I bought three female Crowntail Betta fish from PetCo online (I know), and had a good experience. The fish arrived healthy, the size they advertised, and ALIVE! However, even though the box clearly said "this side up", FedEx left the box on it's side. :| Duh. The fish are doing great though. And my local PetsMart guy is super knowledgeable and he helps me pick out fish. He's more dedicated to the hobby than to PetsMart so he hasn't steered me wrong yet. Maybe it's individual stores and individual people sometimes.

One reason to buy in person --- my fish were a couple bucks apiece, but shipping was $30. I did this though because I could not find female Crowntails locally.

--Zambize

the only fish i've gotten online were from a online goldfish auction from tommy... i've been blessed to live in LA and can get any possible by shopping the 40+ local fish shops in my area... i can vouche for tommy and his goldfish auction, but i doubt you guys would want to spend more than a bill for a goldfish shipped...

Well here we go.....I just ordered from Liveaquaria.com - -ended up buying 2 true percula clowns and 5 nasarius snails $49.93 for the livestock and $34.99 shipping - they say they will send a shipping confermation with the date of arrival via e-mail . . waiting to see the condition and punctuailty of the delivery process - -I'm not happy with the amount of shipping but if happy healthy fish show up - -i guess in my case {3 bad LFS in my area} and I can't drive 2 hours there and back to yet another LFS for 35 bucks, it'll be ok.

Livestock 50 bucks
shipping 35 bucks
fish that live more than a week ........PRICELESS !!!!

LOL....Boss

nice!! keep us updated..

wow nice site - -i'll need a smoke and a cup of coffee to get through that one ....great find!!!! Boss