funwiththefish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi, my name is Martha. I'm twenty-two and my life goal is to own my own fish store. This has been my passion for quite some time, but it wasn't until very recently I was able to purchase my first aquarium.
I'm so very far from actually starting my own store, but this is the perfect time for me to do all my research and testing. Since I'm planning on saving money for the next ten to fifteen years in order to finance my store, I've got a lot of time to learn all about this industry I am so passionate about. I figured joining a forum was the best way to get some of my questions answered.
I have a million of them, that's for certain. Here's one:
Where to fish stores get their aquariums? The only LFS in my store has all these acrylic aquariums and I know that each one is separately filtered, treated, etc. (some places like Wal-Mart have these community tanks, where the same water is cycled through all the tanks). Obviously this is a ridiculous setup - think of the spread of illness! But my LFS has tanks that share sides, yet are completely contained individually. I'm wondering where my LFS might have gotten the setup?
I only ask because I wonder what kind of cost accompanies this setup?
Thanks for any information you guys might have.
I'm so very far from actually starting my own store, but this is the perfect time for me to do all my research and testing. Since I'm planning on saving money for the next ten to fifteen years in order to finance my store, I've got a lot of time to learn all about this industry I am so passionate about. I figured joining a forum was the best way to get some of my questions answered.
I have a million of them, that's for certain. Here's one:
Where to fish stores get their aquariums? The only LFS in my store has all these acrylic aquariums and I know that each one is separately filtered, treated, etc. (some places like Wal-Mart have these community tanks, where the same water is cycled through all the tanks). Obviously this is a ridiculous setup - think of the spread of illness! But my LFS has tanks that share sides, yet are completely contained individually. I'm wondering where my LFS might have gotten the setup?
I only ask because I wonder what kind of cost accompanies this setup?
Thanks for any information you guys might have.