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View Poll Results: Do you shop more on the Internet or the local fish store? | |
Internet.
|    | 9 | 39.13% | |
Local fish store.
|    | 14 | 60.87% | | Reef Links |  | 
12-03-2005, 02:33 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Downriver, Michigan
Posts: 81
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Originally Posted by Matt Rogers I am shopping more and more through the Internet. How about you? |
Personally, it depends what I buy. I buy more online for non-living items, such as powerheads, and for liverock...simply because it is much cheaper than the LFS. For fish, crabs, etc., I tend to buy at the LFS. Although I was thinking of buying some inverts and coral on the internet.
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46 gallon bow front, 62lbs Fiji/Tonga live rock, 312 watts T-5 lighting, 75lbs sand. Seaclone 100.
Emerald Crab, Blue Leg hermits, Astrea Snails, Sand Sifting Star, Mini Brittles, 2 Ocellaris Clowns, 2 Blue-Green Chromis, 2 Yellowtail Damsels, 1 Blue Damsel, Sebae Anemone(getting huge).
Button Polyps, Starburst polyps, Sunburst polyps, Pink Polyps,Teal Polyps, Green Polyps, Galaxea, Green Goniopora, Red Shroom, Green/Blue Ricordea shrooms, Green Blastomussa Merletti. | 
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12-03-2005, 02:55 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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i really do 100% at the store unless i buy online and pick up...lol reefermadness doesnt have enough people to keep their store open to the public but otherwise i have so many good store... like 10...lol i really only go to 5 alot _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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12-03-2005, 03:32 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
Posts: 1,294
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I'd say it is about 50/50 for me. I buy hardware from the guys who sell at close to wholesale on the internet. And locally I buy the live goodies  Of course I feel I have a large selection to choose from in a 35 mile area. Between Tampa and in town.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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12-03-2005, 07:50 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Noblesville, IN,Indiana Age: 56
Posts: 373
Karma: 92
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I do about the same thing. Any livestock, I would prefer to see and select myself. I will admit that a lot of times for hardware, I will go see it locally to check it out and then go to the net for best price. Although with Premium Aquatics so close to me, I find a lot of my purchases are there! 
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55 gal FOWLR, SeaClone 150 skimmer. 2" LS, 50# LR. 29Gal sump/fuge ViaAqua 2600 pump, chaeto, 1" sand, LR
2 Percula Clowns, Scissortail Goby, Black Birdwrasse, Keyhole angel, Lawnmower Blenny, | |
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12-03-2005, 08:18 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas Age: 34
Posts: 142
Karma: 9
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Same for me. Rock and equipment off the net. For live critters its the LFS for me. _________ 
55 Gal Glass, 10 gal sump, seaclone100 protein skimmer, 2 pc 65w 10k's, 2 pc 65w actinic, 2 4ft VHO 110w bulbs, 135lbs of live rock, livesand/aragonite mix, coral beauty, percula clown, blue and yellow damsel, peppermint shrimp, Skunk shrimp, coral banded shrimp, xenia, leather, zoas, star polyps, button polyps, frogspawn, hammer, leather, mushrooms, long tentacle anemone, turbosnails, astrea snails, hermit crabs and a featherduster. | |
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12-03-2005, 08:24 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Posts: 202
Karma: 31
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I get whatever I can locally, but it seams they never have when I want it. As a result, more than half of my stuff is flown in from net venders. _________ -Mickey 175g Bowfront - 75g Refugium - 100g Sump - 3 Phoenix 14k 250W MH - AquaC EV240 Skimmer - 240lbs Haitian Live Rock - 4" DSB - Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse - Azure Damsel - Banggia Cardinal - Firefish Goby - Blackcap Basslet - Purple Tang - Powder Brown Tang - Regal Tang - Green Manderin - 2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp - 2 Peppermint Shrimp - 2 Emerald Crabs - Rose BTA - Orange Linkia - Tuxedo Urchin - Spiney Urchin (hitchhiker) | |
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12-03-2005, 11:38 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
Posts: 1,238
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80/20 mosty internet mosty Premium Aquatic. I joined a local reefkeeping society and we had are first meeting at a local pizza place. The LFS people knew about the club knew about the meeting and not a single person from any of the stores showed up. Way to build a customer base. Screw em.
I shop at Petsmart more often than the LFS | |
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12-04-2005, 06:20 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 339
Karma: 62
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With the exception of my tank and stand, 1 fish, and a few snails, 100% of my set up is from on-line. I find it easier, and less expensive. Plus, since I travel for work, on-line shopping is easier for me. I am not in town enough to get to shop around locally. | |
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12-04-2005, 07:30 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
Posts: 874
Karma: 137
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Amost all dry good are from the internet. Lot O Ebay.
Amost all live stock locally. That may be changing.
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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