AzGardens - Shrimp ?

[DWS]

Anyone Ordered any Shrimp or SAES from azgardens?

Or any other fish?

Did they ship well? Any Deaths?

Thanks!

Dustin

[Bob Alston]

I ordered both in a single shipment. Overall, I was satisfied with them. I
concur that it is difficult to communicate with them. Also, make sure you
understand their standard shipping dates. I was a week off - my
misunderstanding - but caused me a lot of anxt.

--
Bob Alston

"DWS" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone Ordered any Shrimp or SAES from azgardens?
>
> Or any other fish?
>
> Did they ship well? Any Deaths?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dustin
>
>

[Alex R]

"DWS" > wrote in message
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> Anyone Ordered any Shrimp or SAES from azgardens?
>
> Or any other fish?
>
> Did they ship well? Any Deaths?

I ordered a dozen Amano shrimp from AZ Gardens a while ago, but that was
before people started complaining about their communication problems with
customers. They all arrived alive, and the packing was exceptionally good.
They put a foam block in the bag for the shrimp to hold on to.
__
Alex

[DWS]

Wow - I did the search on deja.com -

Doesnt look like I want to be doing business with them - I called twice and
got a voice mail twice, thats not the service i prefer.

Ill check out the aquariumfish.net - Thanks ! :)


Dustin

"LeighMo" > wrote in message
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> Before you buy, go to www.deja.com and search on "AZ garderns"
>
> Personally, I recommend aquariumfish.net. They have true SAEs, Amano
shrimp,
> and lots of other cool critters. Their prices are reasonable, their
> communication is excellent, and they know how to pack fish and shrimp for
> shipping. They'll tell you what day your fish are arriving, so you can
wait
> for them. And they gave me extra SAEs and Amano shrimp, in case some
didn't
> make it. (They all did.)
>
>
> Leigh
>
> http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/

[Craig Brye]

Most people don't have a problem with their end results... it's just the
long delivery time and the terrible customer service!

--
Craig Brye
University of Phoenix Online

"Alex R" > wrote in message
.net...
> "DWS" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Anyone Ordered any Shrimp or SAES from azgardens?
> >
> > Or any other fish?
> >
> > Did they ship well? Any Deaths?
>
> I ordered a dozen Amano shrimp from AZ Gardens a while ago, but that was
> before people started complaining about their communication problems with
> customers. They all arrived alive, and the packing was exceptionally good.
> They put a foam block in the bag for the shrimp to hold on to.
> __
> Alex
>
>

[Craig Brye]

I agree 100%. I recently ordered a book from them and waited for five weeks
before I got it. I kept calling and they kept coming up with excuses, and
then they sent it to the wrong address (their mistake).

--
Craig Brye
University of Phoenix Online

"LeighMo" > wrote in message
...
> >Most people don't have a problem with their end results... it's just the
> >long delivery time and the terrible customer service!
>
> Agreed. They mean well, they just aren't terribly efficient. However, if
you
> take a day off work to wait for a delivery of live fish and they don't
arrive,
> sometimes more than once...well, it works out to be awfully expensive
fish!
>
>
> Leigh
>
> http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/

[DWS]

Im a book distributor -
I can kind of sympathize with them on the delayed shipping - Media Mail can
take upto eight weeks to be delivered, Ive had some shipments that took upto
11 weeks!

Its very low priority - thats why.

But if they sent it to the wrong address, then that is their fault.

Dustin
"Craig Brye" > wrote in message
...
> I agree 100%. I recently ordered a book from them and waited for five
weeks
> before I got it. I kept calling and they kept coming up with excuses, and
> then they sent it to the wrong address (their mistake).
>
> --
> Craig Brye
> University of Phoenix Online
>
> "LeighMo" > wrote in message
> ...
> > >Most people don't have a problem with their end results... it's just
the
> > >long delivery time and the terrible customer service!
> >
> > Agreed. They mean well, they just aren't terribly efficient. However,
if
> you
> > take a day off work to wait for a delivery of live fish and they don't
> arrive,
> > sometimes more than once...well, it works out to be awfully expensive
> fish!
> >
> >
> > Leigh
> >
> > http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/
>
>

[Alex R]

"LeighMo" > wrote in message
...
> >Most people don't have a problem with their end results... it's just the
> >long delivery time and the terrible customer service!
>
> Agreed. They mean well, they just aren't terribly efficient. However, if
you
> take a day off work to wait for a delivery of live fish and they don't
arrive,
> sometimes more than once...well, it works out to be awfully expensive
fish!

When I ordered mine, I didn't wait at home for FedEx. They made a delivery
attempt at 8 or 9 a.m., and left a note because no one answered. I picked up
the package later at the FedEx facility at about 6 p.m. The shrimp were
fine.
__
Alex

[Brian]

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"LeighMo" > wrote in message
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> >When I ordered mine, I didn't wait at home for FedEx. They made a
delivery
> >attempt at 8 or 9 a.m., and left a note because no one answered. I picked
up
> >the package later at the FedEx facility at about 6 p.m. The shrimp were
> >fine.
>
> I ordered mine from AquariumFish.net. They told me when I ordered what
day
> they would arrive. The day before, they sent me an e-mail reminder,
saying the
> order would arrive between 11 am and 2 pm. At 12:30 the next day, they
> arrived.
> I was glad I didn't have to go pick them up that day, because there was a
> terrible storm -- snow, rain, and sleet mixed. The critters were fine,
though.
> The shrimp were packed 2 or 3 to a bag, with squares of foam for them to
cling
> to. The bristlenose plecos were packed one to a bag, so they couldn't
suck on
> each other, double bagged with one bag upside down inside the other, so
there
> were no corners for them to get stuck in. The boxes were insulated with
> styrofoam and had heat packs inside. Despite the storm, they arrived
on-time
> and in great shape.
>
>
> Leigh
>
> http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/


I haven't ordered from AZGARDENS for several months but the plants were very
good. The first shipment of SAE's was largely the false siamensis, the
shrimp were correct. I called and they replaced the SAE's without charge to
me the next week. They were the correct fish the second time. They were
also very prompt in returning calls and e-mails at that time. I would order
again. -Brian

[Brian]

"LeighMo" > wrote in message
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> > The first shipment of SAE's was largely the false siamensis,
>
> I've heard that complaint about AZ Garden before -- that sometimes their
SAEs
> are false SAEs. They blame supplier problems, but you'd think they'd look
at
> the fish while packing them.
>
> So what did you do with the false SAEs?
>
>
>
> Leigh
>
> http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/\\

Well, I traded most of them to a LFS. I think I had 6 to begin with. 4 to
the LFS and two into a small ten gal slow growth tank. One of the two died
after about a month, the second went outside into the veggie filter part of
the pond and got to be about 6 inches long over the summer. He's currently
wintering in that small 10 gal again (admittedly cramped). I have black
neon tetras in that tank and he has never bothered any of them. -Brian

[Bob Alston]

>>She made my CAEs miserable. I was forced to
>>move them to a different tank.

Do you really mean CAEs or SAEs? If false Simease would take on a Chinease
Algae Eater, I think that would be justice for one of the lower forms of
life in the fish arena - CAEs. After what one did to my angels, the only
good CAE is a d... CAE.


--
Bob Alston



"LeighMo" > wrote in message
...
> >Well, I traded most of them to a LFS. I think I had 6 to begin with. 4
to
> >the LFS and two into a small ten gal slow growth tank. One of the two
died
> >after about a month, the second went outside into the veggie filter part
of
> >the pond and got to be about 6 inches long over the summer. He's
currently
> >wintering in that small 10 gal again (admittedly cramped). I have black
> >neon tetras in that tank and he has never bothered any of them.
>
> I kept a false SAE for years and years. It was a cute and lively fish.
She
> did get aggressive as she got older, but only with fish that looked like
her --
> with that long, narrow shape. She made my CAEs miserable. I was forced
to
> move them to a different tank.
>
>
>
>
> Leigh
>
> http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/