I’ve been setting up a new, freshwater tropical tank and want have it well planted. I thought I would give online ordering a shot.
I carefully chose the types of plants I wanted and found two vendors that had them. I placed BOTH orders at the same time. They BOTH shipped at the same time and BOTH arrived at the same time. I asked for 2 day shipping from both.
Now, bare in mind, it is winter. The day I ordered them it was cold but the temp dropped to below zero between the time I placed the order and when they shipped.
Freshwater Aquarium Plants - http://freshwateraquariumplants.com/
Order arrived packaged in a box lined with Styrofoam sheets. All of the various plants where in separate bags, wrapped in newspaper, then ALL of them were wrapped in newspaper. There was only minor cold damage to the leaves of two of the plants. Overall, I appreciated the service.
Aquarium Plants - http://www.aquariumplants.com/Default.asp
Order arrived in small, thin box. ALL of the plants where in one bad that had about 10 layers of packing tape wrapped around it. It took me quite a while to just OPEN the friggin thing! There was only ONE layer of newspaper wrapped around it. ALL of the plants where frozen and looked like boiled spinach. I managed to save a few of the Sagittaria sublata by trimming off all the dead stuff and I have about a 1/ 3 of them. The rest were a total loss! When emailed about this, they basically said, “Tough, you should have ordered overnight.” (Which was around $50/ doubling the amount I was paying.)
So, do NOT order from Aquarium Plants. They will rip you off and say it’s your fault.
I carefully chose the types of plants I wanted and found two vendors that had them. I placed BOTH orders at the same time. They BOTH shipped at the same time and BOTH arrived at the same time. I asked for 2 day shipping from both.
Now, bare in mind, it is winter. The day I ordered them it was cold but the temp dropped to below zero between the time I placed the order and when they shipped.
Freshwater Aquarium Plants - http://freshwateraquariumplants.com/
Order arrived packaged in a box lined with Styrofoam sheets. All of the various plants where in separate bags, wrapped in newspaper, then ALL of them were wrapped in newspaper. There was only minor cold damage to the leaves of two of the plants. Overall, I appreciated the service.
Aquarium Plants - http://www.aquariumplants.com/Default.asp
Order arrived in small, thin box. ALL of the plants where in one bad that had about 10 layers of packing tape wrapped around it. It took me quite a while to just OPEN the friggin thing! There was only ONE layer of newspaper wrapped around it. ALL of the plants where frozen and looked like boiled spinach. I managed to save a few of the Sagittaria sublata by trimming off all the dead stuff and I have about a 1/ 3 of them. The rest were a total loss! When emailed about this, they basically said, “Tough, you should have ordered overnight.” (Which was around $50/ doubling the amount I was paying.)
So, do NOT order from Aquarium Plants. They will rip you off and say it’s your fault.
