Might start selling apistos

[xenacanth9]

Thinking about getting into breeding/selling Apistogrammas, wish me luck, I'll make a website and share it with you guys in the marketplace if and when I go through with this idea.

I am probably going to start with double reds, and eventually expand to other strains, other species, and eventually even totally different fish. I've pretty much figured most of the stuff I'll need in my head, but if there's any info that you guys think I should know, or anything from personal experience, feel free to share. I'm thinking of setting up a greenhouse or warehouse of sorts but I want some advice on how to do something like that on a budget, and preferably on my personal property. I already have a shed that I could possibly use.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Good luck, my advice would be to enable an auto water change system if you are doing this large-scale, and use good quality source water (perhaps RO if your source isn't right for apistos)

 

[newworld]

commercially not really that popular in the usa, there are chicago ads (currently different ram morphs and triple red cacatouides and some wild type apistos) trying to sell them and seems like they aren’t big movers, i never remember them being popular, nice but really a species tank fish

 

[duanes]

Here's what newworld was talking about, just to get an idea. Click on cichlids, south and central american
Breeders, Auction & Classifieds - Greater Chicago Cichlid ...https://www.gcca.net › index.php › classifieds
and below, another site worth checking out for ideas
Aquaticclarity | Your source for quality fish, plants, wood, and ...https://aquaticclarity.com

 

[newworld]

what?!? duane your familiar w the gcca? haha

 

[The Masked Shadow]

I see appisto's all the time. What's not to like about them? They're bright, colorful, don't grow big, and aren't super agressive. Keep us posted!

 

[ryansmith83]

My advice is to breed and raise stuff because you like doing it, not because you plan to turn a profit. I breed a ton of cichlids, from dwarves to large stuff, and it's a lot of maintenance and effort for very little pay off. I've imported discus commercially and barely broke even. Now I breed species that I'm interested in, and if I can move some fry out to other dedicated hobbyists I consider that a plus.

 

[xenacanth9]

My advice is to breed and raise stuff because you like doing it, not because you plan to turn a profit. I breed a ton of cichlids, from dwarves to large stuff, and it's a lot of maintenance and effort for very little pay off. I've imported discus commercially and barely broke even. Now I breed species that I'm interested in, and if I can move some fry out to other dedicated hobbyists I consider that a plus.

Yeah, turning a profit was part of it, but if my business doesn't exactly blow up, I'll probably still find it rewarding