BizFinFAQs

BizFinFAQs: "Central Garden is undoubtedly the largest... at their various locations in the U.S.... Royal Pet Supplies in New York, maybe number two... Lee Mar in S. Cal. possibly third... they don't have "phony wholesaling", nor etailing>
I found two companies online that both claimed to be "one of the biggest", yet neither one seemed to be interested in answering their phones. As a future potential retailer/customer of theirs...this makes a very negative statement about what I can expect of them in the future.
OR, do most retail stores purchase direct from the manufacturers/vendors?

If so, how does one get in touch with them....I couldn't find a trade directory."



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FiveCritElementsBiz

FiveCritElementsBiz: "Costs before opening run about $60.00 per foot for a full-line or pet-specialty retail shop; or approximately $90,000.00 for a fifteen hundred square foot store. When prospective retailers contact us regarding aiding in design, construction and initial help in running a new operation, we suggest they also have readily available another 20-50K for operating expenses. This is done in recognition that their business may run in the red for the first year (or two).

These are figures are realistic guesstimates!

 Believe me, it is very easy to spend more."



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Jack Dempseys spawning with pictures

Jack Dempseys spawning with pictures: "Final Report:  Well, it turned out there were closer to 300 or so.  We started them out with three feedings of microworms per day.  The parents had evidently successfully hidden them from my efforts at cleaning their tank.  This explains why they killed their female convict dither fish.  The second morning (when we turned on the lights) we saw no fry.  They were hiding somewhere because they were back in force within an hour."



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How to Spawn Red Bay Snooks, Petenia splendida, with pictures

How to Spawn Red Bay Snooks, Petenia splendida, with pictures: "Good Eaters.  Some cichlids can be picky eaters -- not red bay snooks.  They eat whatever we give them, basically whatever we're feeding the other fishes in the area.  They eagerly eat flakes, pellets, freeze-dried and frozen foods, and live foods -- especially any kind of worms.  At this point we added one-inch pieces of nightcrawlers ."



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How to Spawn Red Bay Snooks, Petenia splendida, with pictures

How to Spawn Red Bay Snooks, Petenia splendida, with pictures: "Male Breeding Tube.  A couple days later, the male dropped his breeding tube.  It became rather obvious that this pair wanted to spawn.  But it was also obvious that the eight Synodontis eupterus might not prevent the egg-laying, but would certainly devour the final product -- especially once the lights went out."



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How to Spawn Red Bay Snooks, Petenia splendida, with pictures

How to Spawn Red Bay Snooks, Petenia splendida, with pictures: "The pair was recently moved to a 55 with eight adult Synodontis eupterus housed at 78 degrees.  They adjusted immediately to the slightly higher temperature.  They ate more and "took over" the left end of the tank.  We put "took over" in quotes because the catfish totally ignored their territorial claims to the left end.  The catfish also totally ignored the snooks and vice versa."



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The Native Betta Habitat – Separating Fact from Fiction | Betta Fish Care

The Native Betta Habitat – Separating Fact from Fiction | Betta Fish Care: "hough the same fish in the same volume in a planted tank with few other fish will be actively out and swimming confidently. Given space to exercise and cover to explore, they will feel secure enough to display their true colours – in terms of both their appearance and lively persona.
Given this understanding of the bettas natural habitat, we can now see how these myths arose and are now perpetuated by the aquarium industry."



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