do you make a profit off this?

do you make a profit off this?

  • whats profit?

    Votes: 18 69.2%
  • i usually break even

    Votes: 3 11.5%
  • i make just enough to make it worth it

    Votes: 4 15.4%
  • how do you think i got by bently

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • Total voters
    26
All depends where you live, LA is bound to be a more viable location than the mountaiins of CO.
 
If I DO NOT count the original investment and expenses including 5 years of paying California utility bills then yes, as of the first of this year the system brings in more than it costs to run. As a hobbyist I don't count the start up cost because I did it for fun, it was a hobby and I would have been happy to do it even if it never made money. I figure I have +/- $20k into it now so it would take a long time to recover that. As a "business venture" it would be a bust. OTOH it's all paid for so at this point yes breeding clowns is "profitable" :cool:
 
I just started about a year ago. I expect to break even possibly this summer. I just did my taxes, so I have toted up my expenses recently-- almost 1500$, and I did it on the cheap with donated tanks and sump.
 
Bentley? Ferrari? After four years these are still foreign concepts. But I'm really close to breaking even, my biggest problem is consistency.
 
I should qualify my remarks above, that time and investment was put into marine species other than ocellaris clowns. I only started with the clowns about a year ago so yes it can get profitable quickly I guess. I have to think the experience with other species has something to do with it though.
 
I never intend to make a win, I have 20 fish tanks and only my electricty bill is about 350 $ / months .... but when these cute little baby premnas look at me I am hooked ;)
 
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