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Looking to buy fish online - appreciate any recommendations.
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I’ve had good service from a few sellers off eBay as well.
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Aqua Life Leyland, I have used them a few times, fish are top quality.
Just need to phone to check stock and prices.
425L SeaBray Elite aquarium - Rio Mamoré (Bolivia) theme
4 x Cupid Cichlids, 14 x Cory caudimaculatus, 13 x Cory sterbai 52 x Reed Tetra, 4 x Honeycomb Bristlenose (L519)

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I used Riverpark for my Congo’s (as the only supplier to deliver far enough north in Scotland!)
240L Fluval Roma with Oase 600 Biomaster: 1 German red bristlenose, 4 male cherry barbs, 6 standard rummynose, 3 golden rummynose tetra, 9 emperor tetra, 14 cardinal tetra, 2 hengeli rasbora, 3 nerite snails, 1 adult Sulawesi snail and multiple juveniles continually appearing.

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Bump! I'm trying to source some Bloodfin Tetra, not Glass or Rathbun either. Seems all of our LFS don't have any so was advised to look online. Any ideas?
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fluxtor wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 17:56 pm Bump! I'm trying to source some Bloodfin Tetra, not Glass or Rathbun either. Seems all of our LFS don't have any so was advised to look online. Any ideas?
Sorry, did you bang your head?

Either eBay, aquarist-classifieds.co.uk or just google 'bloodfin tetra for sale near (your town)'
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Martinspuddle wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 18:42 pm
Sorry, did you bang your head?

Either eBay, aquarist-classifieds.co.uk or just google 'bloodfin tetra for sale near (your town)'
Okeedoo I did exactly that had a few Ebay hits just wasn't sure how reliable it would be getting fish from Ebay.
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fluxtor wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 20:42 pm Okeedoo I did exactly that had a few Ebay hits just wasn't sure how reliable it would be getting fish from Ebay.
Whenever I have used eBay, I'm very careful to see what sort of seller they are, whether private individual who has only sold occasionally before or professional dealer or breeder with numerous listing for various species. Check the feed back, see what others have said about their purchases from this person. See if they offer payment return if dead on arrival. I only use someone with 100 percent or near and make sure to use PayPal, not cash payment. Using PayPal will give you some measure of come back.

Always arrange with the seller shipping dates, so you know you will home on the day of the delivery and don't order during extreme weather conditions i.e. freezing weather or when it's snowing.
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Martinspuddle wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:47 am
fluxtor wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 20:42 pm Okeedoo I did exactly that had a few Ebay hits just wasn't sure how reliable it would be getting fish from Ebay.
Whenever I have used eBay, I'm very careful to see what sort of seller they are, whether private individual who has only sold occasionally before or professional dealer or breeder with numerous listing for various species. Check the feed back, see what others have said about their purchases from this person. See if they offer payment return if dead on arrival. I only use someone with 100 percent or near and make sure to use PayPal, not cash payment. Using PayPal will give you some measure of come back.

Always arrange with the seller shipping dates, so you know you will home on the day of the delivery and don't order during extreme weather conditions i.e. freezing weather or when it's snowing.
Sound advice! In my years buying koi I only ever had one delivered and that was a relatively expensive koi but from a reputable dealer. Trouble I've seen with tropical is the delivery is often as much as the fish especially when you only want 5 or 7 tetras!
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fluxtor wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:43 am Sound advice! In my years buying koi I only ever had one delivered and that was a relatively expensive koi but from a reputable dealer. Trouble I've seen with tropical is the delivery is often as much as the fish especially when you only want 5 or 7 tetras!
You can find them small numbers but then you have to justify the shipping cost for just six small fish.
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