Purchase corals online vs. LFS

[nazz13]

for the record ive never bought online.Id love to see some pics of corals in tanks that were bought online.anyone??

 

[wangotango]

i like the fact that i can actually see what im getting and inspect what im getting at the lfs. plus i usually spend 1/2 an hour talking with the staff. sometimes they get really cool stuff in their shipments, and other times they dont have anything cool. only one of my lfs has good sps frags, so things like that i would probably order online. the stuff is cheaper, but once you factor in shipping its really only cheaper if you're buying a lot more than one thing.
-Justin

 

[dacia]

I've bought a couple of corals online, and they are doing VERY well. However, for the price, I prefer LFS. The corals online are usually a lot smaller than the ones you can pick up at your LFS, and you can visually see exactly what you are getting before you pick it out.
I've had successes both ways, though.

 

[nazz13]

i agree