Money Making Fish?
- Thread starter Jakezori
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You need some room, but tropheus duboisi bring some money - they are in the $30/fish range at a store near me. They also seem to sell in that price range on aquabid.
Hi Jakezori,
When they were fairly new to the hobby, and not seen often in aquarium shops, I bought a pair of Madagascar Rinbowfish, and after 6 months they began to spawn a lot. I would harvest about 50-75 eggs every 3 months or so and raise them up with newly hatched brine shrimp until thay were about 1.5-2 inches and showing good color. I found that several of the area aquariums were willing to give me $5 each for the young fish. That netted me about $250 every 3-4 months, which paid for my hobby for several years.
What you need to do is select a fish that is attractive, somewhat hard to find perhaps, that you can sell to the stores for half of what they sell them for and still have it be a profitable venture to you after you subtract your costs of raising and feeding the fish until they are ready to be sold. I hope this helps. Good luck!
Rainbow Kurt
When they were fairly new to the hobby, and not seen often in aquarium shops, I bought a pair of Madagascar Rinbowfish, and after 6 months they began to spawn a lot. I would harvest about 50-75 eggs every 3 months or so and raise them up with newly hatched brine shrimp until thay were about 1.5-2 inches and showing good color. I found that several of the area aquariums were willing to give me $5 each for the young fish. That netted me about $250 every 3-4 months, which paid for my hobby for several years.
What you need to do is select a fish that is attractive, somewhat hard to find perhaps, that you can sell to the stores for half of what they sell them for and still have it be a profitable venture to you after you subtract your costs of raising and feeding the fish until they are ready to be sold. I hope this helps. Good luck!
Rainbow Kurt
I would have to say CPD's. Small not too common in most places yet and easy to breed. Always attractive
I sell dwarf shrimp, worms and some of the more rare mosses. I don't make a profit but whenever I need to buy something for the tank I just sell one of those three things to cover the cost.
I definitely agree with the posters who say look at it as a way to defray costs rather than turn a profit.
I think shrimp may be your best bet, with a relatively quick turn around. Plants may be another option, but increased equipment costs could easily eat into your profits.
To maximize return from selling fish, you want a fish species that is attractive, relatively easy to breed and has small to moderate size broods. Also you want one that has some excess demand.
I think shrimp may be your best bet, with a relatively quick turn around. Plants may be another option, but increased equipment costs could easily eat into your profits.
To maximize return from selling fish, you want a fish species that is attractive, relatively easy to breed and has small to moderate size broods. Also you want one that has some excess demand.
