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Illinois
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Too many casualties, either dead fish on arrival or a week later. Guarantees with credit are quick but that's not the point. Packaging was also not great. I thought my water parameters were the issue but I had no problem with the competition. You lost me for good. I am not returning. Thanks.

Date of experience: August 3, 2019
New Jersey
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I have purchased from them multiple times, every time the fish are sicker, emaciated, and now have killed off all my fish I have had for years. They send you the smallest snails, hermit crabs. The last two shipments they sent me dead fish, twice. And did not honor their own guarantee. Only gave me credit for one fish, was supposed to be a cash credit... do not buy from them.

Date of experience: September 28, 2017
Indiana
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Stay Away
July 31, 2018

They ship out fish in deplorable condition. I'd say the leftover dead and dying stock. Tried two multiple orders, and same results. Out of a total of 15 fish ordered... two made it and are still alive. Most were on their way to death before they were shipped, it was pretty obvious. I'd order elsewhere if you have to order online.

Date of experience: July 31, 2018
Washington
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I purchased 2 fish from Saltwaterfish, they arrived the next day and in seemingly good condition. I followed the enclosed acclimation process and all was fine. Within 2 weeks my well established tank was in trouble. I performed a complete chem test with everything showing good readings. At nearly the 2 week mark both new fish were dead and others were looking ill. I was told they had Crypto, since I have coral all I could do was turn off all lighting and lowered the salinity during the next few days. To no avail all of my fish are dead.
With nothing new introduced into my tank for many-many months there is little doubt the ICH came from these fish. I received only a store credit for the 2 fish that I purchased.
Tough luck.

Date of experience: November 8, 2016
Georgia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Well, That Didn't Work!
October 22, 2018

I left a previous review extolling the virtues of this site. Today, I received a phone call informing me that my order was too heavy and there would be a $20 shipping fee. This makes the order too expensive. Why was this fee not disclosed prior to my completing the order? Not happy!

Date of experience: October 22, 2018
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I wrote this review because I was surprised to see the low rating on this site. They have been my supplier for now 15 years and I have found there service and superior to anyone in the industry.
I assume the only ones th atuse this site are looking for someone where to $#*!. But they have 5,000 good review on TrustPilot.com.

Here are my recent product recieved

Date of experience: June 1, 2022
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I've used Saltwaterfish.com for years and they consistently have the best selection of fish and corals and inverts and have always worked with me if there are any issues with my order. The customer service team is great. I've had no issues and wouldn't think of going elsewhere!

Date of experience: June 1, 2022
Pennsylvania
4 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Disappointed
August 18, 2018

After ordering a few times from saltwaterfish.com I had been happy with the fish I received. In today's order however I received a tiny cleaner shrimp that was DOA. I contacted a rep and was told that since it was a 'rreebie' there was no guarantee. In my opinion its not much of a 'freebie' if it arrives dead. Disappointed with this experience.

Date of experience: August 18, 2018
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Skeptical of ordering online, however process was easy and simple, had a couple of questions regarding delivery, customer service through their live chat was fast and informative! Order was delivered ontime! Rec'd my livestock and begin acclimating as instructions stated (were included- that was a plus) It has been 2 weeks since my delivery, and everything is doing fantastic, will for sure order from here again when ready!

Date of experience: June 7, 2022
Idaho
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Takes your money never ships, tells you delayed and still never ships. Very limited communication. Place order they set up delivery day never update with delivery info, received a message stating cold weather delayed shipping which is fine, but never update new shipment date.

Date of experience: February 20, 2018
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I received a ridiculously Sexy Shrimp, so small you can barely see it. I received a Derasa Clam that was about an inch in size and looked cut in two. The other inverts I ordered were small and looked terrible. DO NOT ORDER ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY.

Date of experience: November 3, 2023
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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What a Joke!
November 12, 2015

Bought hundreds of dollars worth of fish from them. First time... when i went pick them up from Fedex they looked all sick. Next day they all died. They did give me store credit so i bought from them again. They same thing happened with the second order. The other day my shipment came in and there was a DOA. They say if you report it within 5 hours of receiving they will issue your money back for that fish. The fish i ordered was 28.00 they only refunded me 19.00. I think they poison the fish so you have to keep buying from them. I'm cutting my losses and never using this site ever again.

Date of experience: November 12, 2015
Texas
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Sick fish ich
January 2, 2021

Ordered 4 fish, 2 came in very skinny turned out to be ich. I have a beautiful purple tang about 6" about 10 years old which now has ich, in fact all fun fish are now sick. I have alot of rock which makes it difficult to catch the fish. This company sends out sick fish with no warrenty. All the fish i purchased are now dead and I expect all my old fish will also dye soon. Stay away from this place. I would rate -5 but i can only give them 1 star.

Date of experience: January 2, 2021
Connecticut
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I had same experience fellow reviewers have had. DOA livestock ( understandable seeing they use fed ex) and given store credit that you have to pay $40 shipping to use. What's the point of a guarantee if you have to spend 5 times the money to be made whole. They won't waive shipping to replace your losses. They want you to spend $100 to redeem a $14 credit. Policy is a joke. I refuse to do business with companies that have no honor. Do the same. Shop elsewhere. These guys are full of Shiite.

Date of experience: May 30, 2019
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Not Again
April 6, 2022

After a few years, I ordered again. Why did I do thay? Leakage with water inside box...
Wow, what ridiculous livestock: 2 doa, 1 dead next morning, 60% casualty rate (!), firefish listed online at 2.5" arrived at 1.5". Back to Live Aquaria (honest & reliable)

Date of experience: April 6, 2022
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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ORDERED A BLACK LION FISH
November 16, 2023

ORDER A BLACK LION FISH THY SENT EMAIL STATEING OK CHARGED ME AND SENT A RED ONE WAS TOLD BY I GUESS OWNER HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT AND NEVER DID WILL BE GOING TO FED TRADE COM. AND BBB. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE.

Date of experience: November 16, 2023
Florida
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Terrible Company
September 5, 2016

I submitted photos of my dead fish I got from them, they refused refund and are a terrible company to do business with. Go elsewhere. They dont handle livestock appropriately nor do they handle customers appropriately.

Date of experience: September 5, 2016
Texas
4 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Worst company I have ever done business with. Set up an aquarium for a nonprofit of
Organization (boys and girls club) to teach conservation, protection, and ecosystem on the oceans reef. Saltwaterfish.com sent animals that fedex left over night and didn't get sent. Well saltwaterfish.com decided that acclimating them and sending them the following day was ok. This is NOT ok and risks the animals life. When I called, complained, asked to not send the fish overnight, and compensation for a delay, they canceled the order, never gave a refund, and banded the organization. We had to report the issue to the bank and of course was favors in behalf on the boys and girls club.

Date of experience: August 21, 2015
Connecticut
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Placed an order with free shipping, they forgot to include a heating packet, received frozen dead anenome. Rather than replace it they wanted to charge me an extra $40 (shipping + packaging) to replace it. Will never shop from them again and will be sharing my experience as a warning to others.

Date of experience: March 18, 2019
New Jersey
1 review
5 helpful votes
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This site is an absolute scam. They ship dead fish and then claim to have a guarantee. When asked to simply ship the fish that were ordered we were told thats not how it works. By the time you apply the credit it doesnt even cover shipping on the next order. Then they again ship dead fish and wont credit you again because its against their policy. They have no problem shipping dead merchandise several times but only credit you once. Im out close to $100 from this site. DO NOT BUY, total ripoff

Date of experience: June 2, 2018

Overview

SaltwaterFish has a rating of 1.4 stars from 73 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with SaltwaterFish most frequently mention store credit, customer service and live aquaria. SaltwaterFish ranks 26th among Aquariums sites.

service
27
value
26
shipping
26
returns
20
quality
25