What have you done with your tank lately?
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Mr D smack
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Got the raw cabinetry up on the wall
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Looks like your getting close to host another pizza night. Looks great
Lance A. Lot
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November December maybe
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Scubareefman
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WOW, just WOW. very nice!
Treated the 1200 gallon system with Flatworm Exit yesterday, did a 225 gallon water change, cleaned all Tunze pumps, cleaned skimmer, ran some carbon actively. I recently added a few wrasses to the cube tank:
Red Coris Wrasse
Green Wrasse
Yellow Wrasse
Rescue Damsel
Added a few Maldives Lyretail Anthias to the long tank and plan on getting some more soon. Also have a box of Nam Ultra combo rocks coming next week and plan on moving a few rocks around in the cube tank to mix it up a bit. I'm looking forward to getting a couple of the new Tunze pumps in September or October as well.
Red Coris Wrasse
Green Wrasse
Yellow Wrasse
Rescue Damsel
Added a few Maldives Lyretail Anthias to the long tank and plan on getting some more soon. Also have a box of Nam Ultra combo rocks coming next week and plan on moving a few rocks around in the cube tank to mix it up a bit. I'm looking forward to getting a couple of the new Tunze pumps in September or October as well.
frogspawn74
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Flatworm exit is some amazing stuff. Did you have a storm of flatworms release into the column?
I finally did a good cleaning for my tank on the glass yesterday.
I finally did a good cleaning for my tank on the glass yesterday.
Which store let you do that? usually you can't buy merchandise like salt with livestock credits.
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Most stores in the area will let you use store credit on anything. I only know of one store that doesnt, and their logic doesnt make sense in that matter.
Maxx, I love that Regal. Still miss mine.
few recent shots here.
frogspawn74
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Makes sense to me.
There is more mark up on livestock vs dry goods.
Store credit will likely vary from place to place.
example
store gives you 50 credit you buy a fish for 50 that cost them 20= 30profit plus the retail of the trade minus the 20 in real cost
store gives you 50 credit and you buy a bucket of salt for $50 that cost them 44= 6 dollars plus the retail of the trade minus the 44 cost of salt.
All the profit is in the live stock. Stores that do both live and dry imo are keeping the hobby in mind more so than the bottom line of the business.
Happy customers are more likely to do repeat business.
one store here in St. Louis told me they had a 24 hold on the credit for livestock. I told them I would take a few fish instead and come back 24 hours later to pay for the fish if needed...
Lets say I just walked out with my livestock and didn't trade them or buy.
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Not a business major, so maybe you can clarify where I made a mistake in my thinking.
Coral A costs store $15 to purchase, they sell it for $20.
Box of salt cost store $35 to purchase, they sell it for $39.99
There is a profit margin on all items for sale in the shop.
I trade in four coral frags at $10 each that they sell for $15.00 each.
I get $40 store credit for coral frag trade ins and want to use my store credit to purchase a box of salt.
Profit is already worked into the sale price of the box of salt. So trading me straight for the box of salt does not cost the store any money.
If they trade me the $40 in store credit for the box of salt and then sell the four frags I traded in for full price, they have sold them for $60.
Total cost to the store for the items involved, (frags and box of salt) = $75
Total profit to the store from the transactions = $24.99, (profit from frags and from salt).
How is the store losing money on allowing store credit to be used on dry goods?
maxxII
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Thanks Michael.
This is the third one I've owned, and the first one to start eating within 24 hours of shipping.
I wish I could find a very small juvi.
frogspawn74
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MaxxII. They are not losing money in either scenario. They just make more when on livestock. Any retail store is dealing with 10-20% margins on dry goods. Or at least that is the goal. But when it comes to live stock they are normally in the 50-200+ % range.
This doesn't mean they are gouging or anything. You have loss in shipments, shipping costs and mortality issues once there.
Being in sales and working in the hobby many many years ago I understand why a store may not want to trade for dry goods. But imo it's not worth upsetting a consumer or making him wonder why He can't use trade goods for dry goods. Profits at any level is a win. Unfortunately some don't see it that way or feel is worth doing for customers.
Also,what happens in the next day if the corals die for whatever reason. Live stock to live stock is a safer bet for a store any day.
In no way am I defending them. Just a rational understanding of sales/risk.
This doesn't mean they are gouging or anything. You have loss in shipments, shipping costs and mortality issues once there.
Being in sales and working in the hobby many many years ago I understand why a store may not want to trade for dry goods. But imo it's not worth upsetting a consumer or making him wonder why He can't use trade goods for dry goods. Profits at any level is a win. Unfortunately some don't see it that way or feel is worth doing for customers.
Also,what happens in the next day if the corals die for whatever reason. Live stock to live stock is a safer bet for a store any day.
In no way am I defending them. Just a rational understanding of sales/risk.
Scubareefman
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did water changes and spotted a Nudi chewing on a Glass Nem. One down, like 100 to go 
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