Some people capitalize on opportunity. Flipping fish tanks paid for my university degree and 3 world trips
"Fish rescue"
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Every market works based on flipping. People are willing to pay more for what you have initially paid less for. It can be applied to everything.
However lepisosteus, the people in question simply offer to take in fish for their own benefit yet they don't care about the fish at all. People like
thebiggerthebetter
and Big rich do it because they love the fish, not for their own personal gain. People that do it for their own selfish gain might say something along the lines of "I'll take in any fish you don't want but if you want any of the fish back you have to pay $10 a fish". That's just an example of what one might say if they were the type of person in question.
thebiggerthebetter
and Big rich do it because they love the fish, not for their own personal gain. People that do it for their own selfish gain might say something along the lines of "I'll take in any fish you don't want but if you want any of the fish back you have to pay $10 a fish". That's just an example of what one might say if they were the type of person in question.
The only real concern for me here is the quality of care this guy provides for these "rescue" fish before he sells them on. If the care is good I have absolutely no problem with what this guy's doing. Even big rich let's rescue fish go to joe public now and again, though i'm not sure if he receives any monetary gain or not.
Like rich, he's doing a bit of a service to hobbyists who can no longer care for a fish for whatever reason and the LFS aren't interested in taking them back in.
If he cares for them properly, and like I said that is my only concern, then good luck to him. He's spending money on food and housing for the fish so it's only right he recoups some money somehow to help him carry on.
However, that said, if he isn't caring for these fish properly then i'd happily jump to the other side of the argument.
And as a footnote, you could flip this one right round. Why is this guy receiving fish in the first place? Because of hobbyists who haven't done their research in the first place when buying fish, and months down the line end up with a leviathan they can no longer take care of and want shut of it. Nothing new there, ask big rich! It's a bit of the pot calling the kettle black really. This guy is being called out for helping to clean up some of our fellow hobbyists mess.
Like rich, he's doing a bit of a service to hobbyists who can no longer care for a fish for whatever reason and the LFS aren't interested in taking them back in.
If he cares for them properly, and like I said that is my only concern, then good luck to him. He's spending money on food and housing for the fish so it's only right he recoups some money somehow to help him carry on.
However, that said, if he isn't caring for these fish properly then i'd happily jump to the other side of the argument.
And as a footnote, you could flip this one right round. Why is this guy receiving fish in the first place? Because of hobbyists who haven't done their research in the first place when buying fish, and months down the line end up with a leviathan they can no longer take care of and want shut of it. Nothing new there, ask big rich! It's a bit of the pot calling the kettle black really. This guy is being called out for helping to clean up some of our fellow hobbyists mess.
Most rescue fish are rescues because there are so few people willing or able to take care of them so I don't see how you could make much money that way.
I personally don’t have an issue with anyone who takes in unwanted fish or gives homes to fish that need a better living situation. My only irritation or pet peeve you could say, is someone considering themselves a rescue just for doing so.
It’s like considering yourself a charity because you donate clothes to goodwill. Haha.
One the other hand I’ve also delt with a fish rescue that from what I’ve seen was well planned out, helpful to the community, educational, and helping to guide those new to the hobby.
To me, that deserves the title “rescue”.
They are in it to give fish a better home but also help and encourage those who are interested in getting into fish keeping.
It’s like considering yourself a charity because you donate clothes to goodwill. Haha.
One the other hand I’ve also delt with a fish rescue that from what I’ve seen was well planned out, helpful to the community, educational, and helping to guide those new to the hobby.
To me, that deserves the title “rescue”.
They are in it to give fish a better home but also help and encourage those who are interested in getting into fish keeping.
There are plenty of good and agreeable from my end points made above here. Thank you.
No rescue can take in fish infinitely, the fish must go somewhere. Most cat and dog shelters kill off 90% of their incoming flux of animals.
Even when an adoption fee is charged, like we mostly do, a proper rescue is not a profitable activity. It only loses money. There are very few people that can house monster fish because they need monster tanks, which require monster money to set up and keep running. My electric bill alone for instance is $1200 a month.
If someone is doing this "rescue" thing as a hobby and with the best intentions at heart and gives the fish proper transitory care, and strives for finding proper forever homes for the fish, I don't see anything wrong with charging an adoption fee.
Flipping tanks might be profitable. I don't believe flipping fish could be, perhaps unless extremely successful and dealing with small fish, then it could merely rival an LFS selling fish that have been grown up a bit.
No rescue can take in fish infinitely, the fish must go somewhere. Most cat and dog shelters kill off 90% of their incoming flux of animals.
Even when an adoption fee is charged, like we mostly do, a proper rescue is not a profitable activity. It only loses money. There are very few people that can house monster fish because they need monster tanks, which require monster money to set up and keep running. My electric bill alone for instance is $1200 a month.
If someone is doing this "rescue" thing as a hobby and with the best intentions at heart and gives the fish proper transitory care, and strives for finding proper forever homes for the fish, I don't see anything wrong with charging an adoption fee.
Flipping tanks might be profitable. I don't believe flipping fish could be, perhaps unless extremely successful and dealing with small fish, then it could merely rival an LFS selling fish that have been grown up a bit.
A lfs that recently went out of business used to take in those large fish for free and give them to local aquariums (until they stopped accepting them) or to customers who had large set ups (you had to skype the owner and show him your setup before he'd give them to you), unfortunately he stopped doing it after someone took an a gar from them (about 30 inches) but got upset when it killed his arowana in his 800 gallon tank so he released it into a local pond, the gar ate just about everything in the pond and was eventually caught by someone who reported it. Sad thing is that gar is probably on somebody's wall now
You are the perfect example of what I'm saying .. Thanks for being so forthcoming
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