They do look cheaper than aquarium plants. I'd love to order from them, but it appears as though the only plant that I want, they're out of stock on. I'll email them and see when they expect to have more in. :) I won't be offended if anyone else wants to order from them instead. -Laurel On May 30, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Shango Los wrote: > Thanks Macker. They look cheaper than AquairumPlants.com too. > > ________________________________________________________ > > Shango Los > > Phone: 206-595-9006 > Fax: 206-729-5271 > www.ShangoLos.com > www.SunbreakShines.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com > [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of macker > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:10 AM > To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Share shipping on plants? > > I have used several sites. I ordered once from aquariumplants.com > and the > plants came fine, but they are nothing special. They wholesale all > their > plants in from a big box place down in Florida, have them shipped > into their > site fully grown, and then they ship them off. So they typically > arrive > looking fine, but it seems to take them a lot longer to root and > grow, since > they are just plucked out of big warehouses. They put them all in > one big > bag, no matter how many varieties you ordered. > > If you would rather have plants that are grown by a dedicated > breeder and > who has higher quality plants, I would probably order from > http://www.freshwateraquariumplants.com/ . I have ordered from Don > Matakis > there about 5 times, typically $150 orders. Typically it takes them > a few > days to prepare the plants, as they put each variety in its own bag, > label > it, etc. They also cost a little bit more than a place like > aquariumplants.com that just sends you a big bunch of plants in one > bag. The > plants at Dons place are the best plants I have come across so far, > and the > variety packs are nice because you get a mix, and he talks with you > about > your type of tank, size, what you are trying to accomplish, and then > creates > a variety packs with you based on your goals. > > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Tom Watson <onefish2fish@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> I just received some corkscrew val from them. I ordered 10, got >> 17. Good >> idea to combine orders. The price was good but the 2nd day >> shipping was >> more than $15. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com >> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Laurel Larsen >> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:57 PM >> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat >> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Share shipping on plants? >> >> I found a website that's based out of Montana or somewhere fairly >> close >> that >> has pretty good deals on aquarium plants. I know there's usually an >> abundance of them locally, but I'm sure there's sometimes something >> you >> just >> can't seem to track down within the club or at local retail >> places. I'm >> going to be placing an order in the next several days. They'll do >> 2-day >> shipping on plants which saves some money(compared to the 1-day >> that most >> places require), but if there's someone who lives anywhere between >> the >> U-District and South Everett who would like to share shipping >> costs, I'd > be >> willing to meet you somewhere or possibly deliver your portion of the > order >> to you, as I have a couple hours between school and work on tuesdays, >> thursdays and fridays. >> >> www.aquariumplants.com is the website. If you are interested, >> shoot me an >> email by Sunday night and I'll make the order. :) >> >> -Laurel >> _______________________________________________ >> GSAS-Member mailing list >> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GSAS-Member mailing list >> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member >> > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member