I want to make some profit in breeding my cichlids. I have a nice 4 inch or close enough Green Terror male. I also have a 2 and a half inch Blue Acara female. I know their capable of breeding and certain of their sex because they ahve bred together, not meant to but well it happened. I also have 14 one inch rokteil severums in a 20 long for now till they get a bit bigger. I want to get a female terror for my male and a male acara for my female. So I will have some breeding pairs. And with 14 severums I'm sure I will get at least 1 pair if not many more pairs that will breed.
Now to the profit part. Will I actually make any profit? I know I will need grow out tanks, lots I know. I'm planning on using the clear rubbermaid tubs with just simple sponge filters and a small heater. I mean I know I wont like overset the initial cost of buyin the heaters and sponge filters and plastic tubs. But I should make some. I bought the severums at aquabid for a dollar each, so the person made at least 10 bucks. I know it won't be alot but with 3 different kinds of fish I should be able to make something. And if not that's fine too I love my cichlids.
I'm planning on having the main tank for each of the pairs of course. I will syphon out the fry after about a week or so after they have been free-swimming for just a bit. I will put the tiny fry in like a 2 gallon or less plastic tub. And when the parents lay eggs again in about 2-3 weeks I will transfer the first batch of fry to a second tub and so on till I have 3 batches going at a single time per type of cichlid. And the third tub will be my selling tub that I will obviously sell from.
Well any suggestions will help. I wasn't sure where to post this either so sorry if it's like off-topic somehow.
I posted this here cause Mike said it would be a good idea, don't get all mad people cause it's posted twice.
Now to the profit part. Will I actually make any profit? I know I will need grow out tanks, lots I know. I'm planning on using the clear rubbermaid tubs with just simple sponge filters and a small heater. I mean I know I wont like overset the initial cost of buyin the heaters and sponge filters and plastic tubs. But I should make some. I bought the severums at aquabid for a dollar each, so the person made at least 10 bucks. I know it won't be alot but with 3 different kinds of fish I should be able to make something. And if not that's fine too I love my cichlids.
I'm planning on having the main tank for each of the pairs of course. I will syphon out the fry after about a week or so after they have been free-swimming for just a bit. I will put the tiny fry in like a 2 gallon or less plastic tub. And when the parents lay eggs again in about 2-3 weeks I will transfer the first batch of fry to a second tub and so on till I have 3 batches going at a single time per type of cichlid. And the third tub will be my selling tub that I will obviously sell from.
Well any suggestions will help. I wasn't sure where to post this either so sorry if it's like off-topic somehow.
I posted this here cause Mike said it would be a good idea, don't get all mad people cause it's posted twice.
