I don't think the location is as important as realizing the market in the area. We have several hobbists in the area, but I'm not sure we have enough to keep a larger based fish store in business. I think if a person was to open a smaller shop out of a garage or shop area it would keep the overhead down to a minimum. The other thing is keeping up with the tanks and still being able to work a normal job. For the first year or two the store would need the word of mouth to get and keep customers. After the store had a large enough base maybe a large store would be an option. If you look at every store the area has had they all have failed due to pretty much the same cause, lack of revenue. Pete closed under the sea because the rent was to high, the same with gram's and fish focus. It's extremely hard to keep something like this open unless you have a steady income comming in from somewhere. Hung is a good example, he maintains tanks, this provides the steady income to make things happen with the store. That and he has the customer base to keep selling things at the store.......it wouldn't be easy to keep a fish store open in this area but it could be done. The problem is getting the funding to set it up right......not that i've thought about this at all
