Avoiding extreme shipping costs on substrate (sand/gravel)

gaines

Ruler of the Blue Lagoon
May 14, 2006
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Nashville, TN
I have been trying to find a good source for Eco-Complete planting substrate to go with my black sand in a planted tank but none of my local stores carry it and it seems that most online stores want to charge more to ship it than cost of the bag.

I realized that Doctors Foster & Smith have it ON SALE and the best part is that they still seem to only charge flat rate shipping ($9 for me).
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The more aquarium stuff I buy, the more I realize that Doctors Foster & Smith seem to have just about anything for a good price. I've placed three orders over $100 from them just in the past week.
 
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