Hello everyone— curious if you’d find this useful

[Gofishygo]

I'm thinking about building a monthly subscription box specifically for planted tank hobbyists. Not a generic aquarium box -something focused on the aquascaper side of the hobby.


Each month would rotate through things like:

• Liquid + dry fertilizers to try
• CO2 accessories (diffusers, drop checkers, check valves, etc.)
• A plant sample or tissue culture
• Hardscape/substrate samples
• A care/aquascape tip card

The idea is basically a consumables replenishment box + something new to experiment with each month - aimed at people already running CO2, dosing ferts, and actively growing plants.


Few questions for anyone willing to share:

1. Is this something you'd actually pay for?
2. What would you want to see in it that haven't listed?
3. What would kill it for you (wrong products, bad value, etc.)?

Genuinely just trying to figure out if there's demand before build anything. Honest feedback appreciated - even if it's "no this is a terrible idea.

 

[SmartAlec13]

Just replied to your reddit thread (welcome to Scapecrunch btw), so I won't go into all the same detail I did there. Overall I think it could be a neat idea, though it isn't something I would want to pay for myself. I only have two tanks, so I am a bit limited on how much "experimenting" I can do with new gear. The plants, if able to work with shipping, would be cool through.

Maybe shrimp or fish food?

 

[Kwyet]

I wouldn’t want to pay for a bunch of stuff that I wasn’t going to use or that I already had. For instance, I get fertilizer samples all the time that I never use because I’m happy with what I’m already using and I don’t want to confuse the plants by throwing new stuff at them all the time. I also don’t really have room for new plants unless it’s something specific that I’m looking for.

The thing I would find most attractive in your list would be the substrate samples. It would be nice to be able to get about a cup per sample to see how I like it and keep for reference, if it was economical, instead of having to buy a whole bag of the stuff and then possibly dislike it.

 

[CincyScaper]

I would be interested in the plants and even then would probably want more of a 3 month or longer cycle. I would not use/change any of the other things in such rapid frequency. Maybe if one has multiple tanks or has an you tube channel and is constantly doing new builds

 

[JayP]

While such a service may work fine for cat and dog owners whose pets aren't that picky, I don't think it would work well for aquascapers who are for the most part, probably set in their ways on what products and brands they use. Yes some of us, like myself, do like to experiment and try new things, but I think we have pretty solid ideas of the specific things we're after and far less interested in random boxes of stuff. I already spend too much money on stuff I never use.