I am setting up a 75g planted tank. I have kept plants in other tanks before but have always bought them from local stores where the selection is not great (seems to be getting worse). I am wondering where some good online suppliers are, I've heard bad things about florida driftwood, and have seen some other sites that look fairly good but I want to make sure I go through a good supplier. I am not 100% sure what plants I am going to keep but it will probably include Jungle Val, some kind of moss for attachment such as java moss, crypts, maybe a sword, not sure about a foreground plant, and other plants I might find interesting. Any help would be appreciated.
Where to buy plants online
- Thread starter LimnoMan
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I've had good results ordering from www.aquabotanic.com. Good selection of plants and Robert is beginning to offer some rarer plants.
If you want some really rare plants and are willing to pay for international shipping ($40+ shipping alone), www.greenchapter.com offers some really nice and unique plants. Very good experience with them so far.
If you want some really rare plants and are willing to pay for international shipping ($40+ shipping alone), www.greenchapter.com offers some really nice and unique plants. Very good experience with them so far.
Not to my knowledge. Most places will offer garaunteed live plants only if you pay for overnight shipping (like $30!). Most plants are fine en route if you opt for priority mail (2-3 days).
Aquabid (buying from other hobbyists etc.) has some awesome oportunities to get many plants for less money. I personally would garauntee live arrival on any plants I send via priority mail.
I've had great results dealing with aquariumplants.com.
HTH
Bill
Aquabid (buying from other hobbyists etc.) has some awesome oportunities to get many plants for less money. I personally would garauntee live arrival on any plants I send via priority mail.
I've had great results dealing with aquariumplants.com.
HTH
Bill
Don Mitakis works (owns?) a site called freshwateraquariumplants.com that I've found to be great to work with. They have some nice packages for about any size of tank and they customize it based on your substrate, lighting, pH, likes, dislikes, etc.
He regularly includes "extras" and the plants are MUCH nicer than I've seen at any LFS. He will also personally respond to e-mails and phone calls which is a nice touch. Their selection is perhaps limitted compared to some of the sites out there, but they have all the "regulars" and a few exotics.
For me, it basically comes down to service and you can't go wrong with them. Shipping is reasonable - 7 or 8$ for 2/3 day and more for overnight. I've not had any problems with 2/3 day, but wouldn't recommend it during peak summer or winter temperatures.
He regularly includes "extras" and the plants are MUCH nicer than I've seen at any LFS. He will also personally respond to e-mails and phone calls which is a nice touch. Their selection is perhaps limitted compared to some of the sites out there, but they have all the "regulars" and a few exotics.
For me, it basically comes down to service and you can't go wrong with them. Shipping is reasonable - 7 or 8$ for 2/3 day and more for overnight. I've not had any problems with 2/3 day, but wouldn't recommend it during peak summer or winter temperatures.
I have bought plants off ebay and been happy with the results. If you're interested, I can tell you the user names.
Booo!
Stay away from floridadriftwood.com I placed my order about 3 and a half weeks ago. They told me 2 weeks in a row that my order would ship. I e-mailed them last week and said if it didn't ship this week I wanted my order canceled. As far as I know it has not shipped, I e-mailed them yesterday and told them to cancel, then sometime last night they charged my credit card. Obviously not a good experience.
Stay away from floridadriftwood.com I placed my order about 3 and a half weeks ago. They told me 2 weeks in a row that my order would ship. I e-mailed them last week and said if it didn't ship this week I wanted my order canceled. As far as I know it has not shipped, I e-mailed them yesterday and told them to cancel, then sometime last night they charged my credit card. Obviously not a good experience.
