How I Breed Fish for a Living (and How You Can Too)

[@philiptomarchio9098]

I am 50 years old I am just starting on building a fish room. I have asked myself a couple of times if I am crazy but I keep moving forward. I brought my first 5 tanks online this week and it was a joyous moment. Your video was inspirational. Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@YourMom-qk9pv]

Hope it goes wonderful! I'm only 17, but I plan on getting a few tanks when I move out. I love fish! They're such beautiful animals!

[@Yourmum2863]

@@YourMom-qk9pv lol, did u make your name that when u were 10?

[@YourMom-qk9pv]

@@Yourmum2863 Yeah, I was about 12 years old when I made it. I go to some appointments via zoom meetings and it's been mentioned a couple times when it's linked to my account. Really awkward!

[@Baranashi]

How is it going?

[@oOLeAcHOo]

You are not crazy sir, we are NEVER too old to get new hobbies or enjoy new things. However ill tell you do it smart and cheap to start with, because it is an extremely expensive hobby if you LET IT BE hahaha. I've been in the hobby on and off 18 ish years . Now I do everything smart and cheap . One of the best things you can do is get a small group of trusted friends in your near by community to swap stuff with ! Hope you enjoy ! Cheers

[@pompeiranch7883]

You are a true entrepreneur and someday you will look back at this and remember how you started this in just a small building. Much luck to you!!!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you so much!!!!!!

[@AQUAPLANET128]

Cool

[@LA-gq1lb]

What a good kid, you are doing great and you deserve every success.

[@seanyao7491]

It is a very encouraging story for a young man to start his own business; thumb up for you

[@Aquafinity]

Agree!

[@jimjones7821]

There is no future working for someone else

[@nataliekolean1074]

Ive been watching your videos since January of this year and you inspired me and my friend to start our own fish room modeled after what you're doing!!! We have been running since March of this year with minimal catastrophes and so much of that I credit to your videos! We just had our first official sale to a LFS in Grand Rapids, Michigan in mid July with tons more locations lined up and ready :) Thank you so much for posting all the types of videos you do, each one is super valuable!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Congratulations! 🎉

[@AQUAPLANET128]

👍😊

[@ThisiSaDeadgame]

Also from Michigan and curious if you guys are still up and running and maybe have a page?

[@dylanneff]

Congratulations!! It sounds like you got lucky with having good support and also worked really hard to make everything happen. It’s awesome to hear success stories like this.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you!!

[@mattkinsella9856]

You're doing a great job mate! It's hard work to setup and maintain all that. Keep it up.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks so much

[@JeffreyGVny]

During COVID, I decided to learn more about the hobby, understanding water chemistry, and become familiar with different species. The you tubers you mentioned, along with your videos kept me sane! So cool how you’ve evolved. Best of luck to you!

[@masteraquaticsjustcallmeed5115]

Nick, I am 100% positive that this has been an amazing journey for you! Loving what you do, is the most important aspect of "working" for a living. Because it doesn't feel like work, it is life fulfilling. The joy of watching your progress in the industry is how I feel about being an Educator. The success of you breeding a species and sending them off to their new homes is like me watching my students graduate and go off to "life"! We have an emotional component that is attached to our vocations and that is passion. I wholeheartedly wish your continuous success and growth to be filled with joy and personal satisfaction! Thank you for sharing...

[@KeepingFishSimple]

I couldn’t agree more! Your job is probably more impactful but 😄

[@masteraquaticsjustcallmeed5115]

@@KeepingFishSimple lol, well it is, but you get our connection to our passion with our vocations.

[@guppynuttynz7729]

Great video! My fish room has only really been up for about 18 months. It's amazing how life can change in such a short amount of time with hard work

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks good luck!

[@senjuhashirama1946]

What a journey this was, I started watching in 2019 and now you have a own shop mate, great work, I am on 20 tanks and expanding now, you were my motivation that I can do it from the start

[@lachlanisaac]

Dream!!!😁🐟🐟 One of the best vids yet!! Ur incredible mate. Good job. Clean floor!!yay

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks for all the support along the way bro

[@4UVideoGames]

I appreciate your videos, I am a hobbyist that is working on becoming a full fledge breeder and your videos have made me realize that it is possible

[@nikolanacinovic7387]

Really great story, I have been following your channel for some time now and have learned a lot from you. I have been trying to breed fish for about a year now, with moderate success. I'm 17 and have kept fish for 6 years and I'm starting to get really invested into breeding fish. Thanks for sharing your story, and I know exactly how it feels to put all your money into fish keeping. Keep on going, you are doing great! Love the videos!

[@Aquafinity]

Agree!

[@sarahroper647]

Omg nick!! So amazing, inspired by your journey 😍

[@caelanharamis5660]

It’s funny you say that, considering the video is 16 minutes long and you commented that 5 minutes after the video released…

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Hahahahaha

[@sarahroper647]

@@caelanharamis5660 maybe I had pre-upload access 🤭

[@danebrowne8017]

Cannot express how deeply this video resonated with my soul, fish used to be a hobby for me, covid made me realize that it's my calling/gift, lots of love and support from Barbados 🇧🇧

[@nick_5397]

Well done not to many yongster want to word hard for anything these days. Keep it up

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you !

[@thomasmalley2054]

you are one of the channels that have helped me rediscover a childhood hobby, im trying to get approval from my landlord right now to get my first fish tank in years.

[@Sashaaa17]

Turning a passion into a job and it will never feel like you are working again. Good on you! I can see how excited you get talking about this. Doing a great job!

[@laseulefleur]

All your hardwork will payoff!!!! Glad to see you thriving in something that you love!!! And so impressed for doing something that you are passionate about!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️✨✨✨✨

[@ohnocarlo]

I am currently at your ~golfing era~ where I am letting life take over and keeping the hobby aside. I recently moved to another country for schooling, but I really could not keep myself off the hobby completely and I purchased a small 3 gallon tank. It just has three zebra danios. I might be far away or not even on the same path of what you are going on, but watching this spiked my interests in the hobby all over again.

[@TriniFishHobbyist]

Amazing story bro. Very inspiring... you have no idea how this helps me look back at a time when I felt so passionate about the hobby and breeding fish. I did go into it as a business but somewhere along the line I lost that passion. Your dad was very correct. Retail wasn't the answer. It was breeding fish. I'm hoping to start back breeding again. Thanks for sharing. Huge fan all the way from Trinidad, Caribbean 🇹🇹

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Sounds awesome!!!!

[@josephbell4218]

So cool to see a fellow follower of Aquarium Co-Op and all the OG fish KZbinrs with their own fish room!

[@pangjeffrey7808]

Hard work turn into reward. Keep up this great work and make more great videos for us to watch ya!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you

[@goldyzzz2179]

Good job man started watching you in March 2020 it’s crazy to see the growth of your KZbin channel and the variety of fish you have now keep up the great work can’t wait to see where you are in a years time

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you so much

[@tronic774]

Your parents are awesome to help to create your bussiness idea.

[@handlehaggler]

Did not even watch 10sec and liked and subscribed. So good to see a young aussie lad on youtube and your room is on par with all the american big boys (just on first site) To top it off you got the fish I like too! I'll stay tuned for more!

[@blooming_reaper225]

you have put some true dedication into this farm keep it up god has given you such a gift

[@anarchistgreg4689]

Best Fish Channel on KZbin , Keep up the good work!!!

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Young man you are so inspiring…..you are wise well beyond your years! I too have had a dream of breeding/ selling fish for a living, then 30+ years flow by. I wish I had taken the steps you did when I was young, well done!! I now into my 50s am now trying to make my dream come true. I hope I’m not too late, thanks so very much for all you do and have done🙂👍🏻

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Never too late. This room was still being built only a year ago. Get into it!

[@pelhamsaquatics]

KeepingFishSimple I’m deffinately going to give it a go!🙂👍🏻

[@bloxycola_enjoyer8756]

@@pelhamsaquaticsare you still breeding fish?

[@Chookie2629]

Amazing story! What an incredible journey you have had. Thank you for sharing, you are truly an inspiration. I love your 1% principle. It really does help. I do this to myself all the time too and I can always achieve a higher level of satisfaction when putting in just that little extra effort each day. Sometimes it's those little things at the end of the day that bring a great sense of contentment and fulfilment. I wish you all the best in the future and I look forward to many more videos. 🐠 🥰👍

[@richardwaldhouse8067]

Awesome video, good to see a young person doing what you are doing with your business!

[@darlabrinker956]

Watching your video has inspired me to not give up and keep trying to breed fish. I envy the position your in and hope to succeed some myself.

[@adampearson5304]

I am very inspired by people who love animals and are passionate about it. I have many animals of all shapes and sizes (horses to dogs to fish and all in between) and am so happy to watch your videos.

[@窥伺良机]

Thank you, I'm definitely motivated to try fish keeping as a hobby after watching this video!

[@Fishnkitts]

Your honesty, resiliency, and tenacity are why I watch your channel! It is amazing how focused and dedicated you are to your business at your age - so freaking impressive! My Venezuelan Corys have been breeding and I feel addicted 😬🙈 I see why you do this 🤣 I started selling. Thank you so much for your fun and informative content, fan forever ❤🙏

[@enriqueteja5169]

Fish keeping has helped me thru the worst part of my life, it came in at the same time everything started to fall apart. Year and a half later and I feel like I’m still learning and healing but I’m in a better place then I was and the fish are a huge reason , I keep thinking about trying to grow and eventually make it a business I don’t care what I make but getting sales is so exciting and seeing my baby’s go to someone that’s going to appreciate them and they get to go places I’ve never been is a rush😆. Never thought I would think about a fish business but here I am 20 tanks later.

[@rosehill9537]

Watching this while I pull eggs from my corydoras emeralds. I love animals and one tank is now 26 to planning a fish room too. All from watching u and others on KZbin. I love this video please make more. Absolute inspiration 🙌

[@zema6359]

You got me on the leaving extra 1% better for the next day mate, such a good mindset :)

[@alexius8176]

keep up the great work, been watching your videos since 2020. seen you and your tanks grew non-stop. from tanks in your home to a fish room and from a clean shave to a moustache! keep doing what you're doing, persistence, determination and like you said patience. well done!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you for the support!!

[@raymieg93]

Great inspiration mate, big time respect! 🐟👍

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you

[@stephsexoticpets]

I'm almost 24 & sooo close to starting my own pet / fish KZbin channel, but I'm building my professional experience first since I have the degree & opportunities to do so... Still, seeing you ~thrive~ doing what you love at a young age is so inspiring. Idk how to edit & no camera, but I've been breeding & raising Sparkling Gourami for the past year in quarantine! :) I really like nano planted tanks & nano fish, but idk if there's a market for that rn. Anyhoo, the 1% rule is new to me & really spoke to me, so thank you!! Love from Duluth, MN. 😊

[@knyghtryder3599]

Woa Duluth ! Nice my brother just moved to Houghton Mi , he says the lake and the nature is amazing ! We can't wait to visit and check out Superior , good luck on your journey !

[@stephsexoticpets]

@@knyghtryder3599 Thank you lots! Michigan is really beautiful! Especially the white sand beaches. Lake Superior has some pretty sweet resources. I scape my aquariums w really pretty white & black speckled stones from the shore, & collect sun dried driftwood pieces for my crested gecko :)

[@Acljd2326]

Thanks for this video. You are very inspiring... im starting some businesses myself and it was intended to start with my father.... but he passed away christmas eve. Ive taken some time and now im starting from scratch and found your channel. Youve really helped my belief that i can succeed and i will not give up. Please keep up the content

[@PKPRODUCTIONS1234]

Actually ur the best fish keeper met in You tube .ur going to be my favorite utuber,U have a nice talent,lvur work br really appreciate ur work.Actuall after seen this video my mind was like "yh ur good u can do it ".❤️

[@ynohtnagnuel]

What great life principles. Sounds like a golfer's mentality applied in business. Keep up the great work buddy 👍

[@kealeegiese94]

I share your videos all the time. You have done a really great job. And, I hope you keep going!! Keep having fun with it. That's the key, right?

[@Aquafinity]

Work hard, work smart, have fun. - FishForThought

[@jacoblm]

Passion, Self believe, Hard work and taking risks. Good job my men.

[@audrameyer9558]

That was a great video. Thank you for sharing some of the "secrets to your success". You are one great young human!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you so much!

[@AndersonHsieh]

That's crazy, good for you for being able to follow your passion. I assume we're about the same age(I'm 19) and as a college student whos been struggling so much with school, I couldn't dream enough of being where you're at rn, or at least try something similar. Maybe not necessary towards fish keeping, but just something that I enjoy so much where it doesn't feel like hard work when working hard. Really enjoyed your videos and I just wanna say good luck with whatever is down the road. Much love and appreciation from Taiwan :)

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks so much, really means so much. Good luck to you

[@LuckyLukus84]

Been watching you since I started keeping plants in aquarium. Watched all of your plant videos and continued watching you on your journey. Amazing work man! From mums kitchen to a fishroom GG

[@andystokes8702]

I wonder how many other people watching this are like me and thinking, I wish I had the courage to do this. Its something I always wanted to do but for a variety of reasons I didn't take the plunge. I wish you all the best in your endeavour.

[@jimjones7821]

The only thing to fear, is fear itself.

[@dabskiiboii74]

Best of luck to you I recently bought 3 platies 2 female, 1 male and now my tank is being over run with young! Hopefully I have local people to take some or hopefully a store will my current objective with this little project is to at least make enough money to supply my fish keeping hobby. Maybe later if I can sell fish at a bigger scale, I'll buy more tanks and other types of fish! My goal is to have a "fish room" with fish im breeding and selling and others that I just really want as permanent pets!

[@bloxanaterlegostopmotion1409]

I'm trying to start my own fish breeding buissness. I'm quite young and I was not sure if it would be possible, but now I am committed and I do think it's possible.

[@DL_Kwekerij]

You got a dream job, i thinking of start my own breeding business, but little to scared to take the big jump, now its still more a hobby with 9 tank and only breed L numbers

[@pauledwards5607]

Excellent video. Great story. It all starts at home doesn't it? Good family means a lot. It occurred to me the other day that the people you see in life that are doing well, in the vast majority of the cases had good starts in life. Same with businesses, marriages, churches, anything. Doesn't mean you can't come from nothing and become something, but mostly it's people who got a good start...they had both parents at home and it was a stable environment, good work ethic instilled at a young age, saving money taught at a young age and helped to get started, those sorts of things are real advantages that turn out to be huge in life. Keep up the good work! From America! Thanks!

[@patrickmc.2011]

Crazy thing is, I will say in a couple years the people I watched in KZbin, was Aquarium co op, Dexter’s world, and yours man, Keeping Fish Simple. It’s a neat hobby that I would like to make money to support the hobby. Cause I over do everything. I enjoy growing plants so with that and breeding some fish will be awesome. I have a pair of bettas that I will try. I got my I for from you!! Thank You!

[@jacinsyd]

Congrats mate, love your work!! Your website looks great and look forward to supporting your business and getting some cool livestock and plants from you

[@bennorman2493]

Inspirational for both kids and people twice or 3 times your age. You seem to get through to all audiences Nick with great detail and modesty. You can't buy that pal! Best wishes from the UK fella 👌🇬🇧

[@peachy3135]

Thanks, you inspire me to keep on following my passion!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks ! I’m glad I can help

[@keithhe9504]

Inspiring, I was just fed up of looking after my fry and the new inactive fish today.. I really need that resilience. Good luck with your business

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Keep trying

[@edwin_cho]

Cool video.. Really cool to know what you want and go get it! Also cool for us ppl to learn so much about you! Stay motivated and don't lose focus, bad experiences only makes you grow wiser so don't get beaten by them.. Keep up the good work and make more cool videos.. Stay positive always.. All the best Fish Boy!!

[@nadiyahurtgen8679]

We are even not relatives but I very proud of you. It was huge and probably stressful part to build up everything and you did it. Rewarding? Definitely!)

[@TimHarkness]

I love your 1% idea. I’m going to use that always from now on.

[@HodujemyRyby]

Nice. I am expanding my fishroom soon to about 30000 litres of water. Hope that with this volume it can become my only job. I specialize in discus and characins mainly but generally as a business we need to breed whatever wholesalers want to be buying. Probably my market is totally different than yours but it is always nice to have some insight into fishrooms of other breeders.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Sounds awesome ! Good luck to you

[@HodujemyRyby]

@@KeepingFishSimple thanks. If you need any advice on discus let me know.

[@ashleyprytherch1767]

Been here since close to the start! My fave go to for the hobby! Crazy growth! Well done :)

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks so much

[@billyhobbs7598]

Just discovered you today and binge watched love this channel!

[@Aquafinity]

Haha, that was what happened to me when I first discovered him!

[@TheBlackdiamond88]

ALOT OF MONEY in turtles just payed 311 .00 for a terrapin turtle I love fish and turtles love the guppy's its so amazing all the live bearers are awesome

[@chrisdelafuente8489]

Awesome video mate! Massive fan of your channel and a fellow Queenslander 👍

[@goldeneagle268]

I'm really happy about you mate ❤️ plz make more content like this

[@jeraldrice3583]

Great job...love the discus and angels ...I'm a cichlid fan my self

[@macktownaquatics4071]

I really enjoyed this video it was informative, to the point, and realistic. I have been enjoying your videos and will continue watching. Sorry to hear about getting scammed, great to hear you used your passion to not let it dissuade you.

[@fireball7677]

I also started to keep fish when I was 12 and today I’m still keeping fish at 13

[@mahleta.kassie8193]

This video is giving me major inspiration ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@arachnophilegrrl]

You are an inspiration to this old lady in Canada. ;)

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you !

[@pompeiranch7883]

Thanks!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Great inspirational video, and your fish room is a credit to you, I can't believe I haven't stumbled on your videos before, I think I will definitely enjoy watching some of them 🌾🐠🙂

[@VictoriaLeeCreates]

I wish you all the success in the world. Thus was awesome to watch n listen to the backstory

[@heinvdwalt3618]

Plan came together, well done,👏

[@intel369]

What a journey!! So inspirational.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you!

[@jqc5]

May I suggest you write a book also...........you have so many talents.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Hahahaha I don’t know about that

[@jeffhufana2389]

You are a Blue Collar Worker so You got my attention and my support

[@kategrant5024]

Thanks

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you!

[@Rjmjojo]

I like that 1 percent rule!

[@CanFly2798]

That's hilarious that you caught mosquitofish for your first fish. I have never had fish before, and I just caught a female mosquitofish yesterday, I want to catch some more and keep them. They are native here in the southeast United States.

[@thaiga]

You've inspired me to restart fish keeping

[@braddboyce6648]

Love your story man! I’m glad to be a OG subscriber ❤️

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks bro 😎

[@joshthomas2841]

Pumping out the videos lately, good to see

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Yes ! Thanks

[@davidyovu7891]

Looked again and saw it was white foam insulation equally low r value. How do you heat and cool your room? Look into a dosmatic , this I use in the greenhouse to meter fertilizer ( see if you may like this to meter your thio sulfate

[@TheBSideDJ]

watch out for the quality of your angels. I'm sure you know what i mean. I improved my batches by using more water, bigger filtration, more waterchanges and only life food for the first 3 months after hatching... Nitrogen is an attack on their physical form (the fins will tell you),... i use very big filtration (+ 30 litres full of siporax) for every batch of fry in very big tanks (700 litres)... for the rest : Very good job !!!!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks!!!!

[@SchpoonFed]

Well done man! 👏🏼

[@seba14795]

Hi. How do you deal with culling fishes? It seems that euthanizing a certain amount of fry is necessary in professional breeding

[@awakenedanarchism4202]

I'm thinking about doing this. I have eleven aquariums so far and a breeding pair of Black Nasty cichlids

[@adanramirez894]

Hola bijoton you look good, the mustache comes a long whit your knowledge. Looking forward to keep learning from you

[@DreamHound]

Definitely inspired me to get into betta's especially fell in love for the hobby. Wishing you nothing less but the best!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you!!!

[@martinmora1565]

So proud of you good job God bless you

[@tiongloo5310]

Wonderful. Good luck in your fish breeding. Subscribed.

[@TruckingwithDev]

You are doing great bud keep it up 💯🤘🏽

[@alexakisg4ellas444]

Μπραβο ΝΙΚΟΛΑ συνεχισε την καλη δουλεια.

[@billgarner9352]

Fantastic story, beautifully told. But I wonder, how did you selected Angels, Rams and Plecos to begin your breeding program? Did you do specific market research (How?), or were these just popular fish that you liked? Meanwhile, I've been a fan three months now and extend an enthusiastic thanks! Kudos and good luck!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks bill! Lots of excel spreadsheets is how !

[@daisy_fryer]

This was Awesome to listen to, thank you for sharing with us your journey and your helpful tips and tricks. I’ve learnt a lot and hopefully it’ll all help me become a better fish owner. Thank you