wat good fish to breed make money

firemouthkid · February 24, 2006, 03:16:48 PM

johnwilly..........
sillywilly...........
:lol: :lol:

hareysfish · February 24, 2006, 07:17:25 PM

[quote:ae8f8b19c5="watsonboyd"]If your in it to make money, then your in the wrong hobby!

Cheers
Boyd[/quote:ae8f8b19c5]

i totally agree with Boyd .if you are only in it for the money then your in it for the wrong reasons. i have 60 tanks and cannot make a profit in any one year with all the bills/ re building of colonies /food etc,etc .i do it for the peace and harmeny of it all. to start out ,mate, your better of starting of with something easy to breed (you mightn't get much money for your effort,but you get experience ). also you can sell a lot more of $3-$4 more then you can sell $20 fish .

cheers scott

braddo · February 24, 2006, 08:30:04 PM

Personally you are looking at it wrong especially with the water change and cheap food i have been in this hobby 30 years now and one thing I've learnt is that cheap food don't cut it and water changes are a nesecity no short cuts. When you breed fish if you don't water change you get deformities once you get a name for selling deformed fish it is near impossible to sell fish. Also you must feed the right foods to get maximum colour and growth and spawn sizes learn't this from experience. I don't agree with not being able to make money from this hobby because it can be done if you have the right amount of tanks and lots of land but that is above our budgets.

If you are serious about breeding fish for money aim to cover costs and to breed the best of what you breed strive to be better than your mate that breeds fish.

Don't take this to heart but with what you have said so far I suggest you stick to watching your tanks and enjoy it.

Stewart · February 24, 2006, 08:50:12 PM

Go for it Johnwilly1000
I reckon it would be years before you have to worry about making enough money, that the tax man will show interest in you. Or for that matter even turn a profit
A sump isnt the best way to save money on electricity.
Think it through a bit. If it was possible to make a heap of money out of it with no or little effort then everyone would be into it

cosmotiger1 · February 25, 2006, 05:37:36 PM

great ides mate. i reckon you will make even more money if you dont feed them at all. :twisted:

seriously man
with your water changes. the growth you get out of your fish from doing regular water changes makes the water changes worth it. unless you use alot of purigen. (purigen: 100ml=$30....water bout 50c for enuf for a year)

there is NO money in breeding fish....unless your name is doug :lol:

here fishie fishie · February 25, 2006, 07:26:03 PM

8O then :? :?: then :idea: :lol:

Frenchy :D

wrk21 · February 25, 2006, 08:14:37 PM

rotf........... im with boyd!!!!!!

Savage_roo · February 25, 2006, 08:34:05 PM

Ok as every 1 elce has said clean your tanks get a few yellows
Grow them up to about 4 to 5 cm's take them to your locail fish shop swap them for a more expensive fish breed them
And in a while you will work your way up to a good expensive fish
And sell them on line
If you don't put in the hard bit
Just stick to gold fish they look good and you can get 10 fish 4 $10 lol

wrk21 · February 25, 2006, 09:01:35 PM

do you know what fish is the most sold in pet and aquarium shops?????

gold fish and gupies

you might only get .50 a fish but they breed like rabbits and you will never have trouble getting rid of them, ill bet you cant keep up with what the shops will want.....

nemo1981 · February 25, 2006, 09:29:30 PM

that's true wayne.
guppies, are little winners.

hareysfish · February 26, 2006, 06:35:45 PM

[quote:c40f3a5748="nemo1981"]that's true wayne.
guppies, are little winners.[/quote:c40f3a5748]

except fed for feeders :lol: :lol: :lol:

here fishie fishie · February 26, 2006, 07:03:17 PM

guppies :?: its so hard to find really nice ones now days

Frenchy :D

wantsfish · February 26, 2006, 08:22:43 PM

hey guys .50 cents for guppies my daughter is getting a whole dollar for hers. lol
so your getting ripped off, or
they feel sorry for her because she is my daughter :roll:
she's doing better than i am.

johnwilly1000 · February 26, 2006, 10:20:03 PM

hhhmmm interesting
ill prob start off with 3m pond out bak to breed gold fish , wat sort are best and can the live outside in the cold.

r we talking feeder goldfish or the better looking kind

cosmotiger1 · February 27, 2006, 12:04:49 AM

Im not trying to be rude here cause i know forums are for finding out info and stuff. but if i were looking for info i would use this other site i stumbled accross onec.....i think it was called google. you may of heard of it?? :roll:

dude if your lookin to make a little extra money than get a job delivering papers or something. the pay is better and then you can enjoy your fish instead of seeing little dollar signs.

im syre if you put your grey matter to work you can think of something worth your time that is worth more money......like um......

i think we all ahd your dream once and some of us have learnt that once you go into fish for the money they never seem the same again. you will honestly never enjoy fish again like you do now. :(

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