I would like to stay away from bettas as I think it is more than I can take at the moment. I would like to try them once I get some easier fish down. Then I’ll branch over into them a little.A buddy of mineDeadliestviper7 says they're pretty easy to breed. I have no experience so I can't say. But I do know that a lfs would most likely rather buy a quality bred here betta then a mass bred in Thailand betta. Plus the shipping costs are a plus to buy from a local breeder.
Let me help with feeder fish!
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Also by the way, if you're looking to make a bit of money then look into breeding snails such as ramshorn. Lots of people buy them for puffer food and such.
I would probably skip breeding feeder fish... coz depending how much people sell feeders for in your area, you’ll most likely end up losing money by the end of it due to cost of running equipment / raising fry and feeding them till they are sold...
Instead maybe see whats high in demand for your area and see if you can fill the void, but make sure not to burn yourself out... coz a lot of people do stuff like this hoping to off set some of the costs in the hobby only to find they are adding more strain on themselves rather than taking any off due to the extra commitment...
Instead maybe see whats high in demand for your area and see if you can fill the void, but make sure not to burn yourself out... coz a lot of people do stuff like this hoping to off set some of the costs in the hobby only to find they are adding more strain on themselves rather than taking any off due to the extra commitment...
Plus I doubt he could compete with store bought feeders. The breeders are breeding on a massive scale and can sell at a much lower cost.
I have eastern gambusia in every water container that isnt housing koi or goldfish. Costs me nothing to keep them. I don't feed them or run filtration for them and they only get heat in the winter if its going to get cold enough to freeze the containers. I do keep all the containers planted though. I get a few dollars here and there selling them to a local pond store and I give about 100 a month to another aquarim friend as feeders but its nothing I'd consider profitable even as low tech as I'm doing it.
Shipping feeders isnt really worth the trouble unless you're sending several hundred at a time.
What you want to do would be fun in theory but is impractical in practice.
Shipping feeders isnt really worth the trouble unless you're sending several hundred at a time.
What you want to do would be fun in theory but is impractical in practice.
Breed me some clown loach, i'll buy everything you raise, guaranteed. If you can breed them darn things you can breed anything.
Joking aside. Some fish are that easy to breed they'll breed whether you want them too or not, unfortunately I don't think you'd have people fighting each other to buy these type of fish from you.
You'd need to concentrate on a few oddball breeds that are:
a) much sought after by hobbyists, giving you a ready market.
b) difficult to breed so you know that said market isn't being over run.
c) expensive to buy so you're really maximising your earning potential.
The clown loach example I gave in jest is possibly the wholly grail of fish breeding. Everybody wants clown loach, especially 5" plus specimens, they're virtually impossible to breed in captivity and they absolutely cost a fortune, even for tiny specimens.
Personally my advice to you though, taking into consideration you're so young, would be just to enjoy the hobby and get some years of experience under your belt before you take the leap into breeding the types of fish you'd need to breed to sustain a business.
Joking aside. Some fish are that easy to breed they'll breed whether you want them too or not, unfortunately I don't think you'd have people fighting each other to buy these type of fish from you.
You'd need to concentrate on a few oddball breeds that are:
a) much sought after by hobbyists, giving you a ready market.
b) difficult to breed so you know that said market isn't being over run.
c) expensive to buy so you're really maximising your earning potential.
The clown loach example I gave in jest is possibly the wholly grail of fish breeding. Everybody wants clown loach, especially 5" plus specimens, they're virtually impossible to breed in captivity and they absolutely cost a fortune, even for tiny specimens.
Personally my advice to you though, taking into consideration you're so young, would be just to enjoy the hobby and get some years of experience under your belt before you take the leap into breeding the types of fish you'd need to breed to sustain a business.
1. Breed clown loaches
2. Raise all the babies for a decade.
3. Sell the now huge clown loaches
4. Massive profit
Lol
2. Raise all the babies for a decade.
3. Sell the now huge clown loaches
4. Massive profit
Lol
By the time you've fed them for 10yrs you'd probably be lucky to break even
