Top 8 Best Fish to Breed for Profit!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:43 Apistogrammas
3:06 Bristlenose
4:02 Rare Plecos
5:20 African Cichlids
6:28 Guppies & Endlers
7:52 Shrimp
8:51 Corydoras

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[michaelfischer]

Great vid as usual. When I was growing up, we bred Blue veil-tail guppies and sold to stores for $2.5-3.00/pair - in 1968! Specialization is the key. People would call from across the state several years after we got out of the business.

[caliaquatics]

How do you get fish stores to take you seriously and not low ball you on your fish? I've had problems with shops not wanting to buy fish from local breeders.

[ABD]

I used to breed a couple of types of fish but it was never for profit it was more as part of the entertainment of keeping fish. Was fun seeing the babies and them growing up

[JeanBaptisteGonnard]

Hello! Great video! What’s the name of the white spotted plecos we can see at 3:59? Thanks

[Javi.Montalvo]

I’ve been waiting for this updated list! I started into the hobby right around when you posted the first one of these videos and now I’m actually starting to get into breeding fish for profit

[robertbaker]

Dude! I just turned 65 and never really thought about breeding fish. I am hooked on rainbows and I am finally on board to try to raise them because I can remember how many times there is nothing available at the LFS.

[stoneysscapes]

Of all the content Creators that breed and share their experiences without a doubt your the best and that's because you have 2 of the qualities needed 2 be successful and the Hustle !!! Yeah and you sure can make some awesome videos too 💙 Dean & LRB , tie for 2nd

[boristheamerican]

Been doing this for decades. You cant beat the kiddie fish as I call them. White Clouds, Cherry barbs, angels, tetras, cheaper corys etc. They move. Specialty fish once the people who want them have them they are slow moving. I make a little bit and put it back into my hobby.

[Victoria_Outdoors_Unearthed]

Thanks for the advice. I am going to set up a paludarium with hermit crabs and guppies so this was really helpful

[Whos-That-Guy]

My local shop told me that Endlers can't be imported into Aus as they aren't on the approved import list. They aren't as popular as guppies but you might have a higher chance of selling them to shops given they can't import them in bulk.

[jawjagrrl]

Mbuna were the first first I ever bred, fun to watch as many are mouthbrooders. I was getting $1 each at maybe half inch size in the 90s. Not as popular as they were then, but I had an OB zebra pair that was reliably cranking out 30 or so fry a month - paid for my fish food for quite some time.

[jokervienna]

I´ve been a half professional fish breeder (it means I got half of my income from fish breeding) and you have some good advice here. I just wanted to add something about guppy. Basically everywhere you hear about guppy it is said that they are so easy to breed. Some strains are truly not. Some really professional breeders go for brackish water and use a lot of antibiotics. These guppys often look great and will sell very good - but they are very difficult to breed (even to keep them alive in a normal tank can be hard).

With Endlers or if you find an old strain (check old the old aquarium folks, they sometimes have some amazingly easy to breed livebearers), that will pretty much "take care of themselves", especially if one gives them some high quality food. My point is that some guppys are worthy of the nickname "Millionfish", but some strains are basically as hard to breed as Discus.

I personally view the "extreme professional" guppy breeding as bad for the hobby. Kids will buy these fish and they die fast. Also - some guppy breeders that know about genetics will only sell fish that they have cross paired with another strain. The first generation will look as their parents, but if you get these "F1" guppys to breed, their offspring will not look like their parents. I am kind of impressed with that trick.

[ryanhughes]

You make great videos my dude. Editing is a pain in the ass, I know from experience…so I applaud you for taking the time to make quality vids given all your fish related work.

[tocafish]

Thank you for including price suggestions!!!

[RenegadeLK]

I plan on breeding Panda Corydoras since they're so cute I need more!

[Kaityscichlids]

Yay for African Cichlids! They are a great option! They are so easy to breed and popular. I even accidentally bred mine and one of the fry grew up in my tank 😂

[philliplarocque]

I've made an ok amount with Bristol nose, very easy they don't take up much space till they grow out. But it seems to dry up the market for a few months at least in my area(Saskatchewan, Ca) but it's doable, have fun, and thanks for the good video!

[mrdilgames]

Currently have around 60+ endler/guppies growing out in my breeding tank, thanks to watching your videos it has got me on my own way to becoming a breeder.

[frankjames]

Good video. Very informative and no sugar coating

[TenorCantusFirmus]

I once bred Bristlenoses and my trustee shopkeeper accepted the batch. She spent some years selling all of them, they were in the dozens... I also have bred Guppies and Platies, but Bristlenoses are probably the best fish to breed for profit: they take care of their offspring, and the latter is very easy to feed - I threw them bleached vegetables, albeit actually their favourite was... Giant Swordplant (Echinodorus grisebachii) leaves, luckily the plant was big enough it managed curbing the damage and regrow.