SomethingsPhishy

If you buy discus from Keith at SomethingsPhishy.com, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS ADVICE, OR YOU WILL BE SORRY! I bought discus from Keith several years ago around 2018, and just now again in December of 2021. BOTH TIMES the fish were diseased and it spread to my entire 100 Gal tank, killing many of my adult 4-5" discus! This is my own fault because you should never put new discus into your established tank! Also, most of the fish I bought from SomethingsPhishy.com died within 2 weeks of receiving them. So if you buy from this dealer, PLEASE put them in a hospital or isolation tank first and monitor them for AT LEAST 2 weeks before placing them into your main show tank. Best of luck if you buy from this dealer...

Ordered a lot of discus fish for a great price, i clicked the boxed that said SATURDAY DELIVERY. I paid an extra $16 for SATURDAY DELIVERY because i, like many others work all day monday through friday. So what happens? I come home thursday at 6pm when its 37 degrees outside with my order of fish at the front door. What do ya know? I got 7 floaters waiting for me inside. I did some research and the BBB gave them an F rating because of similar complaints and that they refused to talk to or respond or contact the BBB. Im not even going to try to get a refund because i know that will just be a disaster, i look at it as i paid over $150 to not ever do business with this company again and i urge you not too also..

Ordered 6 discus and 2 died within a week and 2 more died 4 days later and 1 more died this morning. My tank's metrics were (and still are) perfect when the fish arrived and it had been cycling for 2+ months prior with only two cory catfish in the tank. Have done 40% water changes daily the first week and 40% every other day since. From the get go the discus were very sluggish and NEVER ate a thing (as far as I could see). Also ordered 5 rams and they are great and will eat like crazy. IF I HAD A CRAPPY NASTY $#*! TANK I COULD SEE THE FISH DYING BUT MY TANK IS PERFECT AND HAD THE WATER PARAMETERS DOUBLE CHECKED BY MY LOCAL PER STORE. Well... going forward I will ONLY buy local BUT I AM HAPPY THAT A FEW OF YOU GOT NICE FISH and fill your pain for all the other folks that had a bad experience.

Upon receiving my discus order in April 2016 it was very obvious the fish were diseased some so thin as sheet of paper after contacting the seller was told as long as they arrived alive there was no refunds although of the 11 discus one died within first 24 hours 5 others died within six days so if considering purchasing discus look elsewhere cause the name says it all SOMETHING PHISHY, about their business of selling diseased low quality discus

My discus were shipped 2 day by ups
They came@ 7:00 pm
There was barely any water in the individual bags
Out of 6,3 arrived dead
I did as they said, took pictures within the hour they arrived by8:00 pm
They said they never received them and because I did not notify them in time I will not be credited anything, also one of the live was only 1 inch, they were all suppose to be 2-3 inches. These people are very bad business people, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM!

I ordered 6 x 2.5 Inch discus and 2 of them arrived sick, one of them of just 1 Inch, after 10 days 4 were dead.

Purchased online 6 discus fishes on April 19,2018 and received package on April 24,2018. Unfortunately, one discus looks like PARROT FISH. Said discus has an indentation in the head. It has a hump on the forehead and the mouth part look like beak. Emailed them within 12 hours after delivery as I only notice it when i turned on the light after the acclimation time. Also the next day, one discus died and there's no way to call said company. EMAIL THEM AND THERE'S NO REPLY. BEWARE TO ALL DISCUS HOBBYISTS, DON'T TRUST THIS SELLER EVEN THOUGH HE CLAIMS HE'S THE LARGEST DISCUS BREEDER IN AMERICA. IF HE'S REALLY THE LARGEST SELLER IN AMERICA, THEN HE SHOULD HAVE STAFF TO DEAL WITH ISSUES FROM CUSTOMER... SMALL OR BIG BUYERS SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME AND ISSUES SHOULD BE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY. WORST IS THEY WOULD BLOCK AND DELETE THEIR CUSTOMER WHO HAS ISSUE WITH THE FISH THEY BOUGHT AFTER THEY COMPLAIN OR ADDRESS SAID ISSUE

I ordered 6 angels, 1 llevo and two German blue rams. The pleco is great. One of the angels were dead, all 6 were in a very small bag, the remaining 5 all have fin damage. My biggest complaint is the rams are Bolivan and not German blue. I've had a couple German blues before and know how to identify them. After arrival, I emailed the company and informing of the mix up and they replied '100% German blues'. At that time I knew they weren't German blues but I wasn't sure what they were. After receiving the email response, I was able to identify them as Bolivian rams by going to the LFS. I replied to the email informing them of the identification, I them receive a response stating I'm wrong and ' YOU ARE NOW BANNED'. Really, who does that, horrible customer service. I too failed to read any review other than the website. Seems more share my experience than those that have good experiences.

We wrote this company in regards to online free shipping coupons we had discovered. Letting Keith know that they weren't being accepted on the website. We stated that we felt like it was deceiving but it could have been us. Keith's response was simply that if we are ACCUSING HIS BUSINESS OF BEING DECEITFUL THEN HE DOESN'T NEED OUR BUSINESS. Our initial question/concern was that of the coupon and pointing out a potential pitfall of marketing. Keith's customer service was horrible. Don't worry Keith. We won't be doing business with you. I shall also pass along our feedback to our new local aquarium who just started doing business with you. I doubt he reads this, and if he does I HIGHLY DOUBT he cares.

Fish are low quality and sickly upon arrival. You literally have to nurse the discus back to good health upon arrival. If you are unaware how to do this with discus, then somethingsphisy is not for you. By all means, don't advise the owner Keith that you have received a sick fish. He will do nothing more but go into a state of denial and become irate towards his customers.

The price is sometimes always to good to be true. You can buy the same fish for a couple of bucks more at other sites. More than likely coming from Keith, but at least they are nursed to good health before they are sent to their customers.

If you receive sick or dead fish from this seller. Just call your bank or credit card company and advise. Keith will not refund or replace anything for you. Just call your bank or credit card provider and they will refund you the money and go after Keith for the money. Taking the hassle of having to deal with this person.

Very unprofessional and does not belong in the discus world.

I ordered 8 discus and only 7 were shipped. When I asked him about the missing fish, he tried to tell me he filled the order and 8 were sent. After looking at the invoice, I can see one particular that only had 1 check by it. 2 discus were DOA and one is very weak. When I asked for a refund, he told me that I placed the fish in a non sterile environment and they need two weeks to regain their immune system. Never heard of this in the 40 years I have been a aquatist. But to prove his point, all the water in the tank is RO water and has 2 plants and gravel. He them wanted me to stick a toothpick thru the dead fish which I did one but the other was dead in the bag. Why should I do this, its inhumane to me. After 5 emails back and forth, I did receive a refund for the missing fish and 1/2 for the one DOA. Nothing for the other two that looked sick when I received them. At the end of his email, he stated we should not do business in the future and closed my account. Needs to learn some professional business skills and try to work with his customer..

I met UPS for my aquatic delivery in my driveway on 12/14/2023 at 11:20am CDT (ordered on 12/6/2023). 5-large angelfish (not large at all) 2" discus=4 and tetras. 2 of the 5 angels were DOA, Quarantined the "survivors" (bags were leaky with very little oxygen), if any, for shipping fish next day. Five hours in from delivery and quarantin, 3 angels will NOT survive along with 1 discus as of this review. Normally in December weather is a factor in illinois, but today it was 51 degrees outside, so exposure to weather a none issue. Fish were poorly packaged and sent out to NOT survive in my environment. Do NOT BUY from this seller, FULL STOP! I wanted healthy fish delivered safely, the animals shipped to me suffered from poor shipping methods. My apologies for the photos, this is what the vendor wants from buyers to prove livestock is DOA (stick toothpicks in DOAs)...other photos show how fish are still struggling to survive 8 hours into being poorly shipped with very little oxygen. I wanted the fish which is why I spent over $300 on his shipment...NOT FREE STUFF from vendor=Do NOT Patronize unless you can walk/drive to pickup your livestock.

This was my 3rd order from them and u did so with hesitation. As I had issues with the other 2. This time the fish arrived 48 hrs after being shipped. All were dead. I notified them that I did not have tooth picks but I did have dental pics. Would result in same... something stuck completely thru the fish. I also got confirmation that UPS would refund shipping as it was their fault. I sent the pics of all fish and then attached the screen shot of UPS chat. I got email back from the owner Keith saying I had to send pic AS DISCRIBED IN AGREEMENT, and as I was being combative my account would be deleted once refund was given. I was not rude or combative in any way. When I asked for explanation they simply said send the pics as discribed and then go from there. I was refunded cost of fish but not shipping. And my account was indeed deleted. I asked UPS about shipping cost and they said that somethingphishy could request the refund. So I bet they did and got the 65 dollars then kept it. Last time I deal with them.