Some of you know me as that jack wad who bought tons of tanks from people when the economy was in decline with the notion He'd get into breeding. 
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...00-My-fish-room-renovation-project&highlight=
Well that is me alright. I still work full time at a real job and the project of setting everything up and my current location has been going very slowly but its still going and we have 300 fry of 5 different species at the moment.
Any way have had a couple of people over to pick up stuff from our craigslist postings recently. I love helping other enthusiasts. We get allot of amateur keepers actually its goofy but fun.
My observation is how much better business you can establish by building a rapport with your customers and how few pet shops do it. Granted there are exceptions but its funny to me how many poor business' there are out there right now.
We get people who think an Oscar and demasoni can live together for life. I just really enjoy educating the customer and guiding them. Offering trade ins on certain fish and my favorite one goofily enough is saying, nope your tanks isn't large enough. Preventing that disaster we've all been party to at one point in time of getting to many or to large of fish for our tanks. To sell one less fish is to earn one more dedicated customer, not to mention the good word of mouth. It seems we fish keepers are a small community and it behooves us in the business of selling to remember that. Maybe I''m goofy because I don't depend on it as my sole source of income but I enjoy it and its what makes me want to do more of this all the time.
Wondering if there are any other breeders people on here who have been party to such an exchange. How did it change your expectations for your fish and your consumer experience???
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...00-My-fish-room-renovation-project&highlight=
Well that is me alright. I still work full time at a real job and the project of setting everything up and my current location has been going very slowly but its still going and we have 300 fry of 5 different species at the moment.
Any way have had a couple of people over to pick up stuff from our craigslist postings recently. I love helping other enthusiasts. We get allot of amateur keepers actually its goofy but fun.
My observation is how much better business you can establish by building a rapport with your customers and how few pet shops do it. Granted there are exceptions but its funny to me how many poor business' there are out there right now.
We get people who think an Oscar and demasoni can live together for life. I just really enjoy educating the customer and guiding them. Offering trade ins on certain fish and my favorite one goofily enough is saying, nope your tanks isn't large enough. Preventing that disaster we've all been party to at one point in time of getting to many or to large of fish for our tanks. To sell one less fish is to earn one more dedicated customer, not to mention the good word of mouth. It seems we fish keepers are a small community and it behooves us in the business of selling to remember that. Maybe I''m goofy because I don't depend on it as my sole source of income but I enjoy it and its what makes me want to do more of this all the time.
Wondering if there are any other breeders people on here who have been party to such an exchange. How did it change your expectations for your fish and your consumer experience???
Man that looks awesome your own personal breeding facility i wish i could convince my parents to let me make the same " investment ". Where you moving to ? if its any where far thats alot of work to do just to have to pick it all up and transfer.