Live Rock supplier online...

wrote:

I'm setting my tank up again (I moved across the country) and can't remember
where I ordered my rock from last time! I live in the Mojave desert and must
get my rock online. Any advice on whom to avoid? TIA, Andy


Check these guys out. Their prices are very reasonable and they offer a
great guarantee on their live stuff...
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/s...cfm?pCatId=393

mark h

Here's some newsgroup postings about this company when
they were using a different name:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...71926b717dc643

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...9f089da347de06

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...c6cf63736c3df1

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...7158b818685fff


Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Mark Henry wrote on 12/21/2005 7:55 AM:
wrote:

I'm setting my tank up again (I moved across the country) and can't
remember where I ordered my rock from last time! I live in the Mojave
desert and must get my rock online. Any advice on whom to avoid? TIA,
Andy


Check these guys out. Their prices are very reasonable and they offer a
great guarantee on their live stuff...
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/s...cfm?pCatId=393

mark h

Wayne Sallee wrote:

Here's some newsgroup postings about this company when they were using a
different name:


Wayne,

Thanks for the links. However, to be fair, it's been more than five
years since those postings (if the dates shown by Google are correct)
and the company has [apparently] changed hands. Perhaps their business
practices have improved?

If anyone has had recent issues with this company please feel free to
reply here, as I'm getting ready to place my order for live rock, and
then for a cleanup crew in late January.

Thanks,

mark h

have a look at the forums at reefcentral.com you might find some valuable
info there about vendors. click thru the links, you can often get a
reefcentral discount too. :-)




"Mark Henry" wrote in message
...
Wayne Sallee wrote:

Here's some newsgroup postings about this company when they were using a
different name:


Wayne,

Thanks for the links. However, to be fair, it's been more than five years
since those postings (if the dates shown by Google are correct) and the
company has [apparently] changed hands. Perhaps their business practices
have improved?

If anyone has had recent issues with this company please feel free to
reply here, as I'm getting ready to place my order for live rock, and then
for a cleanup crew in late January.

Thanks,

mark h

Just purchased some livestock from them about a week ago. Not a huge
selection but nice items. One of the bags to the shaving brush plants I
purchased leaked and lost all the water out. The plants didn't look good.
The company when I called them and told them was great. Refunded the money.
They are overlooked by Dr Foster and Smith (Live Aquaria) now and run by
their policys. I would order again from them.

Susan
"Mark Henry" wrote in message
...
Wayne Sallee wrote:

Here's some newsgroup postings about this company when they were using a
different name:


Wayne,

Thanks for the links. However, to be fair, it's been more than five years
since those postings (if the dates shown by Google are correct) and the
company has [apparently] changed hands. Perhaps their business practices
have improved?

If anyone has had recent issues with this company please feel free to
reply here, as I'm getting ready to place my order for live rock, and then
for a cleanup crew in late January.

Thanks,

mark h

I've ordered from LiveAquaria and from Premium Aquatics. LiveAquaria has
good values, but Premium Aquatics has IMO better quality rock.


wrote in message
...
I'm setting my tank up again (I moved across the country) and can't
remember where I ordered my rock from last time! I live in the Mojave
desert and must get my rock online. Any advice on whom to avoid? TIA,
Andy

Yep they are overlooked by Dr Foster and Smith, but I
don't regard Dr Foster and Smith very highly. There is so
much dishonesty in thier catalogs.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Susan wrote on 12/21/2005 11:42 AM:
Just purchased some livestock from them about a week ago. Not a huge
selection but nice items. One of the bags to the shaving brush plants I
purchased leaked and lost all the water out. The plants didn't look good.
The company when I called them and told them was great. Refunded the money.
They are overlooked by Dr Foster and Smith (Live Aquaria) now and run by
their policys. I would order again from them.

Susan
"Mark Henry" wrote in message
...

Wayne Sallee wrote:


Here's some newsgroup postings about this company when they were using a
different name:


Wayne,

Thanks for the links. However, to be fair, it's been more than five years
since those postings (if the dates shown by Google are correct) and the
company has [apparently] changed hands. Perhaps their business practices
have improved?

If anyone has had recent issues with this company please feel free to
reply here, as I'm getting ready to place my order for live rock, and then
for a cleanup crew in late January.

Thanks,

mark h

Wayne Sallee wrote:

Yep they are overlooked by Dr Foster and Smith, but I don't regard Dr
Foster and Smith very highly. There is so much dishonesty in thier
catalogs.


Wayne,

Can you offer some specifics here? My wife and I run a kennel and have
been ordering from Drs Foster and Smith for years and have never found
their advertising, sales, or policies to be misrepresented.

In fact, I recently posted that a sump I ordered had arrived broken and
they replaced it on the spot (and upgraded me to 2-day delivery) and
didn't require me to return the broken one. Now I call that service.

mark h

I don't think that too many people have trouble dealing
with them as far as getting what they ordered, and such,
but if you look at the catalog, and look for the
dishonesty, you should have no trouble finding it, if you
are an avid fish keeper, and know better than to fall for
it. Also look for picturs that have been doctered up. The
dishonesty in the catalog is not any worse than the
average pet store :-) I've just gotten discusted with the
amount of dishonesty in this industry. What ever happened
to "truth in advertizing"?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Mark Henry wrote on 12/21/2005 3:58 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:

Yep they are overlooked by Dr Foster and Smith, but I don't regard Dr
Foster and Smith very highly. There is so much dishonesty in thier
catalogs.


Wayne,

Can you offer some specifics here? My wife and I run a kennel and have
been ordering from Drs Foster and Smith for years and have never found
their advertising, sales, or policies to be misrepresented.

In fact, I recently posted that a sump I ordered had arrived broken and
they replaced it on the spot (and upgraded me to 2-day delivery) and
didn't require me to return the broken one. Now I call that service.

mark h

Not to be argumentative or start a beef, but I am apparently not an avid
fishkeeper, I've only been in the hobby for a short time. But I, like
many others, I'm sure, read this newsgroup for information. Laying down
blanket statements that you just have to look for dishonesty is a little
hard to take. In the many forums and pages I've read as well as talking
to others in the hobby, I have been directed to LiveAquaria.com more
often than not. If they are fleecing the public and you feel like some
injustice is being served then I think it's your duty as their
competetor to share specifics, not just blanket statements about lies
and false advertising. This hobby is very expensive and local stores
cost even more, online retailers are becoming more and more common. If
there is a legitimate reason I should not shop there I will listen to
it. But if you are just carrying a 5 year old grudge that you can't get
over, please let us know, I try to find the best stuff for the best value.

Wayne Sallee wrote:
I don't think that too many people have trouble dealing with them as far
as getting what they ordered, and such, but if you look at the catalog,
and look for the dishonesty, you should have no trouble finding it, if
you are an avid fish keeper, and know better than to fall for it. Also
look for picturs that have been doctered up. The dishonesty in the
catalog is not any worse than the average pet store :-) I've just gotten
discusted with the amount of dishonesty in this industry. What ever
happened to "truth in advertizing"?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Mark Henry wrote on 12/21/2005 3:58 PM:

Wayne Sallee wrote:

Yep they are overlooked by Dr Foster and Smith, but I don't regard Dr
Foster and Smith very highly. There is so much dishonesty in thier
catalogs.


Wayne,

Can you offer some specifics here? My wife and I run a kennel and have
been ordering from Drs Foster and Smith for years and have never found
their advertising, sales, or policies to be misrepresented.

In fact, I recently posted that a sump I ordered had arrived broken
and they replaced it on the spot (and upgraded me to 2-day delivery)
and didn't require me to return the broken one. Now I call that service.

mark h