Hi Everyone,
My name is Matt Sullivan, and I'm new to the forum and relatively new to the hobby. Although I had freshwater aquariums growing up and in college, I started my first reef tank a little less than a year ago. I'm definitely loving the hobby and as a scientist by training (M.S. in Microbiology), the technical aspects of reef keeping really appeal to my nerd side!
I had a general question for all seasoned hobbyists out there. As my next endeavor, I'm seriously considering fish breeding as a fun side-project. I'll probably start off small and simple trying to raise one or two color-morph varieties of ocellaris clowns (maybe black ice or snowflake). My question is, is there enough of a market in the area (either among the members on this forum or in the greater Boston area in general) for me to be able to sell these fish? I would hate to take on this as a hobby and end up with dozens of juveniles that I can't find a home for!
So if you have any thoughts on the business aspect of fish breeding, I'm all ears! Although any advice is appreciated, I don't need advice at this time on the technical details of clownfish breeding (I'm reading a couple books on the topic at the moment).
Thanks in advance and I look forward to being part of this forum!
-Matt
My name is Matt Sullivan, and I'm new to the forum and relatively new to the hobby. Although I had freshwater aquariums growing up and in college, I started my first reef tank a little less than a year ago. I'm definitely loving the hobby and as a scientist by training (M.S. in Microbiology), the technical aspects of reef keeping really appeal to my nerd side!
I had a general question for all seasoned hobbyists out there. As my next endeavor, I'm seriously considering fish breeding as a fun side-project. I'll probably start off small and simple trying to raise one or two color-morph varieties of ocellaris clowns (maybe black ice or snowflake). My question is, is there enough of a market in the area (either among the members on this forum or in the greater Boston area in general) for me to be able to sell these fish? I would hate to take on this as a hobby and end up with dozens of juveniles that I can't find a home for!
So if you have any thoughts on the business aspect of fish breeding, I'm all ears! Although any advice is appreciated, I don't need advice at this time on the technical details of clownfish breeding (I'm reading a couple books on the topic at the moment).
Thanks in advance and I look forward to being part of this forum!
-Matt