Chapter 295: The Eleven Golden Week of Aquarium Shop
The annual National Day holiday Golden Week has arrived, and urban office workers who have been busy all day can finally take a breather and enjoy the long-awaited leisure time.
However, the Yishun Garden Flower, Bird, Fish and Insect Market is just the opposite. During the long holiday period, it is the busiest time. All merchants are working hard to prepare the most abundant and high-quality products, striving to get a scoop in this peak of crowds.
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The Fire Dragon Aquarium Store is no exception. As the person in charge, Fatty Luo naturally cannot take any time off, especially since he has just opened a new store and there are a lot of messy things that need to be dealt with one by one.
He had to discuss with Gu Weiwei that he could not go out with her on this eleventh day. Fortunately, Gu Weiwei was in charge of the finances and knew everything about the aquarium store, so she expressed her understanding and support for this.
The handover procedure for the new store is not complicated and has been successfully completed a few days ago. The main task now is to sort out the various belongings left by the original boss Sun.
Boss Sun's original business mainly consisted of two businesses, one was colorful sacred fish, and the other was aquatic plants and landscaping tanks.
The colorful angelfish is a nearly flat disc-shaped ornamental fish with rich and varied body colors and various textures. It is a mid-range fish that is very popular among aquarists and has a large sales volume. Of course, there are also a few top-quality products.
The varieties of discus angelfish left in the store now are mostly brown discus, blue discus, green discus, snake pattern discus, etc. They are all adult fish with a body length of more than ten centimeters, and the retail price ranges from one to two hundred to more than a thousand yuan.
The colorful angelfish is a high-temperature and high-oxygen freshwater fish. It is relatively delicate. The suitable temperature is around 28 degrees. It also needs oxygen equipment, and the cost of raising it is relatively high.
In addition, there are four aquatic plant landscaping tanks of about one meter. The grass tank is an alternative product in the aquarium market. It mainly focuses on ornamental aquatic plants and has considerable origins in gardening, bonsai, flower arrangement, etc.
The tank is composed of various types of water plants, tall or short, green or red, floating or steady, plus fallen wood, stones, bottom sand, river mud and other materials to create pictures of grasslands, forests, and mountain peaks.
Such beautiful paintings are pleasing to the eye. Especially for urban office workers, hold a cup of fragrant tea at night, sit in front of the grass tank under the light, relax, watch quietly, and let your thoughts wander. The fatigue of the day will disappear.
However, enthusiasts all know that although the grass tank is beautiful, the feeding time is more difficult than raising fish. If the management is not in place, the water plants will turn yellow and wither. To achieve the best effect, the lighting system, filtration system, carbon dioxide system, and bottom
Mud bottom fertilizer, liquid fertilizer and a cooling system are also indispensable.
After taking over these things, Fatty Luo led two of his men to go online to collect some relevant knowledge, and then asked Lao Wang next door for advice, and finally got a rough idea.
Except for the higher temperature requirements, the other conditions of the colorful angel fish are not too different from the original fish. After replacing half the tank of old water and injecting special water, these guys who were originally a little wilted quickly became happy. Special water
Its ability to eat all fish has been confirmed again.
There are also those several grass tanks. Because Boss Sun was planning to sell out the shop and had no intention of taking care of them, some of the water plants in the tanks began to turn yellow and drop leaves, as if they were sick. Of course, the transfer price was discounted for this reason.
However, with just over a liter of special water added to each tank, in just a few days, various aquatic plants returned to health, red as fire, green as emerald, tall and elegant, and full of vitality. At the same time,
This shows that the demand for special water in the grass tank is not high.
As the store area increased, the amount of special water used increased accordingly, and transportation began to become a bit tight. Several people discussed and decided to adjust the distribution of water. Except for high-end Arowana and the like, a full tank of special water was still used.
The fish should be reduced accordingly. Special water and dried tap water should be mixed. The specific proportion is also determined according to the grade of the fish.
In fact, after such a long period of practice, it has been found that low-concentration special water is enough to maintain the health of ornamental fish at all levels. Of course, such as transforming high-backed arowana into over-backed arowana, or transforming low-brightness fish scales into high-brightness fish scales.
For work, it is still necessary to use high-purity special water, otherwise it will be ineffective.
The three people at the Fire Dragon Aquarium Store were busy for many days, and then they were able to tidy up. The new store was officially put into operation in time for the National Day holiday.
Near noon, Li Fangcheng stayed at the new store, wiping the water plant tank with a rag in his hand. After tidying up and cleaning, the store had a brand new look. It was now the third day of the long holiday. The new store had just opened for business, and the business was far less than that of the old store. However, due to the passenger flow
The volume was huge, eight colorful angel fish were sold in one morning.
At this time, two young customers, a man and a woman, walked into the store. After looking around, they were attracted by the four aquatic plants in the back.
"It's so beautiful. The grass blades are all blue and green, with bubbles in them. They are more beautiful than the ones just now. Look at other people's grass tanks, why can't ours do the same?" the woman said in admiration.
While looking at the grass tank, I blamed the man.
"This aquatic plant is difficult to grow. It's so squeamish that I'm tired of it. I think our family should just change to fish farming." After hearing this, the man frowned and said.
"I just like the grass tank, it looks comfortable and eye-catching. Maybe your skills are not up to par, the ones in other stores look so good, ugh." The woman touched the wall of the tank with her hand and sighed.
"Excuse me, how do you grow this in your store? I have changed the water plants several times." The man asked Li Fangcheng next to him for advice.
"Well, raising a grass tank requires equipment and some skills. For example, the base fertilizer in the bottom sand, the ratio of liquid fertilizer in the water...the addition of carbon dioxide...it is best to use halogen lamps for lighting..." Li Fangcheng put the knowledge he had learned recently into practice.
Speculate and sell for now, I told the man about it.
"I know everything you said. The equipment is fully equipped, but it's just not good enough." The man seemed to have put in a lot of effort, and was a little disappointed that there was nothing new in Li Fangcheng's answer.
"Oh, of course, we use a special liquid fertilizer here, which is different from other places. By using this, we can even save carbon dioxide." Li Fangcheng couldn't fool the other party with his professional knowledge, so he made up a
reason.
"Really? What brand of liquid fertilizer is it? Is it so powerful? Can you show it to me?" The man finally heard something new and asked with interest.
"It was developed by our superior company, but it has been used up in the store. It will take a few days to get it-" Li Fangcheng quickly refused.
After hearing this, the man had no doubts. After all, the quality of his grass tank was high. He also visited the Yishun Garden Aquarium Market frequently, and it seemed that the tanks in front of him were the most beautiful.
So he asked Li Fangcheng to provide an accurate time so that he could come over and buy a few bottles and try it at home. After getting a reply in about a week, he accompanied the woman to watch it for a while, and then reluctantly left.
Li Fangcheng had already thought of an idea in his mind, and he called Fatty Luo, who had just sent away a group of customers from the old store, over.
"What's going on? Fang Cheng, I'm busy." Fatty Luo asked. Business was really good today. We sold a lot of silver dragons and blood parrots, and the turnover was almost four or five times the usual amount.
"Hey, why don't you just let Hu Zi stare at you over there? Brother Fatty, I have an idea. In fact, our special water can be renamed and sold more expensively." Li Fangcheng put forward his own suggestion.
This is what he thought. The special water has a very good effect on the maintenance of aquatic plants. It is better to sell it as a special liquid fertilizer for aquatic plants, and then get a more formal packaging bottle. It should be no problem to sell it for 180 yuan per liter. After all,
Grass tanks are consumables with high daily expenses. In order to achieve satisfactory viewing effects, many enthusiasts do not hesitate to use expensive imported fertilizers, expensive carbon dioxide cylinders, brand-name lamps, etc. The consumption affordability is not weak.
Nowadays, aquarium stores sell special water in bulk in plastic bags. This has been around for a long time, and the customer base is basically fixed and not easy to change. However, the grass tank is a new business, and others will not know if the packaging is changed.
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After hearing this, Fatty Luo pondered for a while and felt that this method was feasible. He went to the same factory that made fish feed packaging last time and made some opaque plastic bottles, made them more beautiful, filled them with special water, and then labeled them as high-grade liquid fertilizer.
Selling with a name is indeed very profitable, and it is something that has been consumed continuously for a long time. Nowadays, there are many people playing with grass tanks, and the quality is getting higher and higher. There should be a lot of business in this area. In addition, there are several things in the store.
This vat is a living advertisement.
You can't just count on high-end business when opening a store. After all, your customers are limited. As far as he knows, there is an arowana owner in Beijing who spent a year selling a top-quality red arowana, even though the price was as high as nearly one million.
Since the aquarium store opened for such a long time, the sales of small packages of fish feed and special water, as well as door-to-door water quality maintenance services, have accumulated to a large number now.
"Okay, Fang Cheng, I think your boy has the potential to be a profiteer, and he's no worse than your brother." Fatty Luo said with a smile.
"Brother Fatty, are you so complimentary? After all, I have attended training courses for such a long time, and I have already known the importance of product packaging. By the way, when the time comes, you can't do it in the store. There are so many people and it's confusing.
It's easy to get into trouble, you still have to get it done at the bun shop and then pull it over and it'll be fine." Li Fangcheng continued to add.
Nutrient water for fish farming, special liquid fertilizer for aquatic plants, and potion for treating flowers and trees. In this way, a special water will be used for three different purposes, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything.
Fatty Luo thought of this, and regardless of whether others were on vacation, he took out his mobile phone and found the number of the salesman of the fish feed packaging factory, called him, and discussed with him about the liquid fertilizer bottle.
Li Fangcheng saw that Fatty Luo had already taken over, so he stopped disturbing him and continued the cleaning work in the room.
I have been busy with work during this period and have not contacted Xiao Meng. I wonder how she is doing now? Li Fangcheng thought while wiping the fish tank.