Kelly F.
Berry the Lobster
Our blue lobster is doing great! He is so happy and a perfect addition to our tank. He arrived early with no warning, but otherwise Ifish was an amazing company and we will definitely order from them again!

The iFISH Store provides one of the widest selections of freshwater aquarium and pond fish available online today. We have been providing freshwater fish to aquarium and pond enthusiasts for over 20 years. Here's what you can expect from The iFISH Store: High Quality Fish / Low Pricing / Fast, Low Cost Shipping / Superior Customer ServiceFollowing quarantine, all shipments are sent via FedEx Overnight at a flat rate on all orders regardless of size. Interested in something you don't see in our store? Contact us at [email protected] or 516.524.6423 and just ask!
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Kelly F.
Our blue lobster is doing great! He is so happy and a perfect addition to our tank. He arrived early with no warning, but otherwise Ifish was an amazing company and we will definitely order from them again!
FishGirl
One of six cichlids arrived dead. Another died the night it arrived. This shipment was from an adjacent state & FedEx was unable to execute the overnight delivery I paid for. The flat, small heat pack was ice cold, as was the water. iFish should have anticipated the possibility of a late arrival & used longer activated heat packs. _______________________________________________ EDIT! There were no “misconceptions” in my post. Among the falsehoods listed by iFish is that I am frustrated because FedEx did not refund the shipping fee. I never requested FedEx to do so. Nor did I ask the same of iFish. I did initially request replacements of the dead fish, iFish launched into a childish tirade about about how “every single solitary penny went to FedEx.” I quickly withdrew my request for replacements, based upon further research into iFish, none of it positive. I would not accept 1001 free fish from them, given 2 died and 2 are near death. All responses from iFish have been inaccurate and verbose. I strongly suspect these hundreds of words were not scripted for me. IFish has them “in the can,” and simply cuts and pastes from one dissatisfied customer to another, The box contained ONE very small depleted heating pack. To argue that 4 fish made it past the first day is invalid. Six kids could run across a freeway and if only two die, that does not make the action safe given that four survived. Two of the four cichlids are near death in QT. I never have and never will endure such an experience before. I have found trustworthy vendors. _______________________________________ FROM ORIGINAL POST An order from another online fish company arrived overnight from a west coast company. These were replacements of the dead fish from iFish. To test the heating pad, I kept it in a cold room. It remained warm for over 72 hours. Had iFish taken this care, perhaps the fish may have lived. I suspect other factors were involved. IFish takes an average of 10 days to get orders out. All my other online orders were shipped within a day or so of payment and arrived within 2-3 days. IFish says they quarantine fish 2 days to insure viability. The unheard of turnaround time should have been a huge red flag. I strongly suspect iFish does not stock any or most varieties and orders on demand. This likely contributed to the deaths, along with the shoddy packaging. ____________________________________________~~~~~ EDIT: I was given a token refund that did not compensate for my costs. I AM DONE REPLYING TO iFISH. THIS IS ABOUT THE NEEDLESS DEATH OF LIVING ANIMALS, NOT MONEY
Response from The iFISH StoreApr 12, 2022
Hello Kathy; We're sorry this was your experience with us and we also feel the need to clear up some of the misconceptions you have mentioned here. (1) Since we source our Cichlids from a number of dealers in Asia, it would be impossible from a business perspective to operate as an on-demand business. Like most other tropical fish retailers, we receive a weekly shipment of the varieties we list online and restock our total inventory. (2) Our turnaround time is reflective of the family-owned business that we run. And because we are a family owned business, we have dedicated our work to the quality and care of our fish, exceptional pricing and our customer service. We have purposely kept our operations at our current size so we could focus and excel at these things. It's certainly anyone's right to go elsewhere if they'd like to receive their fish sooner. We are upfront about our shipping time of 5-7 business days and many of our customers are happy with that since the individualized customer service they receive and great pricing is far more valuable to them. (3) Our packaging, including the quantity and quality of warm or cold packs, has withstood extreme weather conditions and delayed delivery by FedEx. We rarely, if ever, get complaints on this issue. We also are confident that we put the appropriate number of warm packs in your shipment according to the size of the box, seeing as the other fish arrived safely. We have shipped to locations much colder than yours in the dead of winter using the same process without a problem. We have even had situations where delivery was delayed for a few days and the fish still survived. We certainly don't like to see these delays but are very conscientious of working with FedEx and the customer if this happens. We’re sorry to see FedEx delayed your package by 24 hours and we understand your frustration. We did refund you for two of your fish as soon as you notified us. (4) Since you placed a claim with PayPal, even after we issued you a refund on the two fish, leads us to believe that you were still frustrated over not receiving a refund for the overnight shipping fee as you spelled out in your email to us. Unfortunately, we have no control over FedEx delays and take extra care to pack our fish so they can withstand reasonable delays. We also gave you the courtesy of sending an email to let you know we were aware of the delay. We do state on our website that we do not refund shipping fees. We think you’ll find that this is pretty much industry standard and most online fish retailers do not refund shipping fees. Also worth mentioning is that, for us, every bit of the shipping fee goes to FedEx to cover the cost of shipping and we make no profit. We do this in order to stay competitive on the cost of shipping a fairly heavy box of water. In addition, that fee paid for the fish that did arrive safely and you acclimated in your aquarium. All this said, we really do hope the other fish you received from us are thriving and that in time, you reconsider your assessment of our business given the additional information we have provided here. ______________________________________________ ADDENDUM Hello Kathy; We can promise you that each and every review that we respond to is individualized and not canned because we take each issue very seriously and want to address the specifics. While we have certainly been called "verbose" before :), we are simply trying to present the full scope of the situation so current and potential customers can make informed decisions. Claiming that we unleashed a "childish tirade" in your response is simply untrue. Much like here, we politely explained our policies so you could understand how we came to our decision.
lucius G.
Fish arrived....ALIVE & WELL!!! Only thing that I was hoping for was for the fish to have had been at least an inch long. But I guess in time, they'll grow. Thanks!
Christian J.
Oscar fish came ready to eat & mingle with other tank mates.
VJ V.
This is my second time ordering baby African chichlids- Both time the fish arrived very healthy and sooo colorful. The first time it took them a while to ship my order but the second time it arrived with in a week. I am more than satisfied with my buy and I will go back to them if I need more. If one thing I could change then it would be the delivery, fedex just left my box of fish outside the doorway (winter in chicago, smh). But luckily I was able to get it inside within an hour. Thank god those heat pads work wonders!! overall- Great buy!!
Antonella S.
Everything was what I expected fish were shipped safely and I had no problems!! Definitely order from them again ❤️
Tracy
Customer service was great! The fish came healthy. We love our new addition Thank you so much!
Sarah C.
All my fish arrived to WV alive and healthy in just a few days!