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09-04-2010, 09:17 PM
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I do hear you about a store Slick but I don't have the $30 - $40K to do it or it would already be open. The one bonus in doing it out of my shop / office building is that there is plenty of RO water on site and if anything was to go wrong I am right here not 1/2 hr away.
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09-04-2010, 09:49 PM
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Your startup costs will be the same though except for Rent. (if we're comparing opening a shop at your house vs a shop in Red Deer). You would still need several tanks for corals and fish and a small startup amount of dry goods. You will need those no matter where you set up. The million dollar question becomes will the increase in business from a storefront offset the added expense of the rent.
You can minimize some of the startup costs by inviting established coral/fish businesses to put some stuff out there on consignment. You could do the same with local reefers. Let them put some frags out and just take a sellers fee. As for being a half hour away if something goes wrong. Unless you plan on checking up on your home tanks on a regular basis through the night then if you spring a leak your screwed either way. You still won't find it until the morning.
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