Where do you buy your salt locally? - Page 2

**jhale** · 04-11-2008, 05:34 PM

I get coralife at greenwich aquaria, but that won't work if you don't have a car.
salt is the one thing that's good to stock up on if you have the room. you know it won't go bad.

I had a similar shipping experience with fedex, except they handed the package off to the post office which totally screwed me. the address I was shipping to does not get postal service so the box got lost in the USPS system. it was crazy I saw it bouncing all over the country by following the tracking number. I was eventually refunded my money by amazon.

jay1335 · 04-11-2008, 05:38 PM

Hey I go to GA too!! What a great store. You live close to there im about 20 min away.

Bob 1000 · 04-11-2008, 05:40 PM

Hey go to Tony (Reef Exotics) great deal but you have to pick up...

**jhale** · 04-11-2008, 05:40 PM

no not very close, I live in nyc. it takes me about 40 minutes to drive up there on a good day. sometimes less, a lot of time more.

iconoclast · 04-11-2008, 05:47 PM

It's not so weird apparently. My girlfriend and I do lots of shopping online and changes from carriers happen often enough. For instance she had something shipped via DHL and it switched to USPS. On the box there was a sticker with instructions for the switch over to USPS. Concessions have to be made to offer low shipping costs, services and flat rate shipping; not to mention the coverage areas and shipping volume within these companies. Things like this happen often when packages cross international borders too.

jay1335 · 04-11-2008, 09:07 PM

I wouldnt mind it if it didnt take longer because usps SUCKS! Ive just had nothing but problems with usps stuff people wouldnt believe so I am biased.

Pauper · 04-11-2008, 11:10 PM

I usually drive out to Fish Town in Queens and pick up 4-5 buckets which carries me through a year. I will check out DFS.

nanchil · 04-11-2008, 11:34 PM

I just got my IO salt from Petsmart. Free shipping and 15% off. I ordered on Monday ang it got delivered today. $29.67 + tax / Bucket delivered.

nemo · 04-12-2008, 01:26 AM

Foster and Smith with shipping is still cheaper than buying retail at the aquarium stores. I get the Instant Ocean Reef crystals.

Check out the website and compare to your local fish store.

ZANYMASTER · 04-12-2008, 02:03 AM

Fosters and Smith is a very big company and able to sell and ship cheaply.Local stores want like 70.00 for salt.

04-11-2008, 05:34 PM	#11
jhale paper bags are fun! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: G.V NYC Posts: 15,160 Reefer Ratings: (43) Friends: (32)	I get coralife at greenwich aquaria, but that won't work if you don't have a car. salt is the one thing that's good to stock up on if you have the room. you know it won't go bad. I had a similar shipping experience with fedex, except they handed the package off to the post office which totally screwed me. the address I was shipping to does not get postal service so the box got lost in the USPS system. it was crazy I saw it bouncing all over the country by following the tracking number. I was eventually refunded my money by amazon. __________________ FS: Aquamedic dosing pump, MH250 ballast, wavemaker

04-11-2008, 05:40 PM	#14
jhale paper bags are fun! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: G.V NYC Posts: 15,160 Reefer Ratings: (43) Friends: (32)	no not very close, I live in nyc. it takes me about 40 minutes to drive up there on a good day. sometimes less, a lot of time more. __________________ FS: Aquamedic dosing pump, MH250 ballast, wavemaker

04-12-2008, 02:03 AM	#20
ZANYMASTER Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Astoria,NY Posts: 2,760 Reefer Ratings: (49) Friends: (9)	Fosters and Smith is a very big company and able to sell and ship cheaply.Local stores want like 70.00 for salt. __________________ Concentrate all firepower on that superstar destroyer!

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04-11-2008, 05:38 PM	#12
jay1335 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pound Ridge Posts: 250 Reefer Ratings: (1) Friends: (0)	Hey I go to GA too!! What a great store. You live close to there im about 20 min away.

04-11-2008, 05:40 PM	#13
Bob 1000 Professional Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staten Island Posts: 3,683 Reefer Ratings: (32) Friends: (36)	Hey go to Tony (Reef Exotics) great deal but you have to pick up...

04-11-2008, 05:47 PM	#15
iconoclast Tired Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brooklyn: near brooklyn college Posts: 185 Reefer Ratings: (8) Friends: (0)	It's not so weird apparently. My girlfriend and I do lots of shopping online and changes from carriers happen often enough. For instance she had something shipped via DHL and it switched to USPS. On the box there was a sticker with instructions for the switch over to USPS. Concessions have to be made to offer low shipping costs, services and flat rate shipping; not to mention the coverage areas and shipping volume within these companies. Things like this happen often when packages cross international borders too.

04-11-2008, 09:07 PM	#16
jay1335 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pound Ridge Posts: 250 Reefer Ratings: (1) Friends: (0)	I wouldnt mind it if it didnt take longer because usps SUCKS! Ive just had nothing but problems with usps stuff people wouldnt believe so I am biased.

04-11-2008, 11:10 PM	#17
Pauper Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Manhattan Posts: 69 Reefer Ratings: (4) Friends: (0)	I usually drive out to Fish Town in Queens and pick up 4-5 buckets which carries me through a year. I will check out DFS.

04-11-2008, 11:34 PM	#18
nanchil Crawling Reefer. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Shrub Oak, NY Posts: 976 Reefer Ratings: (17) Friends: (3)	I just got my IO salt from Petsmart. Free shipping and 15% off. I ordered on Monday ang it got delivered today. $29.67 + tax / Bucket delivered.

04-12-2008, 01:26 AM	#19
nemo Senior member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flushing NY Posts: 171 Reefer Ratings: (16) Friends: (0)	Foster and Smith with shipping is still cheaper than buying retail at the aquarium stores. I get the Instant Ocean Reef crystals. Check out the website and compare to your local fish store.