Best place to buy SPS online?

[tonyespinoza]

Until now I've bought all my SPS from local shops in the SF Bay Area.

Last week I ordered from Vivid Aquariums and everything I got was great (rose mille, yellow mille, echinophyllia, monti's). (In fact, prior to shipping, they were nice enough to tell me that some of the stuff on my order had browned-out (purple monti, blue rim monti, superman monti) so I was able to change my order accordingly.)

I've been looking at LiveAquaria.com online since they seem to have the broadest selection, but thought I'd check here before placing an order.

I guess I could use 2 recommendations -- what's your "go to" source for aquacultured frags (including ORA)? and also, where do you look for more rare and unique SPS?

I've emailed ScientificCoral.com a few times and responses have been spotty at best. Some very simple questions have gone unanswered.

Thanks for any help!

-tE

[nauticac4]

I ordered a acropora pack from pacific east aquaculture and was very happy with it. They even called a day after it arrived to check on everything...Customer service is great. They have a collectors reserve section that might intrest you if your looking into some stuff you don't see everyday.

[Grunt007]

I've used LA.com twice. First piece, an ORA pink millepora was/is awesome. The second, Acropora Hyacinthus, was one of their certified captive grown pieces. It was supposed to have bright blue-tips but it was just plain old dark, dingy brown. Looked to me like it was not getting good flow either in thier facility. It's been about 5 months and it's still mostly brown w/ a hint of green on the tips, though it's got a nice glow under just actinics and is growing nicley. I agree w/ Nautica that the customer service is very good.

[tonyespinoza]

just found Soutas Saltwater linked off of JPMagyar's site -- both sites are awesome. I'm not sure if JPMagyar is going to sell frags (seems like he might be planning to by his Web site's domain name!) but I PM'd him in hopes of learning more.

-tE

[twon8]

reefermadness, reefscience, live aquaria have all earned my repeat business.

[killagoby]

I've bought from Live Aquaria before. Just from the Diver's Den before. They sent me great stuff.

[cnaegler]

Atlantis aquarium, Reefermadness, Liveaquaria, and Pacific East aquaculture all have very nice pieces and great customer service. ATL is my favorite because of their killer assortment of SPS and large aquacultured pieces. But PEA has got a new collector's coral section that has some really nice pieces too! I recently got a A.youngei from Reefermadness and it's doing great.

[mysterybox]

I've never had any issues with liveaquaria. Great customer service, and the items were always healthy & looked as expected if not better.

[northbay-reefer]

I buy from DR Mac and son, he has great prices and awsome customer service. He gets his stuff pretty much from the same place that live aquaria and atlantis get theirs because the corals looks simmilar.

I like the diver Den stuff from live aquaria, but I've found that they are way over priced. As soon as they have a sale on those corals I will jump on them, but right now, am not going to spent over $100 per aquaculture piece. I have my eyes on 3 colonies though

The same goes for Atlantis, crazy pricing. I walked into that store 3 time and walked out all three times without buying anything.

[tonyespinoza]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

[sditch]

I have bought alot of nice pieces over the Internet and my this is how I would rate the sellers i have delt with.

1.) LA
2.) FragFarmer.org
3.) Reefer Madness
4.) Extreame Corals

[smariner]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11252342#post11252342 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
reefermadness, reefscience, live aquaria have all earned my repeat business.

Thanks twon for the kind words... We appreciate it...

Thanks again,
Chad D. Bryant
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[rharr21]

Some of the nicest stuff I have, was purchased here on RC.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/fo...?s=&forumid=98

[znut Reefer]

Agree with Twon

reefermadness, reefscience, live aquaria, fragfarmer have all earned my repeat business.

[Nanook]

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[DirtySouth056]

www.reefhotspot.com has some great pieces