wat good fish to breed make money

[johnwilly1000]

hey guys can u give me ideas on wat fish to start off on making bit of money on the side

[pheebee77]

Hey John, If you get into Tropheus and build up a good number of tanks and rare variants you can make a little bit of money of those as rare T's are about $60 - $140 for 3-4cms.

[Clarkii]

Start of with something easy like Angels, they breed easily & when you learn how to rare them correctly they grow quickly & they are good sellers. :D

[nemo1981]

i suppose the old peppermint and albino bn are still goers :wink:

[braddo]

How much experience have you got in breeding fish is the first question.

[efc]

personally i would get a massive pond in the back yard and buy yourself some saratoga from a fingerling farm. You can pick them up for around $30 each. Then you can grow them to around 15cm and sell them for a profit. 10 fish wont get you much but selling multiple batches of 100 saratoga may get you some money on the side.

[nemo1981]

having a market to sell 100 saratoga would be the hardest part lol.
there's a market for everything, just being able to tap into it is the hard part. :wink:

[trofius]

got to the local lfs and see what fish he needs the most and see if he would be willing to use you as their supplier fora few species

generaly but

 bristlnoses, all types
electric yellows


these allways seem to be in demend.

personally i would rather sell one fish for $20+ than 20 fish for $1 each

less tanks, food, power, time, effort....but a loss will hurt the pocket a lot

as mentioned if you havent had much experience dont get difficult/rare/expensive fish....

[watsonboyd]

If your in it to make money, then your in the wrong hobby!

Cheers
Boyd

[johnwilly1000]

i dont think in it for money anything wrong.
however i also have a 8ft display tank with fronnies that i love.
other than that i wanna make some money on the side to keep interested as well as can afford more fishies

i might start off with electric yellows.
i've been in the game for bout 5 years, but never have tried breeding for bit of money

[here fishie fishie]

I think what Boyd was meaning was, there is no money to be made in this hobby.
By the time you raise the fish, spend money onpower, food....then try & sell youngins....

Frenchy :D

[nemo1981]

that's true,
by the time i had grown a couple batches of fish for 2-3 months, what money i made off of those, went towards upkeep of the fish, power bill etc.
lots of things to consider.

[GTR73]

I'm happy if I can get a colony to pay for itself what with food, electricity costs etc - aside from the joy of keeping them. 8)

[johnwilly1000]

i agree with wat ur saying but, i have a sump and that i think is best way to use less electricity, and as for foos just get cheap shit.
so one sump running 6 tanks for eg is not much, water change i dont do much of cause i dont like doing it

LOL, im sure your fish are gonna love to breed for you if you dont change there water.

Seriously most fish that fetch a high price are the ones that are harder to breed, and to breed them you need really good conditions, Not cheap food and no water changes.