Shipping Policy

To ensure your fish arrive safely, our orders ship UPS Overnight.

  • We ship Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s from our location in Northeast Ohio according to the shipping schedule below.
  • Our fish are carefully packed to help your fish arrive safely in the event of a delay.
  • We pack with larger water volumes, insulated boxes, cushioning, heat packs, cold packs, and/or phase packs.
  • In the event of a broken box, long delay, or other unexpected shipping issue rest assured that your fish are covered by the QT Reef Arrive and Stay Alive Guarantee.
  • Before shipment if we are not comfortable with the health of the fish we will contact you to change the shipment date or make alternative arrangements. We will not ship a fish that we are not 100% confident in.
  • If you would like to add additional fish to your order, you must contact us no later than two days from when the order was placed.
  • We cannot hold fish. All fish ordered will ship according to the shipping schedule unless otherwise stated.
  • Due to temperatures, other weather phenomena, disruptions to delivery networks, or unforeseen circumstances, it may be necessary to contact you to arrange for an alternative ship day.
  • If a DOA occurs a claim must be submitted according to the instructions on the QT Reef Guarantee page.
  • Shipping cost is $55.00 with free shipping for orders over $550.
  • Shipping costs are non-refundable.
Orders Placed
Thursday, Friday, SaturdayShips Tuesday
Sunday, Monday, TuesdayShips Wednesday
Wednesday – Orders Placed by Noon ESTShips Thursday
Wednesday – Orders Placed After Noon ESTShips the Following Tuesday

If for any reason we cannot ship according to the ship schedule we will contact you to arrange a different date.

Please be home and prepared to accept your arrivals on delivery day.

QT Reef ships to the contiguous 48 states only.

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