The New Store

**Fishfirst** · 04-28-2006, 11:29 PM

Well here is a sneak peak at what we have coming along! Its not too exciting but this was from a week ago, two more days of putting stuff together and we open, whether we are ready or not, we'll see!

Where the ponds are going

Front

My hand crafted refugium for the display tank, trying out the coralife super skimmer

The 210 display tank starting to get filled

The bird room

Shelving

My department being setup

Some freshwater tanks up and running

Some freshwater tanks needing a little work

The reptile room

rallyguy44 · 04-29-2006, 02:41 AM

nice deal you got there, I think it'd be pretty fun to work at a petstore...hope everything goes smoothly with the opening.

Georgia Peach · 04-29-2006, 05:38 AM

looking great!

ron v · 04-29-2006, 07:38 AM

How do you cycle tanks in a new pet store?

**TheOldSalt** · 04-29-2006, 07:57 AM

It's a royal pain.
I think you guys are nuts for trying to open the place without having everything up & running for a month beforehand, but I guess if you use BioSpira you might get away with it.
I KNOW you must have discussed that with your new boss, right?
They didn't have BioSpira back when I opened my shop, and even though I had things running for three months before opening, I still had problems.

**Baby_Baby** · 04-29-2006, 09:26 AM

looks great! keep up the good work!

ALFA WOLF · 04-29-2006, 12:25 PM

Wish i worked thier

**Osiris** · 04-29-2006, 01:11 PM

Sweet FF it's definetaly coming along nicely! Can't wait to see it in two weeks! I can bring cam for upclose fish pics

**Fishfirst** · 04-30-2006, 08:21 PM

actually we cycled with fish... I know I know... a royal pain, but my boss is set in his ways... I at least kept all the filter pads wet and gravel moist on most of the tanks we moved in (all the saltwater tanks) the second batch of tanks we brought in. So the basic biological filtration is there. The good news is, you'll soon see me under a new sign in name!
We are going to have a computer setup for the store, and fishforums.com is going to be the place to get caresheets from and hard puzzleing questions asked that customers don't know!

**fish_doc** · 04-30-2006, 09:09 PM

were is the store at and when is the opening? Maybe all us in the area can stop in and give you all a grand opening.

CollegeReefer · 04-11-2008, 12:16 PM

Already went out of business....lol Tim had that one coming.

Obsidian · 04-11-2008, 01:14 PM

Dude it's not really funny to see someone's hard work go down the drain.

trashion · 04-11-2008, 01:34 PM

What happened?

Ricker · 04-11-2008, 01:47 PM

My guess is they didn't sell good because people go to like petsmarts and stuff cause of cheaper prices and they can get any fish they want with out some one telling them no

pokefan · 04-11-2008, 01:54 PM

This sucks if it is true. Less than a year open and already gone under!

I wouldn't care one bit about prices if we had a local fish shop here. We had one when we moved in to town but they shut down soon after.

Good Wolf · 04-11-2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricker

My guess is they didn't sell good because people go to like petsmarts and stuff cause of cheaper prices and they can get any fish they want with out some one telling them no

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Yep, and I'm going to have to refer to the two week return policy as well. That is a main reason I buy from Pet Smart. All you do is bring in your receipt and a water sample and you can get a new fish.

The small stores only have a two day return policy and that just isn't long enough to ensure the fish didn't have something wrong with it before your brought it home.

If there was a local store that had good stock, good prices, and at least a one week return policy I would go there.

The Mrs. keeps joking around about getting our own store going. It is a very scary venture and I salute anyone who risks everything and not only does it, but does it the right way.

Ricker · 04-11-2008, 02:16 PM

YA I have about 5 around me I think family owned. They all have there pros and cons. My fav one though i get points for shopping there so big plus there. Once I get so many points I get a free biocube I hope. Like a $50 item gets you 5 points etc.... But ya I hope it isn't true It looked cool. I have a dream of opening mine one day

Ricker · 04-11-2008, 02:19 PM

My LFS has a 2 month return policy I never go there though because I hate it. But the one I go to all them time is very good. At my petsmart I buy stuff some fish not for my 55 though unless we are talking about shrimp then yes lol. But at petsmart here all you do is bring in died fish and prove of purchase bam new fish.

emc7 · 04-11-2008, 02:42 PM

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bam new fish.

they sell you a diseased fish, it croaks, then you trade it for new fish without dealing with the disease. Disease kills new fish. They should give you credit you can use a month later after you've licked the disease they gave you.

trashion · 04-11-2008, 02:45 PM

Haha, I'm guilty of patronizing PetsMart for shrimp. For god's sake, I found amanos there and they sold me them as ghost shrimp! I saved at least ten dollars!

04-28-2006, 11:29 PM	#1
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,600	The New Store Well here is a sneak peak at what we have coming along! Its not too exciting but this was from a week ago, two more days of putting stuff together and we open, whether we are ready or not, we'll see! Where the ponds are going Front My hand crafted refugium for the display tank, trying out the coralife super skimmer The 210 display tank starting to get filled The bird room Shelving My department being setup Some freshwater tanks up and running Some freshwater tanks needing a little work The reptile room __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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04-29-2006, 02:41 AM	#2
rallyguy44 Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern Cal Age: 26 Posts: 20	nice deal you got there, I think it'd be pretty fun to work at a petstore...hope everything goes smoothly with the opening.

04-29-2006, 07:38 AM	#4
ron v Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama Age: 61 Posts: 1,123	How do you cycle tanks in a new pet store?

04-29-2006, 07:57 AM	#5
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,469	It's a royal pain. I think you guys are nuts for trying to open the place without having everything up & running for a month beforehand, but I guess if you use BioSpira you might get away with it. I KNOW you must have discussed that with your new boss, right? They didn't have BioSpira back when I opened my shop, and even though I had things running for three months before opening, I still had problems.

04-30-2006, 08:21 PM	#9
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,600	actually we cycled with fish... I know I know... a royal pain, but my boss is set in his ways... I at least kept all the filter pads wet and gravel moist on most of the tanks we moved in (all the saltwater tanks) the second batch of tanks we brought in. So the basic biological filtration is there. The good news is, you'll soon see me under a new sign in name! We are going to have a computer setup for the store, and fishforums.com is going to be the place to get caresheets from and hard puzzleing questions asked that customers don't know! __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

04-30-2006, 09:09 PM	#10
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,878 Blog Entries: 13	were is the store at and when is the opening? Maybe all us in the area can stop in and give you all a grand opening. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

04-11-2008, 12:16 PM	#11
CollegeReefer Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stevens Pont, Wisconsin Age: 23 Posts: 391	Already went out of business....lol Tim had that one coming. __________________ CollegeReefer

04-11-2008, 01:14 PM	#12
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 1,058	Dude it's not really funny to see someone's hard work go down the drain. __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 5 Cherry Barbs; 7 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco (Old Blondie) 10 gallon Breaking it down for storage. 5.5 gallon Betta 100 gallon 7 giant danios; 4 Rosy Barbs, 1 German Blue Ram, 7 Julie Cory cats, 2 Burmese Loaches; 4 Zebra Danios

04-11-2008, 01:34 PM	#13
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,399	What happened? __________________ current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -nothing....thinking a mini-community. for reference: my name is Julie

04-11-2008, 01:47 PM	#14
Ricker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 514	My guess is they didn't sell good because people go to like petsmarts and stuff cause of cheaper prices and they can get any fish they want with out some one telling them no Last edited by Ricker; 04-11-2008 at 01:55 PM.

04-11-2008, 01:54 PM	#15
pokefan Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 26 Posts: 75	This sucks if it is true. Less than a year open and already gone under! I wouldn't care one bit about prices if we had a local fish shop here. We had one when we moved in to town but they shut down soon after.

04-11-2008, 02:16 PM	#17
Ricker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 514	YA I have about 5 around me I think family owned. They all have there pros and cons. My fav one though i get points for shopping there so big plus there. Once I get so many points I get a free biocube I hope. Like a $50 item gets you 5 points etc.... But ya I hope it isn't true It looked cool. I have a dream of opening mine one day

04-11-2008, 02:19 PM	#18
Ricker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 514	My LFS has a 2 month return policy I never go there though because I hate it. But the one I go to all them time is very good. At my petsmart I buy stuff some fish not for my 55 though unless we are talking about shrimp then yes lol. But at petsmart here all you do is bring in died fish and prove of purchase bam new fish.

04-11-2008, 02:45 PM	#20
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,399	Haha, I'm guilty of patronizing PetsMart for shrimp. For god's sake, I found amanos there and they sold me them as ghost shrimp! I saved at least ten dollars! __________________ current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -nothing....thinking a mini-community. for reference: my name is Julie

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