Money-making fish that could be bred "easily"

[AU_Arowana-RG]

To date, the only ones that come to mind are fancy guppies, endlers, Platies, Swordtails, Fancy Betta Splendens, and freshwater Stingrays.

Any others that could be bred? Snakeheads pop in as an option, but then the issue of getting an established pair arises.

[likestofish]

thats pretty much all that comes to mind maybe other cichlids like oscars of pbass.

[HardCandy]

Asian Arowana's :drool:

[HardCandy]

wouldn't be easy though. Pbass and Oscars would be tough to breed as well. You'd be better off breeding flowerhorns.

[Flash]

Fancy plecos.

[woofy]

some cichlids

[dzb912]

it would help if u searched for a thread similar to your question first
there are too many of these threads already

[snaggle]

If you search through all the old threads you will see that you need a vey large scale set up, and the abiltiy to produce lots of types of fish at wholesale quanitys.

[Liam]

plecos

[azntank]

Flowerhorns

[AU_Arowana-RG]

Well, I already did look at other threads and I do know that I'll need quite the amount of space.

Primarily for the Bettas, Rays, and Snakeheads.

BTW, is it possible to breed Pbass in an aquarium?

[xiahaolong168]

flowerhorn...

[dzb912]

Well, I already did look at other threads and I do know that I'll need quite the amount of space.

Primarily for the Bettas, Rays, and Snakeheads.

BTW, is it possible to breed Pbass in an aquarium?
dont count on it unless uve got hundreds of gallons of tanks
diselmack has done it but i kinda think he got lucky
he breed em to wat looks to be a 200g tank

[AU_Arowana-RG]

Thanks for the heads up.

I'll take a look at my other options as well.

[Aquariumjunkie]

Cobra Pikes?

[woofy]

heres a tip, go to a few trusted lfs and ask what they dont have a supplier of whats a fish that they dont get often. They might say something small like kribs or something but if your there go to guy for that particular fish and u supply them well it pays. Just ask around first to see what lfs would take and pay well not rip you off and ur stock with 100 babies.

[sunfishh]

I think you forgot angels. They are pretty easy to breed and most shops sell them.

[sirdavidofdiscus]

I'd go with angels also. They are fairly easy to breed and they don't require monsterous tanks like oscars or flowerhorns. Even though they are pretty common the sale price is still decent., and there always seems to be a demand.

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

nothing that breeds easy is going to be a significant money-maker...just breed what you like, and if you want trade in value go with something that is always desirable (angels, discus, frontosa)

[Lupin]

Law of Supply and Demand influences your options.;)

[Rikesh]

nothing that breeds easy is going to be a significant money-maker...just breed what you like, and if you want trade in value go with something that is always desirable (angels, discus, frontosa)
:iagree: Just breed whatever fish you love. Its preferable to sell directly to other fishkeepers, you'll get more $$$. Go find a LFS if you have an enormous amount of fish to sell ;)

[superluke]

well i'm hoping breding discus will make some money as thats i'm doing next

[Bartek]

I think that Oscar's are easy to breed,they just need big tanks,I would recommend you an 150 uk gallons for breeding pair,that's minimum!!
you can breed nearly any Chichild fairly easy.

[bass N ri]

fancy plecs

[MN_Rebel]

albino longfin BN, red eyes blood swordtail, calico swords, EBJD, flowerhorns, any bright cichlids, blue lobster, white lobster and other bright colored crayfish.

[ShreddingSkin]

fancy plecs
I agree, fancy plecos. Problem is they take a long time to grow up to size. My 'guense bang out fry by the thousand and it takes about a month to get up to about 1". Now that I've saturated the market, every shop in my area will only take 20 at a time and I only get $20 in store credit. So I'd say invest the time and money into a breeding expensive fish, or just keep doing what you love. If you go with the latter, be prepared to have a thousand feeders on your hands.

[matty2812]

why not breed corydoras all pretty much are triggered in the same way and in my experience there really easy to breed and if you get sum rly rare ones there normally quite pricey. i set up six tanks once run them all off small internals kept one empty so wen the parents laid they would move into the empty tank and i would raise the young in ther original tank

[sunfishh]

Great idea matty

[troutking]

dont count on it unless uve got hundreds of gallons of tanks
diselmack has done it but i kinda think he got lucky
he breed em to wat looks to be a 200g tank
other people have done it too. if u want to still try here is a link to my old thread just follow all the links the members offeredhttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173602 http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195198

[Eupterus]

Bettas are not easily bred. They have complications like killing a mate who doesn't feel like spawning or is incompatible with the mate you have selected. Sometimes it takes several bettas to find a compatible match. Most breeders recommend at least two pairs of the same type to mix and match. Many fish will simply refuse to breed if they don't feel like it, at least they won't kill each other.

Then once you are successful, you need to house multiple males in individual containers. This is time consuming to change all these containers, which needs to be cleaned frequently.

IF you do you not buy expensive breeders from private breeders, most people will not buy your common petshop bred bettas and you will lose money breeding these bettas because you won't be able to place them.
Nothing wrong IHO with a beginner breeding these common petshop bettas, just that it won't be profitable.

Then there's the factor of receiving defective/ shipping damaged bettas who not only don't spawn, but are also disease prone and or handicapped and require much TLC to stay alive. There is no lemon law for fish so you are on your own. This will make things less profitable when you factor in replacing losses and shipping expenses.

I'm not sure where they fall in the grand scheme of things, just know they are not easy to breed.

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

Unless you breed difficult to breed rarer species, there won't be any significant profit for a typical hobbyist

[seds]

I agree with "FLOWERHORNS" Nothing is more expensive cichlid wise. . .The only fish I have ever bred are guppies and almost blood parrots but their eggs aren't fertile. I have bred daphnia and copepods though.

Koi can go for hundreds in they have that tancho spot on their head. Remember: the rounder the red spot and the more white they have the more money it's worth.

Unfortunately you probably have to buy 2 or more tancho koi first.

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

a lot of people responded with oscars, but oscars are not money makers at all, as they are hobby staples that stores won't give you much for

[KLee79]

i'd go with discus. it may take a while to get a good breeding pair. but if they are 'good looking' they might be worth some money. i have some that just started breeding

[Ben268]

I'm with the opinon that your not gonna make much off of breeding easy and cheap fish. Your gonna have to either invest in expensive fish that may breed relativly easily, or cheaper fish that are in demand that for some reason are hard to breed...A better option IMO is get both rare and "somewhat" challaging fish to breed, might be a bit o a bigger investment at first, but you'd be more apt. to make money. That being said I have no clue what specific fish you should breed, mabye try arowanas? But from my limited knowledge on them( atleast i admit it :)) it might take a bit to find a breeding pair.

On a side note....how much would bangaii cardinal fish go for? I recall reading somewhere that they're the "guppys of saltwater" although the person might not have a clue what he was taking about...either way they're one of the most BEAUTIFUL saltwater fish in my opionin...and I think most are wild caught....so yeh, do you think that would be a good breeding project?

[AU_Arowana-RG]

Well, thanks for all your input.

Yes, I'm breeding what I like. If I was only after cash, I would probably have jumped at breeding a heck load of cichlids, which is a family I don't really like save for a few exceptions.

That said, my goal has changed. Now, I just want fish who, when they breed, give me the money I need to continue maintaining them and my fish hobby.

[ihavegills]

It seems to me you should consider what types of fish are going to require little overhead, and what types of fish are hard to find in your LFS. I would start by talking to some LFS and ask them, what types of fish are the customers asking for, that the LFS does not provide, probably due to their cost for it. Then if its feasible for you to breed it, at a cost that will provide profit, then that's your money maker! Just my opinion.

[Otto_VonBacon]

About how much can one make off selling fancy guppies?

[famous323]

i'd have to go with plecos

[sunfishh]

Otto that is a tough question. It depends on the quality and demand. A trio of show guppies can go for $20, $30 or even $50. However I can't believe there is much demand for show guppies. On the other end of the scale a you may be able to sell to your LFS for $1 per guppy.

[ryan_wilken]

i would go with ebjd

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

If it wasnt said yet, Frontosa's.

[nc_nutcase]

i would go with ebjd

lol, I've been working on this for several years... they definately aren't easy to breed and since to make decent quality ones we need to spawn BG x BG... which only produce 25% Blues... that means I could only make money on 25% of what I produce... These really aren't a good money makers (but they sure are beautiful so I'll stick with it ;) )

[PufferXtreme]

bristlenose plecos are a pretty good money maker here. cheap and easy to feed & breed and they'll go in most tanks without too many problems. great algae eaters always popular with general fishkeepers :)

[tropheus]

african tropheus are a good money maker , easy to breed once you have the hang of them