A begginer puffer for a begginer keeper?

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2jane
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Re: A begginer puffer for a begginer keeper?

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I cant blame you about the whole live shipping thing... I recently got some DPs online as well and one of them was so stressed, he never recovered. :( The other two seem quite happy, though. I've heard of many happy endings coming from live shipping, I think its rare for a fish to ever die during or because of shipping.

If you're in the Tampa area, the only place I know that ever carries them is Marine Warehouse, which is about 1.5 miles away from Veterans Expressway. They only carry them sometimes (when they can get them from their distributor), so I would call ahead to check. They get new shipments of fish every Thursday. Places like PetSmart and PetCo USED to carry them, but I called all the ones in my area and they dont carry them anymore.

I used AquariumFish.net for mine... ThatPetPlace.com used to carry them (cheap, too!) but it appears that they don't anymore.
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Re: A begginer puffer for a begginer keeper?

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Yeah, allright, well, I'm about two hours from the Tampa area so that's out of the question anyway... I guess I'll get them online...
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Re: A begginer puffer for a begginer keeper?

Post by bigfatfish »

Hey FrogkiPuffer. Its not that anyone wants to know your actual address, its just that people on this forum are from all over the world & when you ask where you can get a particular fish, I could say there are some in the lfs near me - but I am in the UK, with no way of knowing where you are, except from what is on your profile! If you see what I mean! :D
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Re: A begginer puffer for a begginer keeper?

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I know that bigpuffer, sorry lol, it's just my parents... Anyway, I found a great salt water store today OMG lol, it was amazing to me... The anenomes, and all the different fish they had their along with the corals they had growing there...
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Sometimes the displays in lfs can be incredible. I can wander around for ages, just looking & wishing!!
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Re: A begginer puffer for a begginer keeper?

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I had my halfmoon betta shipped to me from Kansas, and he did great. *shrug* Shipping can be fine, as long as they are prepared and packaged well.
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Re: A begginer puffer for a begginer keeper?

Post by FrogkiPuffer »

It was funny to watch the little blennie scooters move inch by inch along the sand lol... And the pink and white gobbie kept going out and swimming backwards into his little burrow, I watched him agonizingly, even if I had a reef set up he was in the display only tank... But yeah, they had anenomes for sale, along with corals and a bucnh of cool fish... If I get a reef set up or any form of marine tank set up, I'm so getting one of the scooter blennies... The owner had been in the hobby for a long time and was very knoladgeable... It was a salt water only so I couldn't have bought anything anyway... But when I get a reef or marine set up going, I'm buying from him lol...
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