The "Profit of 10 Gallons" project

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Anxious to see if you break even...I have 850 sq ft Fish Room that is finished and climate controlled...but no money to play with...
 
Yeah, mission is to break even. Will probably take a few months, but I won't take electricity into the bill because I only have this tank and a 125g running and I don't pay electricity myself, my parents do, as I am 17 and still live with my parents.
But fish food will go into the calculations for example.
 
Today (04/20/12) I added a pair of Bristlenose plecos (Ancistrus Dolichopterus), they aren't officially a formed pair, they are just a male and a female, they have never bred. I have had them in my 125g for a while, and thought I should try to get them to breed. Male is 8cm and female is 9cm.
 
well guppies are a easy care and hardy fishy. you should make your money back easily in a month. i got 2 males and 4 females in my 125g and every time the female is about to have babies i transfer into a 10g. she has babies and i put her back in the 125g and i repet the process in a month i have about 50 babies . so easy
 
I find it hard to break even with guppies unless they are pure strain.

I've bred RedCherryShrimp and they are somewhat profitable but they breed so easily the whole city has been flooded with them and now can't give them away.
I've had Tropheus pay for themselves and some but probably wouldn't work in a 10g.
 
Today (04/20/12) I added a pair of Bristlenose plecos (Ancistrus Dolichopterus), they aren't officially a formed pair, they are just a male and a female, they have never bred. I have had them in my 125g for a while, and thought I should try to get them to breed. Male is 8cm and female is 9cm.
If you have a pair of ancistrus and want them to breed, you need a cave. You also have to condition the fish. Zucchini is great for getting ancistrus to spawn.
 
I find it hard to break even with guppies unless they are pure strain.

I've bred RedCherryShrimp and they are somewhat profitable but they breed so easily the whole city has been flooded with them and now can't give them away.
I've had Tropheus pay for themselves and some but probably wouldn't work in a 10g.
Yeah, I'm not surprised judging on where you live. Where I live fish are much more expensive, ergo, guppies go for a higher price, even the ones that aren't of a pure strain.

If you have a pair of ancistrus and want them to breed, you need a cave. You also have to condition the fish. Zucchini is great for getting ancistrus to spawn.

I know all there is to know about breeding Ancistrus. I have a cave in the tank, and I feed them pickles and sinking pellets.
 
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