Plus all the really sweet pieces go to Japan and US as a general rule of thumb. Canada is a small market and so only if your supplier is known to you and will hand-pick your corals will you get anywhere close to what you want and what you order. From my own experience, even if they tell you one thing to get you interested in doing such an order, when it actually comes time to deliver, all sorts of new charges will be added on to maximize their profits and minimize your savings. Also, right now is a terrible time to order a box of corals for two major reasons:
1) Winter time - shipping across Canada is iffy at best when the shipment is in transit for that long and heat packs may not be available or may no longer be working during the long cross-country flight after the long trans-Pacific flight.
2) Canadian dollar SUX right now and ALL coral and fish shipments are calculated in US dollars so this really takes a bite out of your potential savings. Shipping costs and the US exchange are the two biggest complaints I hear from the local fish stores here and you're adding an additional cross-country flight on top of that.
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