[APD] RE: Flourite/Amano

["Edward Venn" <e_venn at hotmail_com>]

I am fortunate to live 10 minutes away by bike from one of Amano's 
operations, took a tour of it last ThursdayÐI was being nosey and said it 
was for a US Aquarium puublication. I couldn't take any photos but, I did 
get a tour of a 5 storey facility that houses fish, plants and equipment for 
sale to the LFS on a bulk basis. 3 floors of the complex are devoted too 
fish, plants and inverts-all freshwater and there are over 1,000 aquariums 
in all. 60% or better of the aquariums are used for housing plants with 
shrimp of various species in the plant tanks.

The remaining 2 floors are dedicated to aquarium suppliesÐfloat glass tanks, 
lights, UV sterilizers, CO2 dosing systems, pumps, filters as well as the 
medicines, substrates and other products of the ADA line. It was like being 
in a candystore... And unable to buy any of the candy.

What prompted me to ask about the flourite and become interested in 
Seachem's line of products is the Japanese lack of knowledge of the large US 
market and the number of products available from North America. Many 
japanese don't know about Aquabid, the Florida fish and plant industry or 
even that Brazil, Mexico and other SA countries have a thriving business in 
exporting fishÐas far as many Japanese are concerned their only source of 
livestock and plants is either domestic or Thailand/Singapore.

Ed in Japan

Ed in Japan

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