At 21, you’re making good money doing what you enjoy. Looks like you’re continually growing as well 👍 That’s way better than most people in their mid life. 😃
This was so interesting! I’m just getting into the hobby but I was curious about how people breed and sell fish. I’d love to see a video about how you package fish/plants to ship safely and affordably :)
Selling does not work.. Local stores won't buy it from you.. Its like a closed business mafia.. They won't encourage hobbyists to become breeders.. They just say yes, I'll let you know when I need it.. And then never call back.. . And even on Facebook and social media if you are in some group.. It will depend on how far you are able to ship them at retail level.. No wholesale there either.. . If you are from big city then you can ship easily in city limits.. But then the constraint is the kind of city you live in.. How rich the people are, how big city is and what is popular opinion on keeping fishes..
I Breed Fish like Angelfish i selled some of the fry But i do not Find enough People to Buy them, They prefer to Buy them from petshop and Triple the Price to buy them then from us Breeders.
I started out inheriting a 29 gallon tank with an old deformed western Australian Rainbowfish and three enormous Chinese algae eaters. I dove in researching the rainbow and CAE care,bought a 90 gallon,and it’s been an addiction since. I now have 12 species of Rainbowfish,plecos,endlers,ramshorn snails and 8 tanks. I breed the rainbows for fun,and rehome the babies as they grow. I should probably learn how to do this for some sort of profit. I enjoy it so much,there’s always more to learn,and watching babies grow from tiny little eggs to active,healthy,curious and beautiful fish just lights me up. I’m in Canada,and I’d be over the moon to be able to live in Australia and see some of my beloved species in their natural habitat(which I understand is increasingly at risk). Loving your videos!
I agree even if we ignore the profit point this shows how to get a balance of species too I had ghost shrimp and because I didn't balance my tank they were eating my fish at night when they were sleeping... I was very upset
@@xmalvazar4203 oh no! I just bought one ghost shrimp. They are in with my 2 platys, 4 platy fry and 4 albino Cory. So far he/she is behaving. I think it is tearing apart my plants, though.
This was great! Very smart idea of using basically a community tank to maximize compatibility and variety with species that will breed together! Awesome video!
I'm double this kids age, had multiple careers, and I love how intelligent he is. I hope you are a rich man by now. You've helped me so much with my hobby.
I'm triple his age. ( Got grandkids his age!). Worked in petshops and have had many tanks. But his knowledge and how he explains things is so impressive!! I love watching his shows! Keep up the good work!
When I was 18 I used to breed guppies and donate them to kids. I've really missed it lately and wanted to start a small scale operation like this. Thanks for the tips. I'll be researching more but so excited too 😁
Could you talk about how you plan your breeding based on demand? Do you make sure you have a certain number of a juveniles from a species each month? Or do you just keep raising whatever is spawning? Thank you for all the great info.
Love your honesty - so many people promote things as how to make a quick buck. The set up and maintenance is an expense, and a time commitment. If anyone can make a hobby profit a little that's good. So managing expectations is great. You are amazing for someone so young to be so knowledgeable, eloquent and credible. Respect!
Just getting into the hobby and really enjoying. Have 3 small tanks throughout my home and it's great being able to literally go and watch a little eco system go by.
Lol sitting here with 5 Tanks, mini pond and several smaller glas containers after starting with 1 mixed tank a year back looking for ways to optimize for breeding for profits having basically most of the stuff you mentioned. guppies, red and blue shrimp and tons of snails thinking about putting plecos in the 200L. I kinda became addicted to glas containers but makes fun. Great video on breeding fish for Profit for Starters. Fun to see so many similar ways and also learn from your experience. And yes more containers make it easier in the longrun but 1 is a good start you can achieve a lot from if combined well. Thanks
You know after watching your interview with that guy about starting breeding for profit and starting with angelfish. But I've released I'm stepping into new territory, I should start with something like Endlers. I love their look and seem really easy to care for.
Great video! I am wanting more ideas like this. Endlers blue shrimp and SRLF bristles in a 40gallon is my setup. Works well but want to do another tank with different things maybe micro crabs/rasboras/water lettuce/ java moss/corys
A few months ago I found fish breeding. I have a large rack built with 18, 10 gallons tanks and I’m absolutely hooked it’s not easy and it’s not cheap . It’s a huge task every day that’s what will keep people out of it it’s heaps of work
I started out with mollies! In a 2ft tank, I have crayfishes, a breeding pair, and few mollies! And one molly already gave babies, another one is about to give! Crays have mated 2 times already, but the female is yet to get any eggs!
I sell bristlenose and guppies (just as a hobbiest) I think I will give the shrimp a go also. Its nice to be able to buy some plants or food with the extra cash and my hubby cant say anything as it is my 'hobby money' that I am spending. LOL Win win.
Whoa bro you definitely did something right 😂 I'm 24 and work construction and landscaping. I bet it's super rad to raise fish for a living bro you should be proud
Shrimp are a bit difficult to bread with other fish in the tank. They work well with snails, and perhaps Neon Tetras, but basically, if a fish can fit a shrimp in it's mouth it will eat it, so the larger shrimp will survive but most of the babies will be eaten. This especially happens if the other fish in the tank figure out that there are baby shrimp in the tank. Once they've had a taste for baby shrimp, they will hunt them :-(
So far I’ve had 4 platy fry survive in a 20 gallon in a lightly planted tank with a ghost shrimp. I think it is concentrating on my plants. Fry are a week old.
I respect you for doing what i planned to do as my dream Life, sadly the lack of finances from my family and the Place where i live male It impossibile unless i work my ass for 10 years to get the resources needed to start
Great video, thank you for the info. Maybe you can do something on how you ship the guppies, shrimp and snails. I was always wondering how that is done.
Thanks for ALL your hard work and knowledge you share with us! In this video you say we might have to "reset the tank up" for the shrimp, what do you mean by that?
Most people in our Country prefer to buy Fishes from petshop that Triple the Price to optein them From me From us Breeders price are are Very cheap so Despite Myself i do not make courage to breed such ammount of Fry, so i keep fishes for A Hobby! Thank You For Sharing Son. Bless you and Dear Ones.
Very helpful advice man great video! Gives me some ideas to start my breeding tanks I honestly was thinking fish in different tanks with different plants like Amazon sowrd' moss ect but adding it all in one with a clean up crew is a good idea plus more room for my personal tanks aha
Check your local listings. From where I live, endlers and ramshorn snails don't really sell very well. They're basically free. But that's just in my area.
I so much wanted to do this when I was about your age... but fish weren't worth shit back then. I think the hardest part is how long it take fry to reach shop size. Especially if you don;t have auto water changes to keep nitrogen down and keep growth rates high.
I have an ecosystem tank like that with guppies, shrimps, snails and plants. But the type of shrimps I keep can get a little bigger than the guppies so if they don't get enough food, they'll eat the guppies instead if they could catch them. So I keep the water level high so the fish could run from the shrimp.
I'm thinking some nice blue show guppies and some dwarf orange crayfish. Most of the guppies in fish stores where I live are all mixed and thrown together in a tank. The orange crawdads sell for $20 - $25 a piece when you can find them. If it would pay for supplies that would be cool.
from all videos i been watched really inspired me to breed fish, so i start with betta then tetra vdeo from 3 day ago still learning takes note about everything even little details will help. So thank you
Ya know you give me hope that maybe all younger people aren't lost and doomed...love your videos, the educational content is first class, the honesty is refreshing and you just seem like a good young man. Keep up the excellent work 👏
a method for breeding is to add glass marbles to the tank, they then leave big enough gaps for the fry to hide between until they're big enough to deal with the adults.
I can also think of raising blood worms in enclosed system where the flies are born and breed and lay eggs back again and you can harvest regularly from the tank. However you need to connect the fish tank with another enclosed tank as the blood worms eat the fish waste and grow on the organic matter.
So I have Hawaii Variatus Platies and Endlers breeding in my 55 gallon planted tank. The bottom dwellers are Borneo Loaches, Panda Corydoras, and snails(Mystery, pond/bladder, Malaysian trumpet snails, and ram's horn.) However, I only ended up with 1 female Endler fry grow, whereas 30 Platies matured out (3 males so far).
Thanks for the suggestions. I have blue shrimp, guppies & platys that are breeding so it would be great to make enough money cover the cost of my aquarium equipment. 🙏
Thanks. I was thinking an interesting video would be to discuss the various avenues you utilize to sell your fish and realistic avenues to pursue for amateur breeders.
I just bought a small rack of 20longs that I plan on using to breed, so excited! Not really focusing on the profit, more so looking just to enjoy and learn. I have a small colony of shellies that are going to be moving into one of those 20 shortly, then the next one will be a shrimp tank, and not sure what the 3rd is gonna be yet However, I definitely plan on selling some obviously 😂
Great video the only fish I’ve bred are CPD’s I got about 30 fry that survived all were females. I was still happy to be successful though. I’ve had a pair of rams I got young and they paired up for about 6 months now still no eggs but every morning they do some dancing and lip locking with each other. I’m missing something 🤔
At 21, you’re making good money doing what you enjoy. Looks like you’re continually growing as well 👍 That’s way better than most people in their mid life. 😃
This was so interesting! I’m just getting into the hobby but I was curious about how people breed and sell fish. I’d love to see a video about how you package fish/plants to ship safely and affordably :)
Selling does not work.. Local stores won't buy it from you.. Its like a closed business mafia.. They won't encourage hobbyists to become breeders.. They just say yes, I'll let you know when I need it.. And then never call back..
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And even on Facebook and social media if you are in some group.. It will depend on how far you are able to ship them at retail level.. No wholesale there either..
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If you are from big city then you can ship easily in city limits.. But then the constraint is the kind of city you live in.. How rich the people are, how big city is and what is popular opinion on keeping fishes..
Order enough fish, you will see how it's done. Most do not add oxygen or anything to control ammonia, but id suggest it.
I Breed Fish like Angelfish i selled some of the fry But i do not Find enough People to Buy them,
They prefer to Buy them from petshop and Triple the Price to buy them then from us Breeders.
usually breeders are 3x price lmao @@bobbymalta73
how is it going?!
I started out inheriting a 29 gallon tank with an old deformed western Australian Rainbowfish and three enormous Chinese algae eaters.
I dove in researching the rainbow and CAE care,bought a 90 gallon,and it’s been an addiction since.
I now have 12 species of Rainbowfish,plecos,endlers,ramshorn snails and 8 tanks.
I breed the rainbows for fun,and rehome the babies as they grow.
I should probably learn how to do this for some sort of profit.
I enjoy it so much,there’s always more to learn,and watching babies grow from tiny little eggs to active,healthy,curious and beautiful fish just lights me up.
I’m in Canada,and I’d be over the moon to be able to live in Australia and see some of my beloved species in their natural habitat(which I understand is increasingly at risk).
Loving your videos!
Mate, take away the profit and you've just told everyone how to have a simple, awesome tank for enjoyment. Another great vid, well done and thank you.
Thanks 👍
Your weird lmao
I agree even if we ignore the profit point this shows how to get a balance of species too
I had ghost shrimp and because I didn't balance my tank they were eating my fish at night when they were sleeping... I was very upset
@@xmalvazar4203 oh no! I just bought one ghost shrimp. They are in with my 2 platys, 4 platy fry and 4 albino Cory.
So far he/she is behaving. I think it is tearing apart my plants, though.
This was great! Very smart idea of using basically a community tank to maximize compatibility and variety with species that will breed together! Awesome video!
You DID give us a lot! Thank you.
I'm double this kids age, had multiple careers, and I love how intelligent he is. I hope you are a rich man by now. You've helped me so much with my hobby.
I'm triple his age. ( Got grandkids his age!). Worked in petshops and have had many tanks. But his knowledge and how he explains things is so impressive!! I love watching his shows! Keep up the good work!
I think this video was much more useful than you think! Top work, you’re an inspiration! 👏🏼
When I was 18 I used to breed guppies and donate them to kids. I've really missed it lately and wanted to start a small scale operation like this. Thanks for the tips. I'll be researching more but so excited too 😁
cool , we all seem to have bred guppies at one point
those things are the best
The knowledge you have given me today in all the videos I watched so far is priceless
Thanks! You have great content. I have learned a lot from you.
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Thank you! You are such a nice young man. Your parents did a great job🥰
Could you talk about how you plan your breeding based on demand? Do you make sure you have a certain number of a juveniles from a species each month? Or do you just keep raising whatever is spawning? Thank you for all the great info.
Love your honesty - so many people promote things as how to make a quick buck. The set up and maintenance is an expense, and a time commitment. If anyone can make a hobby profit a little that's good. So managing expectations is great. You are amazing for someone so young to be so knowledgeable, eloquent and credible. Respect!
Just getting into the hobby and really enjoying. Have 3 small tanks throughout my home and it's great being able to literally go and watch a little eco system go by.
Love your content dude ❤absolutely thorough.
Lol sitting here with 5 Tanks, mini pond and several smaller glas containers after starting with 1 mixed tank a year back looking for ways to optimize for breeding for profits having basically most of the stuff you mentioned. guppies, red and blue shrimp and tons of snails thinking about putting plecos in the 200L. I kinda became addicted to glas containers but makes fun. Great video on breeding fish for Profit for Starters. Fun to see so many similar ways and also learn from your experience. And yes more containers make it easier in the longrun but 1 is a good start you can achieve a lot from if combined well. Thanks
🌟 Wow. I dont have the words for this guy 🙌🏾 but im glad i found the channel.
The previous lemon danio video tutorial works wonder on me
The set up work very well
Even with only 1 pair i get like 30+ fries
Thanks mate
The most impressive thing about this video, is the dedication and knowledge in your art at such a young age.
Nice video G
Could you do a video on selling fish at shops and whatnot? Would be very helpful!! Love the content
Thats a must do
Been waiting for this! I watched your videos and successfully bred my rams. I will try this method!
You know after watching your interview with that guy about starting breeding for profit and starting with angelfish. But I've released I'm stepping into new territory, I should start with something like Endlers. I love their look and seem really easy to care for.
Gimme a tour of your fish room!
Good content though, I love seeing helpful info getting out and encouraging people to do more in the hobby.
Appreciate the video I’ve been in the hobby my whole 21 years of life but just getting into breeding so thank you for these videos really helps
Excellent. That’s the first time I’ve had it explained and it makes perfect sense.
I really Enjoy your videos, very good explinations and style. Thanks for shareing
High quality vids lately, the work you have been doing is impressive, keep it going bro! Greetings from Norway!🤩
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and tips😊
Great video! I am wanting more ideas like this. Endlers blue shrimp and SRLF bristles in a 40gallon is my setup. Works well but want to do another tank with different things maybe micro crabs/rasboras/water lettuce/ java moss/corys
Do your shrimp bother your fish?
A few months ago I found fish breeding. I have a large rack built with 18, 10 gallons tanks and I’m absolutely hooked it’s not easy and it’s not cheap . It’s a huge task every day that’s what will keep people out of it it’s heaps of work
This was plenty, thanks. I can at least get started and learn the ropes.
its awsome to see and recognise a local fish store in your video keep it up :)
YOU ARE GENIOUS MAN! love your videos!!!
thanks! im thinking about starting a business and this helped alot!
I started out with mollies! In a 2ft tank, I have crayfishes, a breeding pair, and few mollies! And one molly already gave babies, another one is about to give! Crays have mated 2 times already, but the female is yet to get any eggs!
Thanks for the honest from the start💯💯💯
Your videos just keep getting better!
another great video with heaps of useful info! thanks!
Great vid bro, I appreciate your insight. Your content is always so helpful. Your delivery is articulate and on point!!! Great job 👍
VERY-GOOD EXPLANATION VIDEO :)
THANK YOU FOR SHARING :)
THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
Hey great job and great information for the beginners.
I would add a floating plant to all of these methods as well.
I sell bristlenose and guppies (just as a hobbiest) I think I will give the shrimp a go also. Its nice to be able to buy some plants or food with the extra cash and my hubby cant say anything as it is my 'hobby money' that I am spending. LOL Win win.
Whoa bro you definitely did something right 😂 I'm 24 and work construction and landscaping. I bet it's super rad to raise fish for a living bro you should be proud
The betta at 0:18 is so beautiful !!! Is he a galaxy betta ? Great video as always
Well done!
Shrimp are a bit difficult to bread with other fish in the tank. They work well with snails, and perhaps Neon Tetras, but basically, if a fish can fit a shrimp in it's mouth it will eat it, so the larger shrimp will survive but most of the babies will be eaten. This especially happens if the other fish in the tank figure out that there are baby shrimp in the tank. Once they've had a taste for baby shrimp, they will hunt them :-(
You need more plants lol
So far I’ve had 4 platy fry survive in a 20 gallon in a lightly planted tank with a ghost shrimp. I think it is concentrating on my plants. Fry are a week old.
21 years old. WOH. that very successful !
I respect you for doing what i planned to do as my dream Life, sadly the lack of finances from my family and the Place where i live male It impossibile unless i work my ass for 10 years to get the resources needed to start
Just found your channel and loving the content!
Great video, thank you for the info. Maybe you can do something on how you ship the guppies, shrimp and snails. I was always wondering how that is done.
Thanks for ALL your hard work and knowledge you share with us! In this video you say we might have to "reset the tank up" for the shrimp, what do you mean by that?
Most people in our Country prefer to buy Fishes from petshop that Triple the Price to optein them From me From us Breeders price are are Very cheap so Despite Myself i do not make courage to breed such ammount of Fry, so i keep fishes for A Hobby!
Thank You For Sharing Son.
Bless you and Dear Ones.
i just started a tank (before seeing this video) with bristlenose, yellow shrimp, endless, guppies, snails and neon tetras. Let’s see if they breed! 😅
Very helpful advice man great video! Gives me some ideas to start my breeding tanks I honestly was thinking fish in different tanks with different plants like Amazon sowrd' moss ect but adding it all in one with a clean up crew is a good idea plus more room for my personal tanks aha
Check your local listings. From where I live, endlers and ramshorn snails don't really sell very well. They're basically free. But that's just in my area.
You're very appreciated!
What filter and heating should I use because I don’t know about filters and heating
Fantastic info. Thanks!
I so much wanted to do this when I was about your age... but fish weren't worth shit back then. I think the hardest part is how long it take fry to reach shop size. Especially if you don;t have auto water changes to keep nitrogen down and keep growth rates high.
Very good tips. Subscribed!
Great video and informative!! Thank you!
Great content my man thinking of building my own fish room soon meant for breading. I love the way you can keep it fun and informative
I have an ecosystem tank like that with guppies, shrimps, snails and plants. But the type of shrimps I keep can get a little bigger than the guppies so if they don't get enough food, they'll eat the guppies instead if they could catch them. So I keep the water level high so the fish could run from the shrimp.
Your Blue Dream shrimp are amazing!
Awesome video nick! Thankyou for a very informative video 😊
I'm thinking some nice blue show guppies and some dwarf orange crayfish. Most of the guppies in fish stores where I live are all mixed and thrown together in a tank. The orange crawdads sell for $20 - $25 a piece when you can find them. If it would pay for supplies that would be cool.
from all videos i been watched really inspired me to breed fish, so i start with betta then tetra vdeo from 3 day ago still learning takes note about everything even little details will help.
So thank you
Ya know you give me hope that maybe all younger people aren't lost and doomed...love your videos, the educational content is first class, the honesty is refreshing and you just seem like a good young man. Keep up the excellent work 👏
wdym?
i guess u meant all yougner ppl arent running after high paying jobs
A 55 or 75 gallon with a breeding pair of Jack Dempsey or Gold Saum/Green Terror also is a good way
Calico convicts in a 40B as well
This is actually a really easy idea 💡
a method for breeding is to add glass marbles to the tank, they then leave big enough gaps for the fry to hide between until they're big enough to deal with the adults.
I have a backyard pond with White Cloud Mountain Minnows. They procreate very quickly.
I can also think of raising blood worms in enclosed system where the flies are born and breed and lay eggs back again and you can harvest regularly from the tank. However you need to connect the fish tank with another enclosed tank as the blood worms eat the fish waste and grow on the organic matter.
I've have been breeding exotics all my life. Money was never a goal. It's easy to kill something but a challenge to keep something alive and multiply.
Another great video, thanks.
I would have added like a monstera growing out of it too. Some of them cuttings sell good.
So I have Hawaii Variatus Platies and Endlers breeding in my 55 gallon planted tank. The bottom dwellers are Borneo Loaches, Panda Corydoras, and snails(Mystery, pond/bladder, Malaysian trumpet snails, and ram's horn.)
However, I only ended up with 1 female Endler fry grow, whereas 30 Platies matured out (3 males so far).
Thanks Buddy Realy Simple n moretivated...
An awesome video with great ideas! Thanks
Thanks for the suggestions. I have blue shrimp, guppies & platys that are breeding so it would be great to make enough money cover the cost of my aquarium equipment. 🙏
I like breeding for a simple reason to see new young lifes
Thank you great video!
Thanks. I was thinking an interesting video would be to discuss the various avenues you utilize to sell your fish and realistic avenues to pursue for amateur breeders.
Love the vid mate still waiting for my plecos to mature so I can breed them feels like forever lol
Nice video! Can you make a video about how to sell fish and shrimp, please?
Your vídeos are quite informative
I just bought a small rack of 20longs that I plan on using to breed, so excited! Not really focusing on the profit, more so looking just to enjoy and learn. I have a small colony of shellies that are going to be moving into one of those 20 shortly, then the next one will be a shrimp tank, and not sure what the 3rd is gonna be yet
However, I definitely plan on selling some obviously 😂
Shrimp always kind of interesting, gonna try that
im having trouble breeding my bristlenose plecos. also keep up the great work! :)
Firstly, make sure you have a matured pair. Then condition them by feeding heaps of vegetables and then do a big cold water change.
@@je1902 well they all are mature and 2 females are very plump and full of eggs
@@thorn7742 As JE said, drop in some cucumber and do a big water change.
@@strider5119 i just did a big water change so maybe now they will?
Do they have wood in the tank? That’s very important
Could you do. Snow ball plecos and cherry shrimp and some expensive guppy or platty?
Ive got a planted 10 gal and it is overflowing with ramshorn snails, yesterday i counted 37 and 4 egg baches.
Great video the only fish I’ve bred are CPD’s I got about 30 fry that survived all were females. I was still happy to be successful though. I’ve had a pair of rams I got young and they paired up for about 6 months now still no eggs but every morning they do some dancing and lip locking with each other. I’m missing something 🤔
Learned a lot from your videos! Keep it up :)
My son bought 2 platys, in 2 months they've had about 50-60 fry. We did nothing to get them to breed.
Aye this is good we same age doing the same method 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 good luck you can make that milly
Where can you get a constant buy base from would eBay be able to continually give you customers?
Thank you so much! New sub!!