Fishes33;2211756; said:Its VERY profitable, I got a stack of paperwork (all around the world) of vendor's pricelist! Its AMAZING on how cheap your average fish cost!!
An example (from a local wholesaler quote)
A bag of 1000 neon tetra cost $60, thats $17 cents eachand the store can sell as low as $1 each...
Those paroon / emperor shark, they are worth like $0.70 cents to $1.00 each and I seen store sell them for like $10-20
They make LOADS!!!
they do make a good profit on alot of fish im sure. however, the electric bill will be nice and high that needs to be paid, the water-bill will need paying, tax man without a doubt wants his share, employees would like to be paid to avoid a mass uprising in the ranks, as would the landlord, and advertisers.
when it comes down to it, pennies from each fish may actually make it to the owners pockets. maybe a buck or two on some large priced items. but thats why you need to have a large customer base, and turn alot of product so you can make those pennies into dollars at the end of the week.
