great points, i have been thinking about that also. Maybe I will have to get fish that are big enough to eat the wrigglers (Aquatic dragonfly larvae)
What fish to breed in tropical pond to make $$$
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great points, i have been thinking about that also. Maybe I will have to get fish that are big enough to eat the wrigglers (Aquatic dragonfly larvae)
I'd say go with koi. If you start out with a few superb specimens as far as color and composition go (paying the extra buck for good breeders will pay off in the long run!), you can sell the fry from them at various sizes for lots of money. Plus they are hardy and don't mind cold temperatures.
You could sell what you can one year then what's left can keep over to grow bigger for a larger price tag the next. Probably your best vendor is going to be your LFS shops and places like eBay or an online website business of some sort.
I do advise, though, that you have two separate ponds. One for younger fish to grow in and one for the adults that way you suffer the least amount of casualties with the parents eating your valuable younglings!
The best way to breed Koi or ANY fish is probably gonna be in a series of large cement tanks where it's easy to monitor, breed, and segregate your fish, though...
But of course, if you are honestly and seriously considering this, make sure you have enough vendors to take on all the fry spawned by your fish!! My aunt and uncle thought they'd make a good amount of supplemental cash by breeding four kinds of cichlids, but since there was only one very small fish store within a 50-mile radius and very little market for anything more complex than guppies, there was no market and I believe they ended up giving away 80% of them and taking down all their tanks for a loss.
You could sell what you can one year then what's left can keep over to grow bigger for a larger price tag the next. Probably your best vendor is going to be your LFS shops and places like eBay or an online website business of some sort.
I do advise, though, that you have two separate ponds. One for younger fish to grow in and one for the adults that way you suffer the least amount of casualties with the parents eating your valuable younglings!
The best way to breed Koi or ANY fish is probably gonna be in a series of large cement tanks where it's easy to monitor, breed, and segregate your fish, though...
But of course, if you are honestly and seriously considering this, make sure you have enough vendors to take on all the fry spawned by your fish!! My aunt and uncle thought they'd make a good amount of supplemental cash by breeding four kinds of cichlids, but since there was only one very small fish store within a 50-mile radius and very little market for anything more complex than guppies, there was no market and I believe they ended up giving away 80% of them and taking down all their tanks for a loss.
Sit down and figure out how much this would cost you to run then when you have all the figures added up, cut that price in half and hope you get that much selling fish.
I am sorry but there is no way to make money breeding fish unless you can out compete fish distributers. And these guys have thousands of fish to sell for mere pennies.
If you breed fish it should be for the experience of breeding the fish not profit since the price to keep a breeding operation and the current price a LFS can get for fish never equal out for small time operators like yourself. And most club auctions happen a few times a year. What would you do with all the fish that didn't sell at auction? LFS's need to make money so what ever fish you choose would have to appeal to the LFS since they have to sell the fish. The harder it is for them to sell the greater the chance they don't buy your fish.
I am sorry but there is no way to make money breeding fish unless you can out compete fish distributers. And these guys have thousands of fish to sell for mere pennies.
If you breed fish it should be for the experience of breeding the fish not profit since the price to keep a breeding operation and the current price a LFS can get for fish never equal out for small time operators like yourself. And most club auctions happen a few times a year. What would you do with all the fish that didn't sell at auction? LFS's need to make money so what ever fish you choose would have to appeal to the LFS since they have to sell the fish. The harder it is for them to sell the greater the chance they don't buy your fish.
I guess cichlids are different. They don't seem to be buying anymore kribs from another source. I only see the kribs that I have given to them for store credit.
In only a week, 80% of the frys have already been sold.
In only a week, 80% of the frys have already been sold.
What are tigs??
Good idea, maybe a grow out pond will be best. As for the koi a 4 by 8 foot pond is WAY too small!!!!! I guess now I need to figure out what fish fetch a good price when they get large and go for those! The easiest way for that is to go to a good fish store and see what they want or need.....thanks again!
Tigs = M. Tigrinus
dont think you can make "MAD $" selling to LFS. LFS normally sell at 3x from their cost...
if you want to make "MAD $" you should lean over to Rare & Exotic Species... such as the black rays... few years about they are average about $300.. since no more exportation from brazil. they fetch over $1600 now...
dont think you can make "MAD $" selling to LFS. LFS normally sell at 3x from their cost...
if you want to make "MAD $" you should lean over to Rare & Exotic Species... such as the black rays... few years about they are average about $300.. since no more exportation from brazil. they fetch over $1600 now...
Tigs = M. Tigrinus
dont think you can make "MAD $" selling to LFS. LFS normally sell at 3x from their cost...
if you want to make "MAD $" you should lean over to Rare & Exotic Species... such as the black rays... few years about they are average about $300.. since no more exportation from brazil. they fetch over $1600 now...
cool I will look into the tigs. I would be scared about raising any fish worth over $100 let alone $1600 yikes!
well thats the thing the only real way is to go with fish that sell for a lot of cash. if not the work and time isnt worth it. i think plants are a better idea. get a pound full of java moss and sell it by the pound.
large fish are hard to sell due to people not being able to house them. my LFS has my 20"+ arowana and clown knife for sale for 6 months now, tons of customers just nobody wants to take on such a massive fish. shipping large fish is extremly expensive and risky because if the fish dies in the process, you lose out on all the time and money invested in the fish, which is always more than you can sell the fish for anyways.
