Ben was happy to see us and extend his usual warm hospitality. Obviously very proud of his new shop, he gave us (or those of us whose faces are not glued to his tanks) a short introduction to his new set up. The carefully thought out arrangement was a result of his years of experience in retailing and his opportunities to reference some of the aquatic retail outlets around the world.
The new shop is fairly deep and here's a view of the main section where all the livestock are located. Basically, the shop is divided into 2 halves, with livestocks in the front and sundries at the back. There is suppose to be more than 150 tanks in total and we believe that's excluding the betta tanks further in. Ben hopes to be able to cater to a diversified group by being able to offer different types of fishes for different hobbyists and the sheer variety of fishes available there is certainly testimonial to this philosophy.
Aquatic plants compliment most aquarium set up and Ben has also set aside six tanks just to house aquarium plants. The Aquarium plant section is located just opposite the cashier counter, in the middle of the shop. Staple offering like Hygrophilia, Echinodorus, Rotala are available in pots and those looking for plants on driftwood can find them in the lower tanks. Any other plants that are not on displayed can be ordered from the shop as well. It's great to see a greater emphasis on aquarium plants at Ben's shop!!
As can be seen, the new shop has plenty of space to accomodate our entire group, which would have been impossible in the last two shop. The photo below shows the large fish section where there are 18 tanks in 6 racks located just before the dry goods section. Arowanas, bichirs, large catfishes amongst other are also popular with Ben's customers.
Space is always a premium and Ben has creatively put all the larger items such as canister filters, light sets etc on top of all the fish racks to save space. These items can easily be retreived if customers wish to inspect them.
More to come..
Cheers,
Last edited by benny; 7th Dec 2005 at 11:36.
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