Breeding for profit?

[Allmost]

we have someone local here that makes his own salt ... Ray is usually on the Seahorse sub forums. when I spoke to him last, he was telling me it was cheaper for him this way ... but again, talking about buying a pellet of each chemical lol you will need alot of space and mixing room lol

of course if you count in the hours to locate and buy each and mix and measuring labour, than most probably it would be same as IO on boxing day

 

[petere1989]

if your going to do it, good luck! everyones saying don't bother...but hey, someones gotta do it! I say go for it

 

[Ambition]

profit raising clowns= nope more like alot of work, I do it for a hobby and it takes alot of money to run a small setup here at my house. if you think your gonna have tons of money doing it, look elsewhere like open a resturant or go to college and try to become a lawyer,, thats profit/// clownfish beeding is very time consuming and equipment,food etc. cost a butt load!!! Trust me ive been at it for years and no profit at all , maybe i can buy more equipment and go put a little gas but thats all!!!!

This is funny advice because 9 out of 10 restaurants fail in the first 3 years and I have several friends with 60k-100k in student loan debt and law degrees that can't find work. :jester:

Fact of the matter is that making a decent profit right now is not easy. ORA probably wouldn't make so much on CB fish if they didn't put in place that a store had to buy so many of them before they could get coral frags (I heard they did this about a year ago talking to an LFS owner). Breeding fish takes a lot of time, and honestly a good chunk of change depending on how "well" the broodstock, larval, and grow out tanks are set up.

IMO, long term success and profit in this business is going to come from being able to breed a variety of fish. Don't rely on one species (which I think many breeders do for too long). Ideally you'll start out with some easy to breed fish to get an understanding and gain experience and work your way up to the more difficult to breed fish. At this point it wouldn't be a bad idea to make headway on a new species or one that very few have bred successfully. Just my thoughts on this.

 

[DrPat]

go for it

go for it

It is true that the profit will be small and come after you are able to rear fish that have good color and size. There are many things that can go wrong and If this is your first try they most likely will. MY advice get a pair to spawn and rear the fry see for yourself what it takes before you make a large investment. But BY ALL MEANS READ READ READ BOOKS ON BREEDING DONT LOOK FOR ADVICE ON FORUMS ON HOW TO WITH OUT HAVING BOOKS TO REFERENCE .Do it one time and rear fish to market size . Most of all have fun!:fun2:

 

[krezfil]

talk to alot of people first i hear this can get pricey

 

[Fish_Kid99]

My LFS said he would give me 2 bucks a fish that I could hatch and raise for a couple of weeks. I plan on using a 20 gallon with 2 ocellaris clowns. The 20 gallon I for mating then I would move the fry to a different tank.

 

[Jscott11]

Very difficult too actually profit raising fish....Do it for fun have enough and you might make a few bucks.....

 

[captc07]

You would have to raise them for more then a couple of weeks. . . more like several months.

 

[GroktheCube]

Speaking from experience with breeding FW fish (cichlids primarily, and some anabatoids), you will not make enough of a profit for it to support you without investing a ton of time and money first. I bred the fish I did because I liked it, and selling them covered the expenses of my hobby and a lit bit extra.

 

[Papadoum]

My LFS said he would give me 2 bucks a fish

i think you answered the question

 

[woodnaquanut]

My LFS said he would give me 2 bucks a fish that I could hatch and raise for a couple of weeks. I plan on using a 20 gallon with 2 ocellaris clowns. The 20 gallon I for mating then I would move the fry to a different tank.

So the LFS wants babies just post meta? That is odd. You should confirm that with the LFS. If that's true it's not a bad deal. You move the babies along fast, in fact almost as fast at adults will lay eggs.

If the LFS really wants larger fish you should get much more $/fish. I would think something like $5/fish (common P. ocellaris). If the LFS sells them for $20 that would be a big markup for them.

It would also be good to get a commitment for so many fish per week or month. Once you get skilled at raising them, you will have hundreds/thousands to sell. If you have no market for them you will be losing money!

 

[Freddie83]

LFS should be able to pay you a lot more than $2 per fish.

 

[Fish_Kid99]

So the LFS wants babies just post meta? That is odd. You should confirm that with the LFS. If that's true it's not a bad deal. You move the babies along fast, in fact almost as fast at adults will lay eggs.

If the LFS really wants larger fish you should get much more $/fish. I would think something like $5/fish (common P. ocellaris). If the LFS sells them for $20 that would be a big markup for them.

It would also be good to get a commitment for so many fish per week or month. Once you get skilled at raising them, you will have hundreds/thousands to sell. If you have no market for them you will be losing money!

Spot on. He has several perculas and they are 1 inch or less (1/4-1/2 are the smallest i saw). Btw he was selling the biggest one (<1 inch) for 20-25 dollars.

I would raise a batch or two at a time then skip the next two or three batches and so on so I wouldn't have too many at once. If all else fails I have ebay.XD

 

[trinity1012]

lmao...i just noticed something...what happen to the person that started this thred...:lmao:

 

[Fish_Kid99]

Lol just noticed that too...:lol: