Pete Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I stick mine on my Nalgene bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 My stickers go on my brute water storage lids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickS77 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 25 minutes ago, Maggie said: What do people do with the stickers? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Maggie said: What do people do with the stickers? Since almost every fishy thing we do involves water, it's hard to think of a good place that will stay dry! my neon tetra sticker went on the corner of my 75 44 minutes ago, Struggle said: My stickers go on my brute water storage lids. i will probably start doing this once i get a SW mixing station up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I have put mine on one of the front cross pieces of one of the racks in my fish room. I do have a couple of the big green old school co-op stickers on a couple tanks as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Thanks to everyone for the sticker ideas! 💚 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 I am doing some winter cleaning of the office and came across an item that was intended to improve our plant picking / preparation process. When prepping plants for shipments you have three mains goals: 1) ship the plant with minimal moisture, you don't want it to dry out, but you also don't want to ship 1 liter of water with every plant, 2) protect the plant, and 3) ensure the water stays in the bag with the plant and not in the shipping box. Some equally important goals that we strive for are to prep the plants in such a way as to reduce picking and packing errors and also have a product that still presents very well to the customer. So in our old process we would take a plant, place it (ever so gingerly) into our patented plant liner bag (not really patented), then put that into a plastic, open-top fish bag, which we would then close off with a rubber band. This was fine for a while but we wanted to have our plants barcoded with the species contained within to cut down on pick/pack errors. Also, I really was not a fan of the repeated motion on the team of tying off hundreds of bags with rubber bands. I have prepped a good number of plants in my time here and your fingers can get a little tender after a while. So my goal was to 1) introduce species specific barcodes and 2) eliminate rubber bands while still maintaining a water tight seal. In my search for ideas I came across zip-tie like asset tags that can be printed/engraved with whatever you want. One common application for this is asset tagging or security tagging of high value / high theft items. Well, my use case was a little outside the norm, but the supplier could put anything on these tags I wanted and at a somewhat reasonable price. Below are the sample tags that were tested for durability, barcode scanning, ease of application, and ability to maintain a water tight seal. In the end, these tags were able to accomplish our goals, but the ability to scale with growth was problematic. It would've become an entire purchasing commodity unto itself that we would have to manage as each plant species would sell would have it's own unique tag Alas, these tags were mothballed to my office bookcase. If you are curious what we do today for plants ordered from the site, just order up like 30 and see for yourself. LOL. jk. Not sure how many of you all will like this glimpse into a failed operations item, but it was an interesting thing for me to explore and reflect upon a year later. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted December 30, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 30, 2020 Filming at the warehouse tonight and snapped some pics. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Cory said: Filming at the warehouse tonight and snapped some pics. Enjoy looks very clean also I notice a lack of display tanks 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 12/23/2020 at 5:46 PM, Randy said: I am doing some winter cleaning of the office and came across an item that was intended to improve our plant picking / preparation process. When prepping plants for shipments you have three mains goals: 1) ship the plant with minimal moisture, you don't want it to dry out, but you also don't want to ship 1 liter of water with every plant, 2) protect the plant, and 3) ensure the water stays in the bag with the plant and not in the shipping box. Some equally important goals that we strive for are to prep the plants in such a way as to reduce picking and packing errors and also have a product that still presents very well to the customer. So in our old process we would take a plant, place it (ever so gingerly) into our patented plant liner bag (not really patented), then put that into a plastic, open-top fish bag, which we would then close off with a rubber band. This was fine for a while but we wanted to have our plants barcoded with the species contained within to cut down on pick/pack errors. Also, I really was not a fan of the repeated motion on the team of tying off hundreds of bags with rubber bands. I have prepped a good number of plants in my time here and your fingers can get a little tender after a while. So my goal was to 1) introduce species specific barcodes and 2) eliminate rubber bands while still maintaining a water tight seal. In my search for ideas I came across zip-tie like asset tags that can be printed/engraved with whatever you want. One common application for this is asset tagging or security tagging of high value / high theft items. Well, my use case was a little outside the norm, but the supplier could put anything on these tags I wanted and at a somewhat reasonable price. Below are the sample tags that were tested for durability, barcode scanning, ease of application, and ability to maintain a water tight seal. In the end, these tags were able to accomplish our goals, but the ability to scale with growth was problematic. It would've become an entire purchasing commodity unto itself that we would have to manage as each plant species would sell would have it's own unique tag Alas, these tags were mothballed to my office bookcase. If you are curious what we do today for plants ordered from the site, just order up like 30 and see for yourself. LOL. jk. Not sure how many of you all will like this glimpse into a failed operations item, but it was an interesting thing for me to explore and reflect upon a year later. those could be used for cable, and hose organization around the aquarium. clearance 'em out for a quarter a piece, bet they go fast. even if they have plant names on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh world Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 When is the warehouse getting the crushed coral in stock. I need some lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I love it, especially the string of plant tanks, and the wide spaces. I have worked in businesses with warehouses, and you can tell when management cares about the entire operation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Whoever gets this banana plant needs to post it on the forum. It's going to take up quite a footprint in someones aquarium. 😄 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 That is definitely the largest banana plant I've ever seen before. That thing must be a monster!!! Especially considering I saw a vid a while ago saying you have mutant hands. Lol. Makes me want to eat a banana now... lol. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 20 hours ago, Randy said: Whoever gets this banana plant needs to post it on the forum. It's going to take up quite a footprint in someones aquarium. 😄 Looks more like green beans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Fry rejoice! BBS eggs back in stock. 🥳🎉 Anddd a sweet new can. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Aquarium Co-Op doing their best to keep our fish happy and CHUNKY! Awesome. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGardner Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Wow! Having been to the store for the first time today I am stunned at the size of this operation! No wonder the store was so nice!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 More racking going up today. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Nice! Room for more products!!! :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Hey Fam, Would you be sad if this was the kraft tape used on your box? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDukeAnumber1 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) I prefer w/o the youtube logos, that being said it's hard to be sad when receiving a co-op package. So do what ya gotta do 😉 Edited February 1, 2021 by TheDukeAnumber1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Sad when receiving a Co-Op box??? Never! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I wouldn't be sad at all. I think the tape looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Pearl Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 The colors and goodies of Christmas 🎄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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