ordered fish from here for the first time.
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rberhow
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Oooh, I am so jealous. I want a pygmy angel and the darn hubby doesn't like angels.
Oh well, he's the father of my children so I guess I'll have to keep him and skip the angel.
Anyways, you order will come overnight and from my own experience, when we entered our order on Thursday, it shipped on Monday and was at our door Tuesday morning. You can check the order status button on the left to check it or I believe you will receive an email as well. Good luck and give us lots of pics when they arrive so I can drooolll!!!! :happyfish
Almost forgot, great choice in the cleaner shrimp as well, we love ours and would have a tank full of them in a heart beat.
Almost forgot, great choice in the cleaner shrimp as well, we love ours and would have a tank full of them in a heart beat.
mr.p
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Thank you for the help! I appreciate it, the pygmy angels are so cute lol, I read they aren't to sensative compared to the bicolor angelfish which I had but died =(. I need to get a digital camera so I can post pics, I don't know why I ordered the Emerald Crab I had to get my total over 80 dollars and I was like 3 dollars short lol. Any special requirements I should do for the cleaner shrimp? i'm slowly raising my salt level. They should go okay with a tomato clown/royal gramma and the pygmy angel right?
mikeyjer
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You can request a certain day for shipment, we requested a Thursday shipment cause it was the only day I was off and you can request the time too. The earlier the better, you don't want them suffer in that package long. We did a wish list and it becomes available on sunday so we ordered it right away sunday night, then it was back on wish list again Monday. We were lucky...lol...They then shipped it Wednesday and we got the order Thursday morning. We were sooooo happy with our order that we're gonna do it again when we get our big tank sometime soon. I'm jealous of you now, getting new fish....
mr.p
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:joy: I've never ordered fish online before so I'm very excited when it comes. I've heard many good things about this site at first I was like "man that sucks you have to order at least 80 dollars worth of livestock" all I wanted was 2 cleaner shrimp and that pygmy angel but I added on the hermits and the royal gramma lol..I wanted a firefish but they're all out.
I guess i'll let ppl know when the package arrives how everything is if ppl are interested. I don't ever like to sound like i'm bragging and posting yay my package came today (lol) But if people want to know because they are interested in ordering from this site i'd be more than happy to talk about the condition my livestock is in when they come. I'm kind of hoping it comes on Tuesday because I have class for 3 hours on Wednesday, If say the package get's delivered at 10 am and I won't be getting home till 1:15 p.m. would that be bad? the weather around that time here is about 70 to 75 degrees.
By the way i'm just wondering do they ship during the winter? or do they ship to cold places in the winter? snowy places? lol. i'm assuming no.
By the way i'm just wondering do they ship during the winter? or do they ship to cold places in the winter? snowy places? lol. i'm assuming no.
mr.p
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Another thing sry lol. About the cleaner shrimp, where do they sleep? in rocks? caves? I have some nice caves in my live rock but I don't know if they are going to be able to fit. Also when I put them in the tank after acclimating them how do I do it? should I just dump them in? take them out first? take my hand and set them on the bottom?
rberhow
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THe only thing I would get ready for your cleaner shrimp is lots of eye drops 'cause your gonna dry those baby's out staring at him.
They are so cool. We also have a fire shrimp and love the both of them. I never thought I would like inverts but man, they have converted me. Seriously though, from what I've read, they like a salinity of 1.025 or so, like many inverts. Mine eats just about anything that hits the bottom. He loves meaty foods, pellets, fish food. You name it, he'll eat it. It took a couple of weeks but now he is so comfy in the tank he "runs" across the top of the water when I feed and grabs food from the top. Ok, can you tell I'm obsessed with watching these guys. I sure hope your little guy is a definite bright spot in your day. BTW, take it slow acclimating him though. They need lots of time and don't be concerned if he has already molted upon arrival. Its very common for them to do so under stress. Just wanted to prepare you. Let us know how it goes!!! And as far as the emerald crab, you can never have too many cleaners. We have done that a couple of times to "round" out our order.
1journeyman
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Yep... my cleaner will eat right out of my hand. They love to eat bits of fish, shrimp, scallops etc. that I buy from the grocery store.
good luck with your order. Acclimate them correctly and you won't be disappointed!
good luck with your order. Acclimate them correctly and you won't be disappointed!
mr.p
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Thanks for the help man I really appreciate it, so maybe take about 2 hrs to acclimate them? they take more time than fish right? I'm really excited because I've always wanted a cleaner shrimp or any shrimp and my lfs is having a hard time getting them right now, I always wondered how they ate lol. When I put them in the tank how should I do it? I'm hoping my shrimp can be a bright spot in my day and help me not miss my gf so much lol. "don't worry honey i'm not missing you I got my shrimp and that's all I need" that would be sweet lol. :happyfish
What day should I be worried if they don't eat?
What day should I be worried if they don't eat?
merredeth
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Mr.P By the way i'm just wondering do they ship during the winter? or do they ship to cold places in the winter? snowy places? lol. i'm assuming no. There are gel heat packets tthat can go in the boxes to make sure your new saltwater friends are warm. I live in Iowa and have ordered fish in the late winter months and haven't had problems. I make sure I am home when the delivery is expected as I want to get them acclimated as soon as possible. Denise M. [img said:
mikeyjer
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Originally Posted by Mr.P
:joy: I've never ordered fish online before so I'm very excited when it comes. I've heard many good things about this site at first I was like "man that sucks you have to order at least 80 dollars worth of livestock" all I wanted was 2 cleaner shrimp and that pygmy angel but I added on the hermits and the royal gramma lol..I wanted a firefish but they're all out.
I guess i'll let ppl know when the package arrives how everything is if ppl are interested. I don't ever like to sound like i'm bragging and posting yay my package came today (lol) But if people want to know because they are interested in ordering from this site i'd be more than happy to talk about the condition my livestock is in when they come. I'm kind of hoping it comes on Tuesday because I have class for 3 hours on Wednesday, If say the package get's delivered at 10 am and I won't be getting home till 1:15 p.m. would that be bad? the weather around that time here is about 70 to 75 degrees.
By the way i'm just wondering do they ship during the winter? or do they ship to cold places in the winter? snowy places? lol. i'm assuming no.
Yes they do ship during winter. Why don't you e-mail them to let them know you want your shipment on tuesday. Tell them the time you want the package to arrive and they can work around it. Once the package arrive, you have to sign for the package for the very first attempted delivery other wise that voids your guarantee if they come around the second time. Read the Acclimation Procedure on the left of the screen. It tells you in details about how to. It's really simple to do, we did and they're just fine. We missed the package on the first attempted delivery cause I over slept. I miss the delivery by 5 min. I call the Fedex and track the delivery person down and went to pick it up myself. She was only 5 min drive taking a lunch break at burger king...lol...Even though it void my guarantee, but the fishes are fine thank god....Good Luck! :happyfish
:joy: I've never ordered fish online before so I'm very excited when it comes. I've heard many good things about this site at first I was like "man that sucks you have to order at least 80 dollars worth of livestock" all I wanted was 2 cleaner shrimp and that pygmy angel but I added on the hermits and the royal gramma lol..I wanted a firefish but they're all out.
By the way i'm just wondering do they ship during the winter? or do they ship to cold places in the winter? snowy places? lol. i'm assuming no.
Yes they do ship during winter. Why don't you e-mail them to let them know you want your shipment on tuesday. Tell them the time you want the package to arrive and they can work around it. Once the package arrive, you have to sign for the package for the very first attempted delivery other wise that voids your guarantee if they come around the second time. Read the Acclimation Procedure on the left of the screen. It tells you in details about how to. It's really simple to do, we did and they're just fine. We missed the package on the first attempted delivery cause I over slept. I miss the delivery by 5 min. I call the Fedex and track the delivery person down and went to pick it up myself. She was only 5 min drive taking a lunch break at burger king...lol...Even though it void my guarantee, but the fishes are fine thank god....Good Luck! :happyfish
merredeth
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Originally Posted by Mr.P
Okay thank you, that's a pretty cool avitar/icon whatever they call it.
No problem!
You must be talking about my main man Billy Squier. Billy Squier's "Creatures of Habit" seemed rather appropriate to identify me with. I'm always on late at night and you find me with a coffee cup in hand at all times. Need I say more?
Denise M.
Okay thank you, that's a pretty cool avitar/icon whatever they call it.
No problem!
You must be talking about my main man Billy Squier. Billy Squier's "Creatures of Habit" seemed rather appropriate to identify me with. I'm always on late at night and you find me with a coffee cup in hand at all times. Need I say more?
Denise M.
