Trading fish for fish food

[gwand66 183]

One of my local fish stores loves my gold sailfin Mollys. I raise them specifically for them. In return I receive store credit that I use to purchase equipment and frozen food. Here are the latest group of juveniles born on August 19. They are feasting on Repashy grub pie. I usually sell them between 10-12 weeks old.

 

[Tomsfish25 25]

When my fish room was running, I could take anything I wanted to my LFS for credit.
He would ask for 50 swordtails and I would bring 100 and he would take and credit me for all.
Sometimes I would bring 6 different types of fish in at once. Not unusual to get $250 credit in one shot.
It was a good deal for both of us. My fish lived high on frozen foods for sure~!
In return for me excepting less than true value for my fish and being grateful every now and then the owner would have a group of fish that he would want me to take home for free.
He would say did you see the red finned angels? I would say yea they're nice, and he would say you should take them all home.
I would say you want me to breed them and he would say yup.
He would even let me catch and bag them myself.
I do miss that part of breeding fish.

 

[Back in the fold21 6]

I’ve taken fish in and traded them for food and gear a few times . It’s great fun because I know the fish are going to help the shop and I get free stuff .

 

[emeraldking47 98]

I myself don't ask a store if they're interested in my fish. Usually I am asked if I can provide them with fish. I make the price and they just pay me. There's just one store that I do donate fish to. We're friends. And in return I can get what I want from him. But not always even. I don't mind donating fish for free to him. Then I'll just have some coffee with him.

 

[Fishmanic67 183]

I have several BN Pleco juvies that I will eventually bring to my family owned fish store. They will give me store credit to buy only fish....no exchange for fish food or accessories allowed. I will probably get a few more Black Skirt Tetras to up my group size which is presently only 4.

 

[Uberhoust12 3]

I traded fish for LFS credits but all I sold were Angels, after a while they had too many. They suggested that if I raised bristlenose plecos I could just about name my price but at the time I wasn't that interested in those fish. It was fun but, at least for Angels, quite a bit of work. Had 4 grow out tanks running at one time.