peoples thoughts and opinions on calgary lfs???

Reef_Geek · #1 10-23-2012, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by reefwars

i also noticed steve you offered fragging seminars a while back and thought hey its nice to see a store offering to educate others.

seems like you want to work with the public, while others are working the public...get it lol ??:P:P

Anyone else here a scuba diver? If so, then you know the system of continuing education at dive shops to keep you engaged, keep you diving, and keep you as an active customer to keep you from dropping out of the hobby. Courses go from Open Water > Advanced Open Water > Rescue Diver > Dive Master > Instructor > > master instructor > coarse director (instructor of instructors)

Always thought that there would be some transfer-ability to aquarium retail.

Imagine, you have an intro to aquarium course, then specialty courses like planted tanks, breeding & rearing angelfish/dwarf cichlids, then intro to marine tanks and reef basics, followed by coral propagation, clownfish/dottyback/goby breeding and rearing, then master aquarist, and instructor... the hardest part is drafting/writing curriculum materials.

reefwars · #2 10-23-2012, 01:55 AM

reefschool??

i get %50 of all profits for mentioning it before it was pantended

Reef_Geek · #3 10-23-2012, 02:17 AM

I've thought about this for a few years... to do this right and go big, you're really talking about being author to a series of books... one set is the instructor version, and the other set the student version with exercises and quizzes... once published, could be adopted/sold/used at any LFS. So really, it's first to author the books and sell the idea to a publisher... which I have no time for... I've been sitting on a draft of my next article for about 4 months now... so someone else run with it!

RedCoralEdmonton · #4 10-23-2012, 03:09 AM

<--- advanced diver..... Padi certified in Australia..... Highly recommended

Steve

fishoholic · #5 10-23-2012, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by RedCoralEdmonton

wow just read all the pages.... some good stuff in here.... but Denny you made a thread about LFS in Calgary.... and then want LFS to reply in here.... when you have no Calgary stores on here.... silly newfie....

Anyways I like all the points I hear about in this thread, only wish there was something to be learned, as we here have a) a clean floor everyday (thanks mom), b) clean tanks (refer to a) lol, c) a dedicated childrens play area (with toys!!) and d) prices on all the tanks.... with info on the requirements of the individual fish.....

So my challenge to you is.... I need more ideas that we don't already implement!

Ball is in your corner Denny!

Steve

Steve I think the real problem here is that after Denny seen your store he realized how much the Calgary stores pale in comparison and was so sadden by this he felt the need to start this thread in a desperate attempt that someone in Calgary would follow your lead

reefwars · #6 10-23-2012, 05:04 AM

haha ok its true its true lol:P

alright so how about this then:

what about dislay tanks.

i dont know about you guys but i love to see a store dislay, one of the things i like about one of the box stores here is they always have a nice large dislay......bonus points for showing off your skills!!

subman · #7 10-23-2012, 05:09 AM

True its nice to see a great display but..... If the only nice stuff is in the display and nfs minus points