Anyone kno the breeding habits of the African Butterflyfish?? Im pretty sure they stay around 4-5 inches, and they are like mini arowana's...I just dont know how hard they are to get to breed...
What can I breed in a 55?
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not easy at all.
the easiest ones to breed are the most readily availibe to LFSs so they aren't going to be worth very much.
you'll have to settle between ease and price.
the easiest ones to breed are the most readily availibe to LFSs so they aren't going to be worth very much.
you'll have to settle between ease and price.
cherry shrimp are relatively profitable and very easy to breed. Apistos....um i can't really think of too many off of the top of my head, But the cherry shrimp are deffinatly an easy semi-profitable way to go, and apistos might be a little tough to breed, but once you do you can sell pairs for around 10-20.
Not quite true. Given floating plants, good water params, and a good sized group these guys breed very easily.BIGgourami;828807;828807 said:
Profitable things to breed are not expensive fish. Expensive fish are often either wild caught, or cost a lot to raise from egg to sellable size. Great money makers are corydoras species, sailfin mollies, discus, african cichlids. Corydoras grow very quickly, and can be turned around with minimal effort. Sailfins are often in short supply and grow moderately fast. Discus fetch a high price, but unless you have many different strains that are unique, then you probably won't sell too many. African cichlids are good sellers, and are somewhat easy to breed. If you really want to make money, it depend on your demographic. In my area I average $100-150 per month in plants clippings and ramshorn snails. This doesn't include my sailfin mollies, or cories that I breed. I also have Malaysian trumpet snails I sell on occasion. Current projects include corydoras adolfoi, which are great money makers (but weitzmanni are better money makers), c. sterbai, green phantoms, yellow labidochromis, elongatus, and discus.
In the end the most important thing to breeding is that you have fun. If you want to make money, you need to look at more than how much they sell for, but also, what it takes to get a good batch of fry to adulthood/sub adulthood, what cost are involved with raising the young, what special foods are need to condition adults, any special additives (spawning caves, sand blackwater), how many you will be able to sell for money in the local area, and how much you can sell them for.
In the end the most important thing to breeding is that you have fun. If you want to make money, you need to look at more than how much they sell for, but also, what it takes to get a good batch of fry to adulthood/sub adulthood, what cost are involved with raising the young, what special foods are need to condition adults, any special additives (spawning caves, sand blackwater), how many you will be able to sell for money in the local area, and how much you can sell them for.
