Opening a "LFS" Saltwater speciality store

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  1. tattoolew

    tattoolew Sea Dragon

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    Does anyone have any experience in opening a LFS? I am seriously considering starting a Saltwater speciality store, I also want to get into maintaining customers tanks if the need arises. I was wandering if anyone has successfully done this and can offer any help getting started.
    Suppliers
    Business Plans
    Ways of setting up a store
    etc.
     
    tattoolew, Mar 10, 2012
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  2. grinder37

    grinder37 Whip-Lash Squid

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    Talk to or PM Inwall75 or Shackmel,both have experience in this.
     
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  3. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    mikejrice has a store too. Though he's at Reef Stock today. :)
     
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  4. SwimsWithFish

    SwimsWithFish Giant Squid

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    Following.:) this is interesting.
     
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  5. whippy

    whippy Sailfin Tang

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    Where are you located?
     
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  6. SushiGirl

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    Look under his pic.
     
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  8. tattoolew

    tattoolew Sea Dragon

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    Thanks guys I got a lot more replies than I thought I would, I am in Bluefield WV. We have one store with potential but the owner is the only who works there and has gotten a lot of bunk info from his "distributor". He has seriously not done a water change on his "reef" for well over two years, at the advice of his distributor. He tries to sell brown polyps and a few shrooms and kills every leather he gets in, then says there is no market to support doing many corals etc.
     
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  9. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    Well there isn't a market for dead corals lol. Hope this works out for you.
     
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  10. clarkkey594

    clarkkey594 Aiptasia Anemone

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    Love Elite Reef. It's my LFS even though I have 2 that are much closer but nowhere near the quality of coral or livestock.
     
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