What fish to breed? Easy to sell, hardy shippers, decent price?

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Everyone,

I fully understand that raising fish isn't going to get me a profit when I consider electricity, food, etc. However, I do like to sell some fish to help out with new equipment, to buy new fish, etc. I've had good luck with Aquabid and local sales. I'm not looking to get rich, just offset some costs, share some fish and enjoy the raising of fish.

So what are the best fish to breed that are:
Hardy shippers?
Have a good demand (so that they actually sell)?
And fetch a decent price?

I've been selling my Demasoni fry for about $6 on average. I really like raising fry and my daughter loves to watch them grow up I haven't made great money, but I have been able to upgrade my filtration and buy some new lights from them... The cost of food, etc didn't make it pay, but I consider the cost of food, electricity and time to be hobby costs. The money I get from selling them allows me to expand

So what should I consider?
 
Syno Petricola always fetch nice prices and must be easy to breed because there are always a slew of them at my local swap. Only problem is they grow extremely slow and don't get to sexual maturity for many years.Pleco's also fetch really nice prices if you get the small bristlenose ones that are really nice and colorful. For instance I paid $20 for my L144 long finned yellow blue eyed bristlenose plecos. I bought 2 of them and they shipped perfect. Some of the less common ones fetch even better prices.
 
I've spent a few hundred on a flowerhorn! Maybe those... :)
 
It seems like shellies breed readily in small tanks and there arent many available, at least at my LFS and aquabid. Only issue with them is hard water and aggression. If you can get past those I think you'd be able to make a decent amount.
 
i breed killifish sell the fish and eggs , fish are very hardly and the eggs can last a year or more left in peat moss most nothobranchius killies are easy to breed they are annual fish , and fundulopanchax killies are also easy well most are and they are non annual most people well tell you there short lived and in nature they are around one year life span in captivity i get 2-3 years out of them and not to sure on the captivity life span on the non annual but in nature they live 2-3 years
 
Kribensis. Bred in a 20 gallon tank. Couple coconut shells. Ton of oak leaves. Cold water change when the female is really purple and you notice breeding activity/dancing. Bam, you got tons of babies following mom around. I did this my freshman year of college. Not much maintenance either. If you want a challenge, grab a nice pair of plecos.. They always pull in the good money
 
I breed/raise/sell a few African cichlids, BN pleco's, and endler's livebearers. Those don't even come close to breaking even on the expense of maintaining my tanks. The super red BN are a different matter. Typical spawn for a young female is 50 eggs, and they take 8-9 months to reach sexual maturity. I originally paid $400 for 8 unsexed juvies from Germany last year. I've sold dozens of juvies that have covered the cost of the breeding stock and several new (used) setups, and just saw 3 young males tending egg clutches in the growout tank when I was rounding up a trio of adults to ship out. I still have dozens of juvies growing out in a couple tanks, and will be listing proven breeding pairs on aquabid soon. Unlike the brown and albino BN the super reds have sold as quick as they've grown out, most often to folks who've heard about them from someone else and then contacted me. I haven't even had to half try to sell them.
 
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