Buying Fish Online

Was it "aquatics to your door?"

I came across this too and was thinking the same! I would imagine they have experience in the transport but I didn't order anything just incase.

I still contemplate it as they have a much bigger selection than my local store.

It's called live fish. It's an australian site so i didn't really expect anyone here to have used it. Okay, well their prices look pretty reasonable so i might order a few fish to make sure they're good thanks for your help

Andrea, in the UK it's the price of postage that puts most people off. But if you intend buying a lot of fish, the postage is usually the same a for one fish, so it doesn't seem too bad if you are getting a lot of fish after a fishless cycle.
Before making any purchases, check the postage! Any shops that seem cheap probably don't do next day delivery. In the USA, they seem to take 4 or 5 days to deliver which is far too long for fish to be sitting in a small bag.

I have bought fish online from a well known reputable supplier in the North East. They insited that there was someone to accept delivery and aranged a convenient delivery date. Fish were dispatched late afternoon and arrived mid morning the following day. Packaged in a study polystyrene box with heat pads. The fish seemed fine and I did not lose any. Whilst I much prefer to browse before I buy I had been unable to source these from a local supplier so would not hesitate to buy online again if necessary

With fish like gouramis where their sex matters, ask the shop before buying if they are prepared to select a male and female, or whatever ratio you want. With fish like neon tetras, it doesn't matter.

That's a really good idea Sue, I'll make sure I do that I honestly don't think that there are many regulations for these places in the form of laws- most governments don't seem to think of fish as real life forms :/ I think that the incentive for these places to operate ethically is that the risk of losing business is really high if word gets out that their practices are poor, but how much difference that actually makes I don't know