[James From Cali]

Originally Posted by nonamesleft47

You are going to have a hard time with the constraints you've set. Whatever you breed will have to be rare enough to be wanted. In most shops you can't give away 100 danios or common barbs. I raise cherry barbs outside in the summer and have to give most of the young ones away in October. Any barbs, ect are going to be egg and young eaters so there won't be any unless you take the adults out.

There are livebearers that bring good money that are fairly easy to breed but the shops will usually buy. A pair of German rams would go nice in a 10 and you wouldn't have any trouble raising the fry, fairly easy to breed in soft water. You can do what I do with my 10 gallons, find a pair of bristlenose plecos, I don't know if petco or petsmart has them but local stores usually do. Provide them with a piece of driftwood, a cave and let them go, of course you can plant it as little or as much as you want. I even raise shrimp with mine so I've got 2 things coming out of the same tank. I just took 30 cherry shrimp and 20 two month old bristlenose fry from one 10 gallon to one of the local shops, 100 bucks credit. I do this about twice a month. It depends on the location but I get 3 bucks for brown bristlenose 1" long and 6 for albinos but these are the prices I set for my friends that own the shops, in exchange they push bristlenose for the awsome algae eaters that they are and don't pawn off chinese algae eaters on people so I sell more by giving them a better price.

Thanks. Most fish if well fed and the young have cover will have survivors. BN tend to get too big for a 10g, even clowns get too big. GBR need at least a 20g to be happy IMO just because of room. Yes my requirements are more high but most places already told me they wont take in a fish like danio or White clouds if they have it and they get them regularly.

Originally Posted by Blue Ridge Reef

The standards are all pond bred in Asia and some in Florida. They are fine, but not as nice as the tank-raised stuff. Also, the LF is a much prettier fish "in person" than sparkles, though this is a matter of personal taste!
I'm pretty sure they're 7 each at Oddball, and maybe cheaper for smaller ones.

Yes I know, LF are gorgeous and better but for $7 for the small ons its still much more money than Id want to spend with shipping.

Originally Posted by macclellan

Are you trying to make money, or what? If so, plants and shrimp are better than fish, IMHO...

Its just so I can have some extra funds for my tank. It will be enough to keep me from spending too much of my other money on my tank that is needed for school. Most places dont have shrimp here that are good to sell. I would get from shop n swap but I would have to catch it on a good day and need to have enough for a good ammount plus shipping. I will need to talk to some stores about selling plants cause shipping them is not an option until I can get the materials(boxes/bubble envelopes).