Fish from Internet

[J Codling]

I ordered a Dottyback, 3 lettuce slugs and a Linkia Star from an Internet
site last week. The Dottyback arrived floating, no gill action at all.
I'm still trying to acclimate her by dripping in a bucket, the water was
blue, so I'm assuming they packed her with some sort of acetone, or other
sedative. After 4.5 hours no gill movement at all.

The Linkia arrived a pile of mush. Trying with drip acclimation, but based
on the smell of the bag and appearance I'm not optimistic.

The slugs appeared to move, after 4 hours of drip acclimation they appeared
to be fine. So we'll see.

My guess is that they had them packed a day b4 shipment, I could be wrong as
this is the first time I have purchased fish over the net. Very likely the
last...

Any comments, advice, would be appreciated.

Jim

[John N. Gretchen III]

Doesn't sound good. :( Who did you order from?

J Codling wrote:
> I ordered a Dottyback, 3 lettuce slugs and a Linkia Star from an Internet
> site last week. The Dottyback arrived floating, no gill action at all.
> I'm still trying to acclimate her by dripping in a bucket, the water was
> blue, so I'm assuming they packed her with some sort of acetone, or other
> sedative. After 4.5 hours no gill movement at all.
>
> The Linkia arrived a pile of mush. Trying with drip acclimation, but based
> on the smell of the bag and appearance I'm not optimistic.
>
> The slugs appeared to move, after 4 hours of drip acclimation they appeared
> to be fine. So we'll see.
>
> My guess is that they had them packed a day b4 shipment, I could be wrong as
> this is the first time I have purchased fish over the net. Very likely the
> last...
>
> Any comments, advice, would be appreciated.
>
> Jim
>
>

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John N. Gretchen III
Port O'Connor TX
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

[Dinky]

"John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
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| Doesn't sound good. :( Who did you order from?
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I'd like to know as well. I've ordered from liveaquaria.com and
fishsupply.com and gotten spectacular stock shipped very well.

billy

[J Codling]

Wasn't good. Everything is toast. I ordered from Aquacon.com . I have
heard good things from them in the past, I'm sure they'll make it right.
I'll keep you all posted.

Jim

"Dinky" > wrote in message
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> "John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
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> | Doesn't sound good. :( Who did you order from?
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> I'd like to know as well. I've ordered from liveaquaria.com and
> fishsupply.com and gotten spectacular stock shipped very well.
>
> billy
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[Rod]

You orderd from who?/ aqua-what? oh,, aquaCON.. should have thrown a flag up
there ;)..
Youve heard good things?? where have you been hanging out? I have heard
nothing but bad about them. do a search on some of the larger mesage boards,
like reefcentral.. not trying to flame you, just pointing out things that I
have heard (never orderd from them) about aquacon and hope that no one else
ends up with dead animals.. Let us know how things turn out.

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>Wasn't good. Everything is toast. I ordered from Aquacon.com . I have
>heard good things from them in the past, I'm sure they'll make it right.
>I'll keep you all posted.
>
>Jim
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>"Dinky" > wrote in message
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>> "John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
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>> | Doesn't sound good. :( Who did you order from?
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>> I'd like to know as well. I've ordered from liveaquaria.com and
>> fishsupply.com and gotten spectacular stock shipped very well.
>>
>> billy
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[Joe V.]

Most sites have a live arrival guarantee ... any site that doesn't is a huge
sign of trouble

"J Codling" > wrote in message
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> Wasn't good. Everything is toast. I ordered from Aquacon.com . I have
> heard good things from them in the past, I'm sure they'll make it right.
> I'll keep you all posted.
>
> Jim
>
> "Dinky" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
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> >
> > "John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > | Doesn't sound good. :( Who did you order from?
> > |
> >
> >
> > I'd like to know as well. I've ordered from liveaquaria.com and
> > fishsupply.com and gotten spectacular stock shipped very well.
> >
> > billy
> >
> >
>
>

[Joe V.]

Looks like they have a 3-day live guarantee ... it sounds like your best bet
is to give up trying to save them and work on getting your money back.

http://www.aquacon.com/livearrivalguarantee.html

"J Codling" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> Wasn't good. Everything is toast. I ordered from Aquacon.com . I have
> heard good things from them in the past, I'm sure they'll make it right.
> I'll keep you all posted.
>
> Jim
>
> "Dinky" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
> >
> >
> > "John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > | Doesn't sound good. :( Who did you order from?
> > |
> >
> >
> > I'd like to know as well. I've ordered from liveaquaria.com and
> > fishsupply.com and gotten spectacular stock shipped very well.
> >
> > billy
> >
> >
>
>

[John N. Gretchen III]

Now that it a horrible guarantee! Compare it to e-tropicals,
http://www.etropicals.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=116
http://www.etropicals.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=134

Joe V. wrote:
> Looks like they have a 3-day live guarantee ... it sounds like your best bet
> is to give up trying to save them and work on getting your money back.
>
> http://www.aquacon.com/livearrivalguarantee.html
>

John N. Gretchen III
Port O'Connor TX
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

[J Codling]

Well looks like their "guarantee" is very good. Only applied to the fish
and slugs I purchased, not the starfish. All arrived DOA. I would avoid
these folks.


"John N. Gretchen III" > wrote in message
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> Now that it a horrible guarantee! Compare it to e-tropicals,
> http://www.etropicals.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=116
> http://www.etropicals.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=134
>
> Joe V. wrote:
> > Looks like they have a 3-day live guarantee ... it sounds like your best
bet
> > is to give up trying to save them and work on getting your money back.
> >
> > http://www.aquacon.com/livearrivalguarantee.html
> >
>
> John N. Gretchen III
> Port O'Connor TX
> http://www.tisd.net/~jng3
>

[Marc Levenson]

I've only heard bad things about Aquacon.com (and everyone mentions the word CON
as they feel conned or ripped off by a con-artist).

Sorry to hear about your losses. Post if you get a full refund.

Marc


J Codling wrote:

> I ordered a Dottyback, 3 lettuce slugs and a Linkia Star from an Internet
> site last week. The Dottyback arrived floating, no gill action at all.
> I'm still trying to acclimate her by dripping in a bucket, the water was
> blue, so I'm assuming they packed her with some sort of acetone, or other
> sedative. After 4.5 hours no gill movement at all.
>
> The Linkia arrived a pile of mush. Trying with drip acclimation, but based
> on the smell of the bag and appearance I'm not optimistic.
>
> The slugs appeared to move, after 4 hours of drip acclimation they appeared
> to be fine. So we'll see.
>
> My guess is that they had them packed a day b4 shipment, I could be wrong as
> this is the first time I have purchased fish over the net. Very likely the
> last...
>
> Any comments, advice, would be appreciated.
>
> Jim

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Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com

[J Codling]

All they were willing to do is replace the dottyback and the 3 slugs on my
next order as the linkia star was not guaranteed. These things arrived
dead. THe Linkia had almost completely decomposed when it arrived at my
house. I'm not going to order from them again and am going to pursue a
chargeback thru my credit card. Avoid these folks!!!!



"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
> I've only heard bad things about Aquacon.com (and everyone mentions the
word CON
> as they feel conned or ripped off by a con-artist).
>
> Sorry to hear about your losses. Post if you get a full refund.
>
> Marc
>
>
> J Codling wrote:
>
> > I ordered a Dottyback, 3 lettuce slugs and a Linkia Star from an
Internet
> > site last week. The Dottyback arrived floating, no gill action at all.
> > I'm still trying to acclimate her by dripping in a bucket, the water was
> > blue, so I'm assuming they packed her with some sort of acetone, or
other
> > sedative. After 4.5 hours no gill movement at all.
> >
> > The Linkia arrived a pile of mush. Trying with drip acclimation, but
based
> > on the smell of the bag and appearance I'm not optimistic.
> >
> > The slugs appeared to move, after 4 hours of drip acclimation they
appeared
> > to be fine. So we'll see.
> >
> > My guess is that they had them packed a day b4 shipment, I could be
wrong as
> > this is the first time I have purchased fish over the net. Very likely
the
> > last...
> >
> > Any comments, advice, would be appreciated.
> >
> > Jim
>
> --
> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>
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