Hurryflurry
Dude, you need to slow down.
With half forgotten breeding experience and a lot of help I got a final total of 35 dwarf gourami out the unintentional breeding this Christmas. I started with a approximate tally of 500 fish fry. Granted that only 75 were separated out from the predatory fry at first, so most became dinner. And it was HARD work. Testing the water daily, watching temp, not leaving the house more than 4 hours.
But I see you wanting fish when you can barely keep the ones you have healthy? I foresee trouble. Just call me Cassandra.
And you don't even know WHAT you would LIKE to breed?
And in addition you need a tank for the male and fry, you need a large tank for the gourami group (the hardier gourami also get squabbly in small quarters..the non hardy just become floaters) , you need a growout tank, you need -need -need........ If I hadn't got mondo credit for the baby predators I'd be holding my credit card bill with tongs!!!
There is
NO MONEY in it. Most breeders make barely enough to help upkeep their babies. If you get famous..you can charge famous prices. Even that takes time. You can get
some credit at your
lfs if he carries them and doesn't breed them himself. Fish food, accessories, etc. Nothing GREAT. I traded mine for a handful of things.
Cold hard cash comes from retail. And they get their stock from GIANT puppy mill operations overseas super cheap. they don't need nickel /dime operators.
Unless You REALLY like gourami (which in that case you should already HAVE a favorite type) just drop the idea! And you need a culling method.
I opted for a knife fish and a polypterus.
So in this span of 3 months I have 6 10
gal, ,an 18,
gal, ,a 20
gal grow out and 2 8gal
QT.
I am ordering for the big boys 2 70-ish gallon tanks (custom dimensions for exotic animals) THIS summer. Yeah they are only 4-5 inches
now...... And the stuff that goes with it..heaters, filters, medications, good food, live cultures.
You need to read up, ask ALL around and decide what your intent is.
If it is profit driven, you are pretty much sol.
I ended up here because I had never seen a betta with ich before, my petstore bettas had parasites (also never SEEN before) and they sold my kid 6 neon Tetras (which I knew ZERO about) in a 5
qt tank on the same day. No heater mentioned. Right before closing for Christmas. No mention of water parameters, and told her to warm the bag then dump it in the tank (watch all the experienced people here wince-they know the outcome!) Are you ready for expenses? Will you be allowed to have a mondo planted tank or multiple tanks all over?