Online Fish Suppliers

It is possible to buy fish on line, the problem is often the cost of the postage which can be more than the fish themselves. Would the better shop order fish in for you?


I've just looked through your previous posts and see that you said you don't have any trouble with your kettle etc furring up. That means you have soft water so endlers aren't the best choice as they prefer hard water. There is a much bigger choice of fish for soft water.

For 55 litres, but a tank length of 40cm:
Ember tetras which get much more colourful when they've settled in
Fish in the genus Boraras
Celestial pearl danios also called galaxy rasboras
Larger, non-shoaling fish:
Honey gourami would be OK, but I wouldn't get any larger gouramis than this species. A pair would work.

If you could confirm your water hardness it would be easier. It should be on your water supplier's website. Some of them do make it hard to find though. Mine puts it under the tab "in your area" along with roadworks etc!

there is a person on ebay that sells a lot of fish online , he has a few negative comments but when you look at the amount of  positive comments its understandable that one or two negatives will appear , i have used him for non live stock and have had one live stock order of him so far but i am planning another order this weekend.
his orders are sent over night on a pre organised date with yourself (except saturdays and wednesdays if i remember correctly ), my fish arrived fine ( 2 clown loaches ) they was well packed and had a heat pack with them as was cold on day of shipping but it is as  sue said a little expensive on the postage he charges i think £7,99 for shrimp orders or £15 pounds for fish orders but its only one charge for as many fish , obviously the temptation is to order a lot of fish in one go to save yourself money but this is not a good thing as i am sure other will point out , you need to add fish in stages to your tank as to not over load the good bacteria so remember to only order a few at time thats why if possible shops can be a lot cheaper as the £15 pounds add very quickly and also the one other disadvantage to online orders is you cant see what your buying.

That's right, I do want to do a fishless cycle first – don't think I could handle the guilt if something went wrong with a fish-in cycle. Even then, I think I'll be very cautious about adding fish – probably go for just a few at a time.

Good to know about your ebay supplier Chris. As I said, there's not an awful lot of choice where I live and when I asked the 'better' stockist about getting hold of fish that weren't currently stocked I just got a blank look and certainly no offers to order them in for me.

Thanks

Diz (she) 

Some more really good suggestions. I'm going to be spoiled for choice once I do start stocking the tank. By the way, I've rearranged the covers so that the corner hole is at the back, with the small piece of glass at the front because I'd heard of people losing their fish through them jumping out of the tank, but there are still gaps at each side. Is it likely that fish might wriggle through these!

Some more really good suggestions. I'm going to be spoiled for choice once I do start stocking the tank. By the way, I've rearranged the covers so that the corner hole is at the back, with the small piece of glass at the front because I'd heard of people losing their fish through them jumping out of the tank, but there are still gaps at each side. Is it likely that fish might wriggle through these!

That's how I have my covers and three fish have managed to jump out. Fortunately I was there (and Fogarty the Cat wasn't) when two of them did it and scooped them back in. However; one of my male Cherry Barbs made the great leap into the unknown when I wasn't around..... and paid heavily for his exuberance 

They were young, fit and thin when they did this... they're now middle-aged and have had too much pizza to get through the gap, but I keep the water level about an inch down now just to be on the safe side.

EDIT: same-time post, and it is a possibility, I'm afraid.

Really!? It's a very tiny gap, oh well.

We'll the tank is in my office and I do work from home, so hopefully I'd be there if I did have a problem. I'll just have to give each new fish a stern talking to when I introduce it to the tank!

Good plan. Also best if you have a naughty-step they can have time-out on.