Most Profitable Fish To Breed

[trevo878]

Hey everyone,

Haven't posted here in a while but thought I would today as one of my friends asked me an interesting question, what is the most profitable fish to breed? Don't worry, I told him that breeding fish is extremely difficult and he's not going to do it, so the question is purely out of curiosity.

I know discus must be up there. I know they are extremely difficult to breed but you must be able to get a fair chunk of change out of breeding them. What are your thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[blue acara]

Rare plecos particually L46 Zebra. Rare corys as well.

 

[Straydum]

zebra plecos are one. and there's always the asian arowana.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

Goodluck with the asian aros because they need big ponds to breed.

 

[kribensis12]

Discus are Very Profitable. So are Angels, and rare corries and pleco's. Bristlenose plecos are worth quite a bit.

 

[Anguilla82]

am currently trying to breed uaru.
small ones are around 15 quid round my way.

 

[Gun]

Hey guys

Say I had a primary breeding set up of angels/discus/ and Livebearers.. What 's my chances of making a living from this?

 

[Anguilla82]

would depend on how many you were breeding and of what quality.
i think it would be very hard to make a living from breeding fish, as they can do it so much cheaper in the far east.

However every little helps in this hobby, so if you manage to break even then that would be good going.

 

[drobbyb]

I would say discus as well, but it's a hell of a lot of work.

 

[Gun]

Great advice guys

With the Discus, Angels, etc...Maybe there's systems that can be installed to take away/reduce the maintenance...?

 

[rabbut]

Discus are profitable only if you can sell them. They fetch about £6 each to the trade round my way, at 4", and retail for about £35-40 each... They don't exactly sell like hot cakes at work though, we can have a group for about 3-4 months at a time before a virtual run on them in one day... In my local area, I'd expect shifted about 10-15 every week to trade, unless you offered them to QSS. QSS have a specialist monopoly over a supplier from abroad though, so might not take much local bred stock, and even then it they would only take good quality stock Wholesalers are an option, but they would probibly only be interested at about 25p each, as that is what they can import them from Singapore at...

The answer to your question is it depends where you are Bristle nose plec breeders in my area could roll in it. We cannot import or buy them from wholesale ATM, we rely on one lone local breeder, that can go to the highest bidder of 6 shops in the area, so supply is scarce ATM for them, and we have to pay silly money for them (something like £1.50 each I think last time), likewise the customers... £3.99 at retail for a brislty that could in some peoples eyes still be a fry. Whats all that about? Insult to injory they are only offered to up about once every other month... Still sell quick though, all gne in a week (25 bought in) last time we had them...

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Jazzzz]

what would be needed to breed bristlenose plecs

 

[rabbut]

Not shure exactly Thats one for the "plecos and other locharids" section of the catfish sub-forum (look down the home page to about 1/2 way )

A male and female will obviously increase your chances Other than that they will need a tank and (more seriously now) a choice of caves/other safe havens for the male to claim. High flow with good oxygenation of the water (10X an hour would be good) and then just feed up on high-quality live, frozen and freshly prepaired foods to condition the female. Once conditioned, cranck up the temperature for a few days and drop it with a generous waterchange and if they are anything like L66 (ones I have bred before), they will spawn

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Tolak]

Up & coming as a money maker is L number plecs, due to export restrictions. As always, finding buyers is key.

Making a living breeding fish is tough. One person I met some time ago bred angels for a living, but had to have a part time job as well to get health insurance on the cheap. He was up in years and retiring a couple of years back, I got some used gear from him.

To make it work full time, where he could make house & car payments, took a lot of tanks. 300 forty gallon tanks, on a centralized system, a 300 gallon tub full of bio balls, several 3 foot tall UV units inline, a huge RO system, pumps suitable for running a good water flow to 300 tanks. More 300 gallon tubs for storing & mixing RO, dozens of 150 gallon tubs for overstock.

It takes a considerable investment to turn a profit.

 

[trevo878]

Wow thanks for the replies guys. I knew discus and zebra plecs were up there. I didn't know, however, that many rare plecs/cories as well as angles could be profitable. I guess it all depends an where you live and what the restrictions are.

Thanks as always guys!