Salty Bottom Reef Company

John W

Purchased several fish and a handful of snails and clams. Shipping was quick and accurate. Tangs arrived healthy and active. There was a minor abrasion on the copperbanded butterfly which stressed and took some extra time to adjust after shipment (currently in qt being treated) and the dottyback didn’t ship well and died not long after arrival which is a risk you take in long shipments (FL-> PA). I didn’t file any claim as the rest of the shipment was in good condition and acclimated easily. Overall this company did a great job with communication, packaging and quality of livestock. I will be doing business again with them.

12razorp

I placed an order of 1 foxface, two mexican turbo snails, several nessairus snails, 4 emerald crabs, and two ninja star snails. EVERYTHING that i ordered is alive and thriving! The foxface was pretty stressed and i must say i was worried at first. After introducing to the tank i barely saw him for 3 days. It turned out i had nothing to worry about because he is very much alive and thriving! All of my critters are doing very well and destroying my hair algae in my new aquarium. The emerald crabs went in a different aquarium where they are working on my bubble algae infestation lol. I will be ordering from here again!

Jarred Walker

I've bought livestock through Salty Bottom Reef Company a few times and have always had a good experience. Their customer service is great. They usually email to confirm a shipment and in the event that something ends up being out of stock they will give options for substitutions etc. I do a lot of price comparisons with other online stores and my LFS, but they seem to have the best overall prices. I recently bought a tomini tang through them that cost 49.99. They usually go for $90+ elsewhere. Royal gramma was 18.99 and almost always goes for around $30 other places. Invertebrates are also priced nicely. If you have a few things you've been wanting to get you will probably end up saving money with them even with shipping costs. My animals have always arrived in very good condition; some of my fish I've bought through them even started eating as soon as I released them into the tank.

Lisa Ellis

They were super friendly, kept me notified when things were shipped. My order arrived as promised even though it was just before Christmas. I will be ordering from them again, although in the summer. Shipping fish in the winter is pretty hair raising.