Originally Posted by
lil.guppy
http:///forum/post/3017323
what?
I was going to say something about the chit-chat; but I'm just as bad.
I know what you mean though, breeding cichlids is a great hobby; but most just don't produce enough offspring to make selling in quantity (to a wholesaler) worth it. I had several pairs of breeding Julies when I was breeding Angelfish (FW) for almost 15 years. I only had about 10 pair of breeding Angels and they would spawn almost constantly. There was an angelfish virus around for several years and I could sell small Angels in incredible numbers. I delivered/shipped the Julies at the same time. This hobby paid for all my SW addiction and my oldest daughter paid for her 1st car with the money she made helping. My fish room was an unbelievable tangle of pumps, hoses,mind-numbing contraptions,water, etc; but I lived in the deep south so I used a converted bedroom, had a concrete floor, and just drained everything outside and it flowed into the bayou. If I had the time now, I'd start with clownfish, I was about to start when Katrina got everything....but it was fun and profitable while it lasted.