Most lucrative fish to breed?

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Jack Dempsey
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Just as the title says, what is the most lucrative fish to breed? This is purely a curiosity thing right now, as I'm working on another breeding project, but could become a reality farther down the road for me. For your suggestion what size tank and equipment would be necessary? I'm really interested in becoming serious about breeding some awesome fish down the line. Thanks!
 
I personally think that african cichlids are the most profitable on the basis that setup and tear down as you move from one fish to another is easy. The minimal overhead that goes into a cichlid vs something like a leo ray is what makes them optimal. I don't think that any point cichlids will become irrelevant you just have to be breeding the new import and typically its not to hard to do. If you are a purist getting wild caught going is more difficult but still not impossible.
 
All ornamental species are prone to market swings. You might spawn some EBJD and, just as the fry are hitting 1", their popularity drops like a stone and you can't even give them away. The most movable fish are always the feeders. Sad, but true. Rare fish are only sought by a choosy few whose tanks are already full. You will turn a consistent small profit on the feeders. Everything else is a roll of the dice.
 
knifegill said:
All ornamental species are prone to market swings. You might spawn some EBJD and, just as the fry are hitting 1", their popularity drops like a stone and you can't even give them away. The most movable fish are always the feeders. Sad, but true. Rare fish are only sought by a choosy few whose tanks are already full. You will turn a consistent small profit on the feeders. Everything else is a roll of the dice.
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Well I guess I'm going in the right direction then...I've got a couple of tanks already producing feeder guppies. I'm hoping that my BGJD pair will be making some babies soon. Luckily I already have multiple stores that want the EB's and the others will be feeders for my other fish.
 
+1
I use to breed betta. I had some wild caught and some pretty awesome plakats. I built a betta barraks out of 1 gallon pickle jars (got them from a restaurant for free) and they uses one central filtration system. It was pretty sweet. Wish i hadn't sold it, and i'm debating on building a new one.
As far as being luctative, it all depends on your market and ability to move the fry. Having less common fish, and pure bread (wild caught parents) helps too. If you are able to ship, then your market expands.
 
knifegill said:
All ornamental species are prone to market swings. You might spawn some EBJD and, just as the fry are hitting 1", their popularity drops like a stone and you can't even give them away. The most movable fish are always the feeders. Sad, but true. Rare fish are only sought by a choosy few whose tanks are already full. You will turn a consistent small profit on the feeders. Everything else is a roll of the dice.
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Its funny why not sell your EBJD as feeders then? That is another draw for Africans they are so prolific that all else fails you have a premium feeder on your hand. I mean there are people giving away female red empress on craigs list by me, why go buy comets ya know. Everyone acts like convicts are the only ones that push out babies ever month. When I had my red empress in full swing I'd have females holding every 20 days. its was intense. I've literally lost probably 5 or 10 times more babies than raised on the basis that I never did anything with them just left em in a community tank as food because I was out of rearing space.
 
If you know what your doing and start off with a good base stock, Breeding Flowerhorns is very profitable and they are beautiful fish, If your not one of those cichlid purists lol
 
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