I know it seems strange to people, ordering fish over the mail, but do you think that the fish at your lfs have been driven there or sent by a special train? They get many of them in the mail. I have never had a fish come sick or lifeless from swf.com. I trust them more than I do my lfs. Think of it as having your fish go through one less middleman and one less stressful capture and move. I have been on this board for almost two years and have been ordering that long---no problems here, never heard one reported.