Profitable fish to breed?

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Convicts are real easy but not profitable. African cichlids seem to be reproducing at an alarming rate in all the tanks that I installed/service.
 
My initial thought would be strains of high quality Koi, Goldfish. Not needing a heater would be nice but space would be a concern. I have always thought about a large clown loach/silver dollar only tank with the thought of selling them off when they reach great sizes, I'm not sure on profit as it would take me years but I really enjoy them as a fish in general so it's something along the lines of I'd have them non the less so the ability to sell the huge ones for a big price and add new ones to watch grow seems really fun. Then theirs always Discus. There is a lot of people who want them but can't pay the prices that it costs for shipping or just don't even know about that in general (some people aren't techy they just know what they want in person ) I guess traditional is what I am saying. I know me for an example would love to get some discus but the shipping discourages me because I can't see them in person to really see their beauty. You should also look into crabs/lobsters. I see bright red lobsters, blue lobsters selling like hot cakes at 45 dollars a piece from this mom and pop place, they are a real hot item for kids, they just have to have one.
 
Two types of fish that are pretty easy to breed and make pretty good profit are Electric Blue Jack Dempsey and Discus, those two types fetch a pretty high price in the market :)


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I'm leaning towards breeding some high quality bettas. I don't need any profit at all really but it would be nice.

I'm more interested in the project.. hmm
 
There is little money to be made in breeding bettas, unless you breed some of the oddball betta species. Normal bettas are very cheap on wholesalers lists. That is why they sell for around $5 each. Best fish to breed for profit are anglefish. Next would be catfish.
 
Bettas take a lot of time, $$ and patience. I've bred bettas, convicts, guppies, Belonsox, and African cichlids. If I were to do it again I would go with African cichlids especially the peacocks. With bettas you'll have to be willing to feed baby live food for the first 3 months and keep up with water changes daily.
 
YAWN. This thread has been debated a hundred times.

5-15 gallon fish
-guppies
-betas-
-rare platies
-Other livebearers

20-55 ggallon fish
-angelfish
-ddiscus-
-mbuna
-smaller cichlids

65 gallon plus fish
-large cichlids
 
You could go for some rarer livebearers, rare cichlids. If you wanna go bigger you can always breed stingrays.
Maybe some Discus... These are IMO the most obvious candidates.
 
fwprawn said:
Cichlids are easy to raise from fry - and good pairs pump out fry like nothing else - and you get a LOT of fry in a very short period of time. The trick will be to actually build a customer base from the very beginning. Talk to your local pet stores FIRST, and make sure they will take them. Depending on your level of skill; you could also go with something that is very slow to breed, but profitable, such as stingrays, or even some marine fish, or some of the more rare cichlids. People often suggest livebearers, but the profit turnout seems to be very low, since it takes a lot, to get a marketable amount of fry. Also - to state the obvious - we don't even know what you have, to start with, equipment wise. Keep us updated!
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Bad information. Stingrays are not that profitable after including their cost of care, large enclosure to house them, their long gastration period, and low about of offsprings. What marine fish are you referring to which are profitable?
 
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