I've done it for many years when I had more time. Eventually you will produce so much that the local stores won't give you much for whatever you are raising. The cost to raise them to a marketable size is cost inhibitive. You have to raise fish for the love of it otherwise it becomes a chore that consumes your free time. The best would be make extra money by working a little overtime at work or have a business that can support your hobby. I find it more enjoyable when you are keeping fish than trying to maintain a thousand fishes that depends on you to keep them alive and sell for next to nothing after expense. Good Luck.
breeding for profit
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Key to actually selling is to look for stuff that the LFS don't usually have in stock, and stuff that may be difficult to breed. Convicts are so common that you often can't even give them away. Try things like EBJD, Rams, Discus, etc. Things with a lot of color that aren't 'common'. LFS and Craigslist people will be more likely to buy something from you if they can't get it from someone else locally.
Can go to aquabid too, and the marketplace here and see what fish are selling for. Find something you like that looks like it might get ya a little profit and run with it.
Can go to aquabid too, and the marketplace here and see what fish are selling for. Find something you like that looks like it might get ya a little profit and run with it.
ive sold rams b4. they have an "okay" market. they are pretty easy to breed.
I've also bred guppies, but no one wants them.
Convicts, no one wants them (even for free).
i used to do bettas, but now the market is flooded with them.
Now all i breed is discus. They do make me enough money to expand my hobby
I've also bred guppies, but no one wants them.
Convicts, no one wants them (even for free).
i used to do bettas, but now the market is flooded with them.
Now all i breed is discus. They do make me enough money to expand my hobby
BigO6687;4569576; said:
Breed whatever is illegal in your state.LOL.......j/k................Flowerhorns are a good start when entering the breeding for cash/trade section of the hobby........Best start is with lots of money, I am talking about $200-300.........Like me, if you have a local store specialing in flowerhorns, you can easily purchase a PROVEN GRADE A breeding pair for $200-300.......The other option, the slow option, is purchasing a half a dozen 2 inche GRADE A Flowerhorns and waiting for a pair, or two, to come out of the group.........Usual pairing begins within a month or two when they are juvenile.............But before purchasing any juveniles, be sure you are purchasing GRADE A specimens........No way of telling, well good sign is how the male's kok(bump on head) is.........In a tank full of juvenuiles, there is always one to three individual males that have developed koks on their head because of all the stimuli from the others in the brood...........
Another fish worth breeding, AZULS.........Yeah , those big blue peacock bass from the down under, well SOuth America.............Another fish worth breeding, silver Arowana.............There may be a lot out there, but people, lots of people, are willing to pay top dollar for bulk babies.........As far a your basic cichlid: Oscars, Convicts, Firemonths, Severums, most of these will be seen as a fare trade with 99% of all local fish store keepers..........From my own experience: I once traded a whole spawn of about 200 half inch Red Devils for $20 worth of food and supply.........No I am not a *itch at selling, the trade pretty much summed the case on common cichlids..........If they are common, you get common goldfish.........
viewofthebay;4570264; said:
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From what I have read on MFK, the average at home fish breeder cannot expect to make money. The costs and time outweigh what you will bring in for the fish. You are better trying to make money to support your habit elsewhere. This does not mean you should not try it if you can. If you can find fun in it and not lose yourself money, go for it.
thanks so much for the input from everyone guys, but i had a better idea that youll all find out about soon if it happens
