Master’s Guide to Breeding Fish for Profit!

[@Thomas.Saunders]

It's amazing how far KFS has come in only a few years. So smart to come to America and visit so many well known fish keepers..

[@gardockis.playground]

I’ve been “Breeding for Profit” for 4 years now and I’ve only made one sale 😅.. my problem is falling in love with my babies and the plants 😂

[@lemonlizard1]

hahah, yeah exactly! It does get easier with time though

[@lruddy8820]

It becomes easier to sell the fish when you dont have room for all the babies as they grow but there is always room for plants, i have plants in bowls of water that started as trimming i was going to propagate and sell but…ykno

[@El_compa.jesus18]

The most real thing I’ve seen today out of my 5 years with guppies I only sold like 2 pairs of guppies but have sold some cherry shrimp that’s it lol 😂

[@sawittchen]

Totally relatable ❤ Also, I would be worried that my little fish/shrimps might end up in tanks of people who do not take good care of them and do not give them the same attention that I am giving them 😣

[@jemaquatics]

yah i just keep getting more tanks !! lol ... i told myself i cant spend more money until i try a swap and action of what i have done over the past 2 yrs ...

[@sawyerthestarling]

This is the master duo I needed but didn't know existed. So happy to have the algorithm get it right. This is fantastic 😊

[@oneforall549]

I throughly love this guy! His knowledge is par none and I could listen to him for hours giving his knowledge on fish keeping and breeding! Some people just have that presence. He absolutely does and I think its awesome being a guest on the channel he shares so much! Thank you truly!

[@AlsFishBarn]

Dean’s 3 P’s are very wise advice for all aspects of life.

[@The_Crucible714]

0:08 “I really have to ‘P’.” _(x3)_ 😂

[@ESF19791111]

I AGREE :)

[@Everything.On.Wheels519]

It's funny that listening to this totally describes my childhood 😅 35 years into the hobby going strong.

[@bknomad283]

Really enjoying these interview videos with veteran aquarists.

[@toveycen4668]

pure love and passion here. It’s a fresh breeze for this busy world.

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

Nick , I have watched and listened to dean for several years, and I've been watching you for quite a while too. since you looked like a kid! but I'd like to say I value your opinion and advice on breeding fish every bit as much as I do Deans ! for a young man you are extremely knowledgeable and are very successful in the fish business .

[@marioantoun]

I second that!

[@Ishan.patel.]

Nick is single handedly keeping this hobby great and alive dean is the reason we have alot of fish you to are legends you should make a full backstory on how you got into the hobby.

[@DB-ek5kd]

Single handedly? Lol

[@MatchuCT]

I like that you guys don't really hold back on sharing the info with others. Thank you for the videos!

[@marioantoun]

THAT IS THE BEST VIDEO ABOUT FISHES THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. DEAN IS A LEGEND AND LISTENING TO HIS STORY ABOUT STARTING IN THE HOBBY IS JUST AMAZING. KEEPINGFISHSIMPLE, YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON. I LOVE YOUR WORK AND I WISH LOTS OF SUCCESS TO YOU. KEEP UP WITH THE GOOD WORK!!!!! THANKS

[@decademusic3053]

Dean's head on a paper boy amazing 😂

[@chrisduell4210]

Loved this video so much! Dean and the whole aquarium Co-op team gave me so much info when I first started out in the hobby and then when I first started to get more serious your videos give some of the best advice out there, and to see you 2 talking together was amazing! Thank you!

[@Endraven_Prime]

Dean is an amazing source of knowledge and experience. Love these videos!

[@RicardoJunqueira]

Dean is such a cool dude. I wish I could hang out with him as well.

[@scottcahala7779]

Amazing thanks for sharing. I started selling fish in the 80's Angel fish and Cory cats were the bulk of my fish room. They paid for everything. And put money in my pocket.

[@Daniel-x4z]

This was the bomb video ❤❤❤ brought me back to my 20s breeding fish..I did tangs and mangs soooo many lost count giant grow out tanks.separating.the larger ones to sell before they eat the small. A lot of work for $$ but seeing in my fish store jaguar chichlid.mangs. and bricadi . tangs.i just laugh because I know them.. so we'll

[@Maggie19701]

Dean is the best.does it the right way .loves the challenge

[@WesleysFishClub]

15:34 That cory went crazy

[@yashtapase3821]

😂😂😂

[@LifeUnveiledFacts-hv6cs]

Hahaha corys are fun

[@Kirks_Aquariums]

Watching this video inspires me to get into my fish room more and breed more fish, great video

[@lurklingX]

9:55 i am so encouraged by all of this. the most solid advice ever. i've heard bits of this from other people BUT. the details on the report with them and to see selling for credit as a stepping stone towards just straight up sales.... GOLD.

[@Gabriel-qh5yv]

My self i prefer old school because you will see more then on the Internet page in the store you may see some awesome plants some secrets, and you have time to ask and get answers which is wonderful to see someone devoted in this hobby same us you are

[@IvansGuppies]

Great videos with Dean, Nick! I have the same thoughts with guppies. They passively produce and if you have just 30 females that you regularly separate (or basket), you’d get fry everyday every month. Steady and reliable producers.

[@-AndrewR]

👍🏻👍🏻 Great video for people looking to breed for profit or breed just to cover some expenses of the hobby

[@sharonjack8582]

Really great video!! Love the humor parts in the beginning with the paper-route and more pics, lol. I love fish, snails and plants. Guppies, Bettas, Pea Puffers and Bristlenose Plecos are my favorites.😊USA

[@briancooke2435]

I got credit for my first spawn of Oscars when I was 14 that was really cool

[@Ramen_Bean22]

I’m about to start fish for the first time. I’ve chosen, Guppies, Cherry Shrimp, and a mini yellow clam! I hope I can breed and sell Guppies and Cherry shrimp. I’ll definitely use the 3 P method.

[@sherwinl.crowell2370]

I have a 75 gallon with Tetra's and they are breeding like crazy.

[@elvinsworld11]

Always a treat to watch Dean and his fish room

[@Gandalf-The-Green]

This was an awesome and very informative market analysis, thank you so much. I am a hobby dart frog breeder from Germany and I am really amazed how different the fish market is. I sell my froglets at 4-6 months and they go for 40-50 € per frog, depending on the species. The Oophaga pumilio froglets, being rarer and fewer, go for 80-100 €. Customers come to me, sometimes from 500 km away. I never had to sell to a reseller yet because my frogs are all gone a few weeks to a couple months after I put an ad online. I am trying to understand why these two markets are so vastly different. Maybe it is because dart frogs are protected and we are seeing a domestic market without any imports from wild caught animals or farm raised animals from the tropics here. I have also been a fish keeper since elementary school and I am trying to get back into fish breeding, maybe with some fancy Medaka.

[@brooksmiller5597]

OMG, Nick and Dean in the same video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's go!!

[@The_Crucible714]

_how you know they’re friends:_ *Dean;* “When I was a little kid…” *Nick;* “What, 58 years ago?” *Nick;* “When I was a little kid…” *Dean;* “What, yesterday?” 😮 😂

[@jtkeepingfish]

I'm late watching this one, but Dean is such an inspiration in the hobby and has given me some great ideas to breed next!

[@gileravarna8554]

Sold my first load of standard bn and now have my first order for my bristlenose and now the second my f3 electric blue acaras woop wicked video

[@chelmsford6774]

Thanks for creating a great video guys. Dean, I still love the Brine Shrimp video two thumbs up.

[@JPsfish]

Great video! I will definitely take the advice

[@luqmanulhakim1181]

Thank you so much... this gets me on the groove on building my fish breeding career.

[@RicosBettaWorld]

Great video. Thanks for the collaboration for this video, it is very informative and inspiring.

[@RandySoWavvy]

I have guppies in a 40g and they breed like crazy and a lot of my babies make it to adulthood thanks to a heavily planted tank. I noticed a lot of the fish stores in my area seem to get bad batches of guppies more often than not. I really want to get into parrot fishes and clowns so if I can use the guppies to fund those 2 projects that’d be a win.

[@shadeaquaticbreeder2914]

28:11 I had to drive over 3 hours to make my first sale but getting 1k from fish I bred really made me happy

[@beatatarczon1402]

what fish do you breed?

[@shadeaquaticbreeder2914]

@beatatarczon1402 goodeids, gobies, ricefish, barbs/danios, cories, red lizard catfish, and shrimp for now lol.

[@beatatarczon1402]

@@shadeaquaticbreeder2914I was trying to breed barbs but it ended up that they were stressed up in the new tank w and nothing happened. How do you do this?

[@shadeaquaticbreeder2914]

@beatatarczon1402 I like to do breeding baskets for egg scatterers. I just keep adults in the basket with some plant like hornwort/moss. I just keep the basket in the tank and let the fry raise up in the tank. I use plastic mesh rectangles from the craft section and I've just cut the bottom out of a tote and silicones it to the bottom and recently I've taken them and tied the edges together with fishing line to make a box so I can just pull the parents and drop them in another tank to keep them separated by size/age.

[@beatatarczon1402]

@@shadeaquaticbreeder2914 I was trying with the crate on the bottom but it didn't work so maybe I will do another attempt. How long did you keep them in the spawning tank because 2 days was not enough for mine?

[@yashtapase3821]

The legend for the hobby Master dean ❤ stay blessed stay happy dean sir Q Who does the editing work 😂? Quite fun to watch the edits 😂👌 Props for that 👏🏻 🙌 👌 👍 Huge ❤from india brother 🇮🇳

[@later_daze_4080]

The paperboy Dean photo is hliarious.

[@The_Crucible714]

*Dean;* _(tips on selling fish)_ “Don’t have your pants down” 8:31 *Who gave Dean this advice…* 28:57 _Wait, who? Seems a bit contradictory… but ok, I guess._ 🤔 😂

[@buddkhang2183]

It was much more difficult bk then like Dean said, thanks to social media. I breed n sell bettas as well

[@SeanClark-i3q]

😅

[@rrotley1]

Another great video! It's like watching a jedi master and his padawan. 😁

[@yoshinofamily8890]

Loving Dean’s shirt! Wonder where he go it?

[@ronmurray4191]

Great Video Guys!

[@eemiharma]

One good way is to ask your lfs what they want. I have couple of breeds that my lfs said that they buy from me if I get them to breed.

[@Adnancorner]

Guppies, Mollies, Platty's and Angel and other cichlids all are perfect beginer if you know the basic parameters when you are breeding them.

[@defensebully]

Hey KFS, why dont you keep any betta fish on your website? I really want one. Love your website and videos❤

[@subhanbaloch5030]

Brother you inspired me to start a project on fishes 🎉

[@sambothefate3462]

I've been selling sword tails I bred since I haven't set up a propper breeding setup I just put the babies in a 50L tank so they took 5 months to get to the right size I had 2 spawns in there and it totaled to 60 fish

[@MegaYudhis]

Depp talk good vidio bro, i have been breeding betta fish & guppy in my country. Hi from Indonesia 👍👍

[@Pugetwitch]

Incredibly helpful advice🎉

[@bob21345]

This was really helpful

[@thereptileguy]

Awesome video, keep it up!

[@ESF19791111]

VERY INTERESTING VIDEO :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

[@jemaquatics]

you rule others drool !! great job on this . ❤

[@JohnLucas-oq7hl]

Does Dean have a channel I looked in the description. I'd love to learn more from him

[@lurklingX]

i like both discus AND angelfish : )

[@lruddy8820]

Its my long term goal to be able to breed for profit, im in no rush i would like it to be a secondsry source if income as i get older since i have a physically demanding job, im getting to a point now where im breeding for sales not so much profit just yet, i have 4 projects i want to focus on and for two of them i have been able to breed my store bought fish a few times and get a decently sized group of healthy and pretty breeders i am just now growing out (one are corys and wont be ready for a few months) and when they are old enough start breeding them and selling the babies when they are old enough

[@mexicalifishkeeper]

Such valuable information, thanks Nick

[@1987whynot1987]

I've been thinking about getting into fish breeding but idk, im bad at thinking about doing stuff but never even trying it, im also very picky with my taste in stuff, i dis like the looks of most fish, i like neon tetras, i like some guppies, i haven't found a beta fish i like since my last one past 15 or so years ago, also there isn't that many fish shops around me except ones like petsmart and such

[@guadaguppy4798]

I wish i had a bigger market here in my country (Philippines) the best i can sell here is like every other 3 months. and i have to be careful not to saturate the market. also like dean i prefer to sell wholesale not retail. It just does not make sense to have people come over buy fish there and compete with local fish shops. I prefer to support them.

[@colinfitzgerald2232]

Dean is the man!!!

[@bushcrafted6726]

4th "P" is people skills

[@oliviaC-K]

I'm loving these animations! 🤣🤣🤣

[@borismorder4271]

amazing video loved the tips

[@Mrsboncouer]

Quick question....for example, breeding angels...in this case there are several hundred eggs and or fry to deal with...how many , how big are the aquariums or water vessels, involved in breeding and raising the fry?

[@ciber5650]

My main problem with selling fish is how fricking of an introvert i am.... Im doomed to never make a good business until i get rid of this...

[@algenkoenig]

As an introvert myself i could give you a tip. Just start with posting stuff of your breeding progress, people will get interested and will buy some fish. They will tell you how nice the fish are and stuff like that, if you breed good. 20 sales and you will be confident enough to walk in a store for your first deal👍

[@Quebolas]

Also an introvert. Been getting into scuba diving and employing this technique. Couldn't agree more

[@Pugetwitch]

Dude I was literally just sending this to my mom and I texted her the same thing that you commented😂 I was like I could have made so much money but I never talked to anybody and I don't know anybody else who's into fish keeping as a hobby. I've recently found out (back is 2016😂) I'm autistic so perhaps that has something to do with my lack of awareness 😅 I've always had no trouble making friends, it's just when it comes to keeping them I have a bunch of stuff that I don't think they would approve of so I'm nervous. I'm into graffiti and what one might consider some other antisocial stuff😂

[@Pugetwitch]

​@@algenkoenigthanks, I have a small IG following. i should start there.

[@algenkoenig]

@@Pugetwitch i am also autistic😃 and yes i can't keep friends for long term, but i am fine with that since i got diagnosed. I just do my things what i like and live with it

[@birbarmygeneral]

Dean is such a Giga Chad

[@jasonbalmaceda6579]

visit Uncle Sams Discus in southern california!

[@darrylmoore5847]

This was fantastic

[@askoskos]

do one for habrosus corydoras

[@matze_pa_]

Best Videos

[@H8ter11]

Hope I can get advice here . In my bedroom I have a 2ftx2ft dead space . I built the stand thinking of going with a Innovative marine 25 lagoon . Can a group of corydora thrive in that size ? If so what species and how many would you recommend? Or what tank would you recommend? 2x2 is my limit so that's the restriction.

[@kiranamin4110]

I hadn't seen Such BRIGHT RED DEVIL ANGEL FISH in India 😮‍💨

[@MARKluvsAZcards]

Good show 👏

[@richardreynolds9896]

Another great video

[@grantflippin7808]

Dean!!!

[@jennysoderstrom]

So interesting😊

[@martinbajjada4344]

While electric blue acaras and angel fish fry are growing what you prefer to feed them guys?

[@BettaFreaks]

loved the cartoons ahahah that was hilarius!!!!!!

[@mrgrey9103]

i have a question for you how do you calculate fish prices what is the method of calculating fish prices i mean do you include electricity food medicine water changes cleaning and maintenance to me its very confusing can you simplify it

[@haythame78]

appreciate sharing this

[@Ishan.patel.]

Nick I am also young 13 to be exact any advice for youtube and the hobby?

[@PondPuppies]

Now imagine being equally obsessed with turtles & tortoises also. Hope my gf doesn’t leave me.

[@The_Crucible714]

Yes, I can imagine it easily. My original career track was marine biology but also deeply interested in herpetology, avian biology, botany, landscaping… basically all aspects of husbandry/maintenance of many/most “exotic” living organisms at home. I believe it’s important to find a partner with (at least) similar interests. If not you may start resenting each other, I’ve seen it happen to my brother… several times.

[@mrjinglesdice2368]

im struggling to take of because for some reason my local stores wont trade or buy. makes it impossible locally

[@BasicAquariums]

I trade in my fish to a local garden centre. At first I felt ripped off. Now I get a better deal with the owner. Shops are taking a risk as the need to know your fish are healthy as it can damage their reputation if your fish aren't good quality. I always ask how many of my fish died, do they have any left. Build up a good rappor.

[@audrameyer9558]

Thank you so much!

[@nicbrown265]

I am just about to move my tanks out of the garage and into a whole room just for my tanks. I currently breed pea puffers and I know exactly what set up I am soo g for them however what size tanks would you recommend if I want to breed angels and discuss and rams. I also have a number of L plecos which will go L plecos that will go in the bottom.

[@Outside-InAquatics]

I make money off Val and shrimps for sure but I can sell shrimp faster than I can breed them.

[@levihaywood8670]

Buying fish from a mortician by appointment? Nice! 😂

[@shadeaquaticbreeder2914]

0:49 thats crazy to me bc I never had a potential to sell anything to anyone. I just need to move to a fish hotspot lol. Idk how youd find that info out tho, all I do know is that Ohio sucks for fish haha.

[@BarryPLAYz]

I’m very got too many kribs and have no idea how to sell them lol

[@CaseHF]

Anyone know where deans shirt is from??

[@SerendibAquatics]

Superb

[@wmtrader]

The freaking constant whistling!

[@LeaoJo]

we need a indepth tour

[@AquariusAquaCare]

How’s breeding bettas?

[@Kambing_Farm]

Cheers ❤