CIMulation
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Do you sell them to stores? Set up new tanks? I'm about to give it a try and raise my fry, but what am I going to do with all these babies!? 
Now that your successful at raising your fry. What do you do with all the babies?
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That is a good question. I live in MT and we have one lfs that sells saltwater fish and doesn't move much. I have no hopes of making much money off of my dottbacks but just like the challenge. If I every get many to adulthood i'm not sure what I will do with them.... colorful bait, just kidding.
David M
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I have good news for you all 
You will never have to worry about having too many captive bred marine fish, my address is...
No seriously, you must be kidding
I don't care where you live, you could not possibly raise more marine ornamentals than you can sell (unless you are breeding seahorses 
) If you have to, ship them to me Trust me, I can sell them :smokin:
You will never have to worry about having too many captive bred marine fish, my address is...No seriously, you must be kidding
I don't care where you live, you could not possibly raise more marine ornamentals than you can sell (unless you are breeding seahorses ) If you have to, ship them to me Trust me, I can sell them :smokin:
Dman
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6890051#post6890051 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by David M
No seriously, you must be kidding
I'm pretty much in the same boat up here, I would be hard pressed to raise more than I could sell, I'm constantly looking for more breeding pairs.
If I ever get enough adults I would send you some David if you wanted to be the middle man. I can see where living near LA would definitely have its advantage when selling fish. If you live in a state with under one million people, like MT, I am just trying to be realistic. If I were to sell fish over the internet then you would have to factor in shipping cost and probably the occassional loss thanks to the shippers.Would it still be possible to come out slightly ahead? And that is assuming that you could find someone to buy large volumes. Maybe some of the large wholesale companies would buy from a breeder in volume, not sure about that, hopefully some day when I have a tank full of orchid dottybacks I will have to find out and keep hoping that the days of wild collection are numbered.
jerry
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ediaz
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David where's that address?
If you planning on raising ocellaris he is right, you will sell them all.
If you run a big hatchery and can produce thousands of ocellaris you willl be able to sell other species along with the ocellaris.
If you are planning on raising other than ocellaris, I hope you like sushi.
Ed
If you planning on raising ocellaris he is right, you will sell them all.
If you run a big hatchery and can produce thousands of ocellaris you willl be able to sell other species along with the ocellaris.
If you are planning on raising other than ocellaris, I hope you like sushi.
Ed
David M
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I agree with Edgar as regards clownfish, but other specise is a diferent story. I have gsm's at one year I can't unload, but I can sell 3/4" ocellaris as fast as I can produce them. Dottybacks, gobies and other species should be fairly easy to sell. Seahorses are a total bust, the market is highly specialized and very small. One commercial breeder told me they could produce far more than they could possibly sell. It's a Nemo world out there, people tried to tell me but I had to see it for myself
The demand for clownfish is truely amazing to me. I don't know, there are so many more interesting fish than clowns. Where the heck is it all coming from, people trying to get pairs started to breed them? I guess it is mostly because of that movie, I hate to even say it,Nemo. Though I have to admit I have a pair too, only because I want them to spawn. Well I guess if first timers have to kill fish better tank raised than wild caught.
XeniaMania
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But they're just fancy damsels..
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