P. fish are also good ones to make profit of of. the prices for very large ones compare to the small ones. i believe that to go with all the other fishes too. the bigger the better. the only thing is finding those that want to buy your fish as monsters. easy yet hard to sell sometimes.
growing fish out for profit?
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I think it also depends on what is high in demand in your area.... if rays are popular, then that will probably make you the most money, where as if no body likes rays in your area, you could be giving them away for free and no one would take them..
You say "Growing out" so your not talking about breeding them. Well like others have said bigger ones are harder to sell. A lot of times you might only get what the smaller sizes will bring in price. May even get more money for smaller ones as big ones are impressive but need bigger tanks. Bigger ones cost more to ship if you can even ship them successfully. Sometimes these rare fish grow slow and you going to invest in food electricity time with the very possible chance you break even and even lose money growing them out.
I've thought carefully about getting a couple of 1000gal above-ground kiddie-pools (or digging 5000Gal shallow tanks) and importing 1.5" clown loaches 1000 at a time. Temperature's not an issue, and apparently there's a pretty good market for 4" fish- which in that size system with good wind-driven filtration & lots of water storage and a high-bug & snail diet we could get to in 18-months.
Ultimately it'd be a labour of love as profit would be a little...slow and shipping costs would mop up much of the gravy, but considering an initial price of maybe $2.5-3/fish (with importing) and wholesale (selling) price of maybe $15-20, it might add up. Plus there are Govt farmer's incentives.
Also thought of combining this with rays. Not nearly there yet either way.
At the end of the day, the best money seems to be in Koi for either breeding or grow-out. Unfortunately I am not a fan, so for a hobby-business... no.
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Ultimately it'd be a labour of love as profit would be a little...slow and shipping costs would mop up much of the gravy, but considering an initial price of maybe $2.5-3/fish (with importing) and wholesale (selling) price of maybe $15-20, it might add up. Plus there are Govt farmer's incentives.
Also thought of combining this with rays. Not nearly there yet either way.
At the end of the day, the best money seems to be in Koi for either breeding or grow-out. Unfortunately I am not a fan, so for a hobby-business... no.
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