How often do you purchase live stock online?

jgagel · 03/25/2006, 11:29 AM

My wife is writing a business plan for her Senior Entrepreneurship and Business Creation class at University of Kentucky. We are creating a business plan for a new pet (fish) store. Your quick vote will be greatly appreciated. Please visit the other 3 polls and vote:

The #1 reason you shop at your LPS ...
What type of live stock do you regularly shop for ...
What type of dry goods do you regularly purchase from your LPS ...

Craig Lambert · 03/25/2006, 11:59 AM

I purchase all dry goods on line regularly, but I don't think there is a good answer to your question. When you only consider how often people order livestock, it's as if you're asking how often we need to replace them....hopefully very rarely. I would order livestock (including inverts and corals) more than 4 times during the tank's first year, but the number of orders would decrease significantly after innitial stocking.

jgagel · 03/25/2006, 12:57 PM

I guess I am asking if you tank is established and you want to add new live stock to the tank. I am more of a SPS guy so I may order several new items from someplace twice a year. On these polls, it isn't super scientific just more or less what comes to you first!

View Poll Results: How often do you purchase live stock online?
< 1 time per year	4	26.67%
1 time per year	2	13.33%
2 times per year	1	6.67%
3 times per year	3	20.00%
4 times per year	0	0%
> 4 times per year	5	33.33%
Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll

03/25/2006, 11:59 AM	#2
Craig Lambert Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,897	I purchase all dry goods on line regularly, but I don't think there is a good answer to your question. When you only consider how often people order livestock, it's as if you're asking how often we need to replace them....hopefully very rarely. I would order livestock (including inverts and corals) more than 4 times during the tank's first year, but the number of orders would decrease significantly after innitial stocking. __________________ "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will spend all day in a boat drinking beer." Current Tank Info: 75G Tank, 29G Sump, 100lbs LR, AquaC EV-180, Iwaki MD-20RT return Tunze nano streams 4X54 t-5/Icecap Ballast & SLR's 2x110 vho actinic

03/25/2006, 11:29 AM	#1
jgagel Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Georgetown, KY Posts: 99	How often do you purchase live stock online? My wife is writing a business plan for her Senior Entrepreneurship and Business Creation class at University of Kentucky. We are creating a business plan for a new pet (fish) store. Your quick vote will be greatly appreciated. Please visit the other 3 polls and vote: The #1 reason you shop at your LPS ... What type of live stock do you regularly shop for ... What type of dry goods do you regularly purchase from your LPS ...

03/25/2006, 12:57 PM	#3
jgagel Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Georgetown, KY Posts: 99	I guess I am asking if you tank is established and you want to add new live stock to the tank. I am more of a SPS guy so I may order several new items from someplace twice a year. On these polls, it isn't super scientific just more or less what comes to you first!