Anyone Ordered any Shrimp or SAES from azgardens?

Or any other fish?

Did they ship well? Any Deaths?

Thanks!

Dustin

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
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Anyone Ordered any Shrimp or SAES from azgardens?

Or any other fish?

Did they ship well? Any Deaths?

Thanks!

Dustin

"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.
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Alex

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/

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
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"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

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
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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/

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
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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
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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/

"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.
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Alex

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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

"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

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
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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/