Ordering coral online?

Hello all, I think I'm going to jump into the world of reef keeping, well some mushrooms and polyps etc. What do you all feel about ordering these types of things online? Stupid question, but does shipping decrease the survival rate? I mean, has anyone had bad experiences with corals dying due to being shipped? Also, can you guys suggest any sites that you have had good experiences with?

Thanks in advance! Stef

 

I go to the sites that have a arrive alive gaurantee. I have ordered from www.liveaquaria.com www.marinedepot.com www.saltwaterfish.com Ive had great experiences.

 

Ya, those were the few that I found that seemed to have a good system down....Ill try it out! Wish me luck!

 

I buy most of my livestock from www.justphish.com

 

oh yea just justphish is good like amcarrig said. and also seacrop.com

 

http://www.riptidesreef.com/
The only place I have ordered from online.
There are many lfs and liverock places within 50 miles of where I live.
Spoiled as far as choices go

Jim

His ebay site is here http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ50QQsassZriptidesQ5freef

 

Diver, That is an excellent site. Ive never been there before.

 

Diver, that riptides reef seems awesome. For corals, I usually buy from exoticfish.com and fishsupply.com. They have good prices and I have not had any problems.

 

To answer your original question, almost all corals are shipped in one way or another. Some ship well & some do not. Most place's will offer some sort of arrive alive as long as it's not a very rare coral. Most of my frags, I do not ship with a guarantee because of the dollar amount but more common variety's are not a problem.

 

Hey diver,
My friend and i just ordered about 10 corals from Riptidesreef. We should have the order on Thurs. am.. I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for the tip.