How to get started?

[vinubaba]

I would like to get started to sell fish. I have never had an aquarium. I want to do this part time, from home, for a small income to feed my growing family in addition to my full time job. any help on how to get started will be appreciated. Thanks!

[armthehomeless]

Moved thread to general disussion so people can reply.

[vinubaba]

pls help

[R_sustaita]

What douneedto know?

[suicune]

it's not really a venture to earn a lot of money, unless you get your hand on some nice/rare species then become a breeder for those species. Even then it is something for an experienced hobbyist. I don't think it's good for someone who have just started.

[BrAin]

I have to agree, breeding fish for money is usually for the more experienced. It requires some good investment on your part. Time is a big one.
FIRST start with some research. What species would you consider keeping? Then you will need to become an expert on what that species requires.

[aquabee]

If you just want to play around with breeding livebearers, platies and mollies breed like crazy whether you want them to or not! :) It will be probably impossible to sell the babies but it's fun to watch the birth and take care of the babies the first time around. If you have older children, they may enjoy that. No money to be made with these fish though.


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[mistahoo]

I would like to get started to sell fish. I have never had an aquarium. I want to do this part time, from home, for a small income to feed my growing family in addition to my full time job. any help on how to get started will be appreciated. Thanks!

There's no way to support your family with breeding fish especially if you're new to fishkeeping in general and definitely not as part time. As mentioned the only way to make any decent money through breeding is off rare and new to the hobby species. The only viable way to make money selling fish is importing them and selling all of it. But again, you're a beginner and all of that takes some degree of experience to maximize profits and caring for the fish until they are healthy and purchased. Selling half dead fish or sickly fish = lowered customer base.

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[moganman]

Things happen that would cause you to lose stock. It's too risky to want to breed fish to help support your family. Using the accounting principle of break even points, it would be a better investment to use the money to save it for your family rather than spending on fish and equipment. For example, lets say you have ten breeding setups. How much would those cost and what kind of stock would you get to have a high demand? Rare fish which will likely be expensive. I recently spent $800 for only 20 wild tropheus. It took me two months to get sellable fry. Even then I only made a portion of the amount I originally spent. I only know one person that makes more money off of stock than his original costs and he's been very patient. The most money will come from importing which requires a ton of money to get in the door with collectors.

[danielp]

Alot of good points here.

Most of us have been at it a long time and if we have fry we typically offer them pretty cheap to board members.

Live fish stores will give you next to nothing if they even take them.

To breed anything that would be of any value to offer for sale it would have to be pretty specialized as mentioned and you would have to be a very advanced hobbyist to achieve these goals.

Not trying to bust your bubble just trying to be honest.

I breed fish for years and for a brief time the hobby cost covered itself for awhile.

[R_sustaita]

You guys forgot to mention the expences that breeding has.
Maintanance
food
chemicals
meds
water
filters
just a few. And the next dollar per gallon is in 6 months. Your better off going to the stock market than making money out off fish

[vinubaba]

response

hi all thanks for all the replies. like I said, I am not looking to support my family ith this, rather I am looking for part time income for a few hundred dollars a month . I would like to know which tropical fish is to be researched and how can I import . any information on how to beed, set up, maintenance is also appreciated. I know I am asking a lot, but I just like water and fishes and why not combine that to earn a few bucks as side income if possible. if I am being delusional, pls letme know too.

[crazy42bmx]

Personally, from what i read in the OP. This guy has no clue!
1. Hes never kept fish , he says.
2. He thinks he can just start keeping fish all the sudden and make a profit from it.
3. Looks to me like hes trying to find a nic to earn some quick cash and doesn't know a thing about the hobby.

Personally i dont think this is a smart move when u know nothing in regards to keeping fish in the first place. Everyone here keeps fish "not to make a profit from" but because this is our hobby and its what we enjoy. Breeding and raise the fish is a bonus and it not just something to make money from. The OP didnt even name 1 type of fish at all. And states that hes never kept aquariums, hmmm.....

[R_sustaita]

And waants to profit a couple of hundred a month part time. I dont thim tim makes that much!

[R_sustaita]

I wouldnt personaly buy from him knowing what i know about him.