How and where to sell Juvenille fish locally besides a LPS/LFS?

[Rocky998]

I dont want to deal with the shipping costs and materials to pack them as well as worrying about DOAs and stuff... I think a straight and up front: "Here's your fish to take home" is best for a beginner like me

why no shipping?

 

[Colin_T]

The local pet shop will probably take them when they are an inch long, which is about the size you want to sell them at.

Ebay, local pick up only.

Local shopping centre or library bulletin board and put a colour picture and description of the fish and a contact number. Say local pick up only.

50 peacock gudgeons don't take up a lot of room during the first 3 months and you should be able to sell them at 3-4 months old. A 100-200 litre plastic storage container would be sufficient to rear them up without too many issues.

 

[Rocky998]

The local pet shop will probably take them when they are an inch long, which is about the size you want to sell them at.

Ebay, local pick up only.

Local shopping centre or library bulletin board and put a colour picture and description of the fish and a contact number. Say local pick up only.

50 peacock gudgeons don't take up a lot of room during the first 3 months and you should be able to sell them at 3-4 months old. A 100-200 litre plastic storage container would be sufficient to rear them up without too many issues.

I have an empty 10g tank

 

[itiwhetu]

I have an empty 10g tank

You have eighty liters there plus your main tank, plenty of room.

 

[Colin_T]

I have an empty 10g tank

a 10 gallon (40 litre), 18 inch long tank is fine for rearing the babies. I used a 2ft tank (10 gallon) for rearing 30-40 rainbowfish and they grew a lot bigger than peacock gudgeons. Just do big regular water changes and gravel clean the substrate. They will be fine in that

 

[Rocky998]

a 10 gallon (40 litre), 18 inch long tank is fine for rearing the babies. I used a 2ft tank (10 gallon) for rearing 30-40 rainbowfish and they grew a lot bigger than peacock gudgeons. Just do big regular water changes and gravel clean the substrate. They will be fine in that

Ok thanks. I have a very light layer of black sand in that tank (so light that some spots are just bare glass). I do have a few rocks and im going to be getting some potted amazon swords. Three to be exact.

 

[Colin_T]

Don't have rocks in rearing tanks. Just have a thin layer of sand or gravel and a few floating plants or a couple of plants in pots.

When the fry are older and have settled to the bottom, then you can add rocks or pvc pipe that is glued together to make blocks of pipes (like hi rise towers)

 

[Rocky998]

Don't have rocks in rearing tanks. Just have a thin layer of sand or gravel and a few floating plants or a couple of plants in pots.

When the fry are older and have settled to the bottom, then you can add rocks or pvc pipe that is glued together to make blocks of pipes (like hi rise towers)

Well see the rocks were to help cycle the tank. They were "matured" from my previous set up

 

[itiwhetu]

Well see the rocks were to help cycle the tank. They were "matured" from my previous set up

I didn't think rocks would help in cycling a tank, but I know nothing about cycling aquariums.

 

[Rocky998]

I didn't think rocks would help in cycling a tank, but I know nothing about cycling aquariums.

Well nitrifying bacteria builds up on all surfaces including rocks. This is why some people use old filter media to help new tanks

 

[Uberhoust]

I have been "selling" angelfish lately, but I don't really get any money for them. I have been bringing them into one of two local fish stores, and exchanging them for plants, food, other items. Sometimes the local stores do not have enough tank space and I cannot get rid of them. I will be trying Kijiji here, they have a livestock category that has a lot of local pets and animals, you might give them a go.