Best Way to Obtain Corals for Farming Facility

[sfauth]

I am starting a wholesale coral farming facility that will be regionally based, serving a very specific customer base.

I have done the "retail thing" before and have wholesale suppliers, I wondered if their was a better source to obtain wild colonies to start with?

Would transhipping be a better option? Could I deal direct with importers?

Thanks for your insight!
Steve

 

[sfauth]

anyone??

 

[Anonymous]

Give it some time. Responses in this forum aren't exceptionally fast.

I think it would be cooler to obtain captive raised colonies for grow out.

 

[Koralbeauty]

To start with, dont call wholesalers, act like you have a full fledged retail location, when in fact you live on a farm road in BFE Pennsylvania. Hustling preexisting aquaculture facilities for broodstock will not win you any favor either. :wink:


PS getting a land line and fax machine would probably help you aquire a list 8O :welcome:

 

[sfauth]

Koralbeauty - I am not sure that I understand your comment? I have a solid business plan and the capital to fund an actual facility that will be based out of a warehouse??

BTW, I am in the Philadelphia area of PA (there aren't many farms around me...)

I am not looking to other facilities for broodstock (maybe I should?) My intent was to bring in large number of wild colonies to create my own brood stock - "farm" them for the next 12 months then open operations to retail customers.

 

[Anonymous]

not many here on this forum are likely to help you out-most here are wholesalers, who aren't too fond of what you're doing

you would need ALOT of broodstock, and enough capital to fully support your ops for 2-5 yrs at NO net revenue, more or less

do you have that type of capital ?


this biz requires at least a 500 k, if not close to a cupla mil-to get properly started and running as a true 'wholesaler' , heh

you would need tens of tanks each per species, and two years to generate enough stock and continual broodstock, just to get the ball rolling to where you MIGHT survive long term, if you intend to solely raise your own stock for your supply-have the money for the utilities, staff, etc., for a full 2-5 yrs and still feed yourself ?


regardless of a transhipper or exporter-you'll need licenses, cites forms/permits etc etc etc


g'luck!