just $30 worth of various fish. I just can bring myself to pay $20 extra for something that eventually my LFS can get in for me.

If you haven't already, ask around at LFS's and you'd be surprised how responsive they are about ordering in certain fish for you

 

[endilliteracy]

Have you asked them to special order you something?

I have yet to buy from a store online because as low as some prices are, shipping is usually kills the deal. Like one sight, regardless of how big or small the order is, charges $24.95 for shipping. They had a $5 fish that my LFS's hasn't been able to get in and as bad as I wanted it, I didn't want to spend $30 on it.

I like liveaquaria.com a lot, well the items they carry and their reputation, but again the shipping wasn't doing it for me. I'm not buying $70 fish...just $30 worth of various fish. I just can bring myself to pay $20 extra for something that eventually my LFS can get in for me.

If you haven't already, ask around at LFS's and you'd be surprised how responsive they are about ordering in certain fish for you

They usually don't carry many cichlids so they don't order them. All they have are basically assorted ones which are all mbunas I think and a few oscars.
And I will probably be buying 100 dollars worth of fish.