Buying plants from Ebay Aquadise-Store

[gmh]

Has anyone bought plants from EBay's Aquadise-Store? Low prices and free shipping.

[bkw1982]

do a search for the name on the forums u will find some responses

[zabak80]

Well, I have ordered several plants from Aquadise. Overall, my experience has been good.

You generally get a lot, and he sends you some extra. But don't expect perfect plants for $2.99 and free shipping. Sometime they require a little pruning, some maintenance, and in a few weeks you will have a really nice plant. For instance, a marble sword I ordered was in alright condition, I had t prune back some leaves, but in a few weeks, it was a nice healthy plant.

[b_evans06]

I have bought some java moss from them. I had good luck with them and the plants arrived in great condition. If I ever buy anymore I will probably buy from them. Good prices and free shipping.

[snickle]

I have ordered from them a couple times and the everything was fine.

[ThePBM]

I wasn't happy with my order of java moss. got a tiny clump that was mostly brown, and took some time to arrive. pretty much none of it is green today. maybe 3 strands. i gave it more than 7 days to recover and thus forfeited my chance to get a replacement or refund. so i was pretty much screwed on that whole deal.

[vampie]

My conclusion with Aquadise has always been "Why risk it?"

[ImAGMan]

Some Good Some Bad.

Me = All Good. ( I didnt pay for shipping)

The Bad = People who didn't pay for shipping to GUARANTEE Live Arrival.

[-KT-]

I bought 2 loads of plants from them, good service and fast shipping.Right now the various java plants I bought for my dads tank are taking off and reproducing like crazy.

[electromen]

I am no longer an advocate for ebay.

[ChristinaR]

I'm thinking about ordering from them--but through their website. There's no free shipping, but the prices are almost $1 less per item, and shipping is 4.95 priority with live guarantee.

Java moss--3.99 ebay, 1.99 website. Spiral Val--2.99 ebay, 1.99 website. Java fern narrow-4.74 ebay, 2.99 website.

The only thing that bothers me is that the website doesn't say how large the plants are, but ebay does. I'm guessing it's the same, but can't be certain.

[shaggbark]

I have ordered from them 4 times and you can't beat the free shipping. The plants arrived between 5-7 days after ordering - I'm in NY.

However, the plants were small with the exception of lace java fern, that was a decent clump. I ordered some kind a val and it arrived in poor condition but for $3 I didn't bother contacting them.

I just placed a large order with aquariumgarden.com I paid only $11 shipping and I was very happy with my purchase. Larger plants and a nice variety. They also through in a free plant. I figured I should make a large purchase before it gets cold outside.

It's so hard to find nice plants locally!
Michelle

[ThePBM]

I get some very healthy nice looking hornwort from a lake for free. just needs a good cleaning which isn't too hard. there are some other nice plants in the lake too that i haven't been able to identify.

[gregm]

aquariumgarden is great but has a higher price. my ten gallon is fully planted by them with no complaints.

[Temo]

im about to ask that question too,thank
wel im in the same state with one of the store so i think the plants will be fine for me.
now i have to save $50 for 2 plants packet
i hope everyting alive

[ad9465]

Aquadise-Store owe me money and plants since Jan. 2007, so far - no plant, no refund !

I sent him a friendly reminder on Monday, I haven't heard a word from him.
Totally not happy!!

[FishyMatty]

I have and do buy plants from them.
There plants always arrive in good shape and they give you some extra stuff every time. They don't really have that great of a selection for me but they have some cool stem plants.
Be aware there plants do usually come with some form of hair algae or staghorn on them even in minute amounts can still introduce into your tank. I always bleach or h2o2 dip there plants before putting in my tanks.

[gmh]

I decided to buy a package of plants from Acuadise for 29 bucks. Incredible number plants. Alas , due to a crummy server, dial up ISP, a couple of forgotton account passwords and 'Murphy's law ' stuff , I was unable to complete the deal.
Bummer. Have not found any other site that compares in price.

[Pittbull]

well well i see that there is a certain amount of displeased and pleased consumers of aquadise and so i put in an order for one plant too see what i get and the extra mystery plant ohh, so i will see and i will post results here, the plant is a sword plant and i forget which one i bought, but as you browse the aquadise store you see alot of beautiful plants that would draw an unknowing consumer to purchase tons of these plants, so lets hope that they are a pretty reputable buisiness, and if everything turns out great i will reorder more plants, happy fishin..><}}}">

[SQUEAK]

I have had good and bad experiences with them. From what I've been hearing, apparently the original owner has sold the store, regrettably. In the past, I had always gotten either what was specified, or something that was remarkably close (at least, to create the desired effect).

Of this last time:

1 ea. DWARF SAGS NOT PRESENT
1 ea. ECHINO CORD NOT PRESENT
1 ea. ECHINO TENELLUS NOT PRESENT
1 ea. GYMNOCORONIS PRESENT, HEALTHY
1 ea. HYGRO COMPACT PRESENT, DECENT
1 ea. SAURURUS CERNUUS PRESENT, HEALTHY

1. ea unid sword (unable to identify conclusively so far, in decent to good health. Bounced back quick).

Unstead of the dwarf sag, they replaced with, yes you guessed it: Ophiopogon japonicus, or as the more common name is known, Mondo grass. Good luck growing that submersed! There was also an unidentified ground cover, but it was literally mush - there was nothing living about it.

To their credit, when I contacted them same day, they refunded me same day, with no questions about it, and I did not need to provide a picture.

Wrong plants, but I was refunded for those missing. Good? No - enough to make me very leery of ordering from them again. And, I believe this to have been the first time since when I believe the store to have been sold.

[Pittbull]

hey squeak thats understandable with anything in life their is always risks and i am a risk taker so cool on the info, and really the low prices and free shipping isnt a bad deal, like imageman said if you want a gurantee then pay for the extra shipping, and like me if i am going to buy just a few i am like cool on the whole free shipping method, but if i were going to buy a ton of stuff i would pay the extra shipping, happy fishin..><}}}">

[smbjedi]

im about to ask that question too,thank
wel im in the same state with one of the store so i think the plants will be fine for me.
now i have to save $50 for 2 plants packet
i hope everyting alive


have you tried the pet boutique on garland road (casa linda area)? they have a good selection of plants.

www.boutiquepetshop.com

[SQUEAK]

hey squeak thats understandable with anything in life their is always risks and i am a risk taker so cool on the info, and really the low prices and free shipping isnt a bad deal, like imageman said if you want a gurantee then pay for the extra shipping, and like me if i am going to buy just a few i am like cool on the whole free shipping method, but if i were going to buy a ton of stuff i would pay the extra shipping, happy fishin..><}}}">

Quite frankly, I've shipped enough to be pretty sure that this was not a timing issue with whatever the groundcover was. It was not just dead - it was partially decayed (and I isolated several large patches of algae - a bad sign). It's my opinion that the difference that the extra 2 days I might have shaved off would have made no difference.

The guarentee would have only been good had I ordered that specific species, in that I would have gotten the money back - I'm pretty confident in saying that I think it would be doomed either way. I don't think it would have saved the plant in any way.