xdave
Active Member
Heres some general safety and fish care things.
*Get an automatic backup generator installed for all life support. It will pay for itself the first time the electricity goes out.
*Paint the floors in the fishroom with non-slip boat deck paint.
*Keep the fish on one closed system, all inverts, including LR, on another. The fewer systems you have the easier to care for but the less specific you can be in the care of each.(with only 2 systems you will care for anemones and corals the same. You can put 1 shrimp or crab in each fish tank if not coppered, but you will have to move them if you need to medicate.
*Either use a constant .15 copper level(not my preference) or use UV sterilizers. You must make sure you tell the customers if there's copper in the water, you dont want to restock their reef for them.
*Finish feeding at least an hour before opening, and then after closing too if you want. Hungry fish pay more attention to the customers(Ha! Betcha never thought of that one huh!) Also foraging for food is the first behavior an informed customer will look for.
*If you are in an area where the purchased fish will routinly be in the bag for more than say 4 hours, cosider getting an oxygen tank to fill them, or at least get extra tall bags.
*Keep nets in containers of disinfectant mounted ever 6 columns or so, out of childrens reach. Your supplier will have that stuff.
*As far as building your filter system goes, just check out how other stores have thiers. Its just bigger mostly.
*Get an automatic backup generator installed for all life support. It will pay for itself the first time the electricity goes out.
*Paint the floors in the fishroom with non-slip boat deck paint.
*Keep the fish on one closed system, all inverts, including LR, on another. The fewer systems you have the easier to care for but the less specific you can be in the care of each.(with only 2 systems you will care for anemones and corals the same. You can put 1 shrimp or crab in each fish tank if not coppered, but you will have to move them if you need to medicate.
*Either use a constant .15 copper level(not my preference) or use UV sterilizers. You must make sure you tell the customers if there's copper in the water, you dont want to restock their reef for them.
*Finish feeding at least an hour before opening, and then after closing too if you want. Hungry fish pay more attention to the customers(Ha! Betcha never thought of that one huh!) Also foraging for food is the first behavior an informed customer will look for.
*If you are in an area where the purchased fish will routinly be in the bag for more than say 4 hours, cosider getting an oxygen tank to fill them, or at least get extra tall bags.
*Keep nets in containers of disinfectant mounted ever 6 columns or so, out of childrens reach. Your supplier will have that stuff.
*As far as building your filter system goes, just check out how other stores have thiers. Its just bigger mostly.
