10 Aquarium Side Hustles: Making $1,000 a month from your aquariums

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Over the years, I have spent a small fortune on my fish-keeping hobby, but I have also made a fair amount through side hustles.
Whether it's breeding shrimp to sell, growing Java Moss, or carrying out maintenance on other people's aquariums, there are many different ways we can make money from our hobby.
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When you are new to Red Cherry Shrimp keeping, there is so much information, and misinformation, that it can be hard to know which is which.
I don't think Red Cherry Shrimp keepers need to worry about;
1: Water Temperature
2: Substrate
3: What to feed Red Cherry Shrimp
4: How many shrimp they should start with
5: Algae in the shrimp tank
I have been keeping and breeding shrimp for the past few years, and, at the time of recording, I have spent the last two years making a sizable income each month from breeding shrimp.
During this time, I have picked up several tips and tricks to help more of the baby shrimp survive to adulthood. In this video, I share those tips and tricks with you!
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@Talons_N_Tails 11 месяцев назад

“Red Cherry Shrimp are very easy to breed” …. (Me: nervous laugh 😅)

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

😅

@laurabustos6560 11 месяцев назад

They are so carefree and easy though! You just need to get past that first month or so where you may be losing some to acclimation issues etc. And buying/ starting with young shrimp will give you better results. They ship easier, if you're buying online, and definitely have a much easier time acclimating to your specific water parameters. Please don't give up, they're so much fun! Good luck! ✌️

@LogacysAquaticLove 11 месяцев назад

Lol nice😂

@jessevalencia1660 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! Your advice is great. I just bought a house so I'm Finally able to set up tanks again for the first time in 20 years. These are great side hustles. I love number 10. Gives me a great excuse to use the workshop that the previous owners built.

@FishKeepingAnswers 8 месяцев назад

Hi. Thank you for the donation. It is really I appreciated. Would love to hear how you get on with one or more of these side hustles 🫶🏻

@laurabustos6560 11 месяцев назад

I'd add that checking with your local fish store to see what they're willing to buy or trade before investing in things to breed or propagate, if that's the route you want to go to start that side hustle. A lot of lfs have standing orders for stem plants. So it might make more sense to focus on epihytes, mosses, floating plants etc. Mosses and other similar plants also don't require high end lighting and c02 like some of the stem plants. Great video as always!! ✌️

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

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@Gelapeno 8 месяцев назад

I've been keeping neo shrimp for a few years now. I grew up with a family of carpenters so something I have done is made stands and racks for my tanks. I can make these very cheaply, about $25 based on the size of the tank(s) and sell them at a very good price. It allows me to bring 2 hobbies of mine together while making money :D

@NYGOLD 8 месяцев назад

I've been selling and auctioning my fish for a few years now. Depending on the size of your fish room it may be better to have a "niche" fish. Something you specialize in and can dedicate more space to. When you are dealing with a store they don't want fry, they want decent sized fish. If you are breeding different kinds of fish you can spread yourself too thin and not have larger sized fish available. This isn't a HUGE problem BUT you will not have a MONTHLY income. More like every other month. New subscriber checking in!

@FishKeepingAnswers 8 месяцев назад

Hey, thanks for taking the time to share. Welcome to the channel 🫶🏻

@moqiman8882 11 месяцев назад

Looking forward to the shrimp series

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

🤜🏻

@andrewyeats1787 8 месяцев назад

Keep up the hustle man. Great content and information!

@FishKeepingAnswers 8 месяцев назад

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@jkapp8617 10 месяцев назад

Mate, what a video! Great content. I hope this video blows up over time.

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

Thank you 🫶🏻. I hope so too 🤞🏻

@sicilianotoronto 4 месяца назад

I love the idea of creating stock images.

@Batmancontingencyplans 10 месяцев назад

Always a pleasure watching your videos bro 🔥

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

You are too kind 🫶🏻

@LogacysAquaticLove 11 месяцев назад

Bro this episode was great, awesome awesome advice/ideas! And not fantasy non reachable ideas. These are all feasible real ideas! 💯

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

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@Agnus78 3 месяца назад

These are some amazing, quality advices , Man! Thanks for your willingness to share your thoughts.

@FishKeepingAnswers 3 месяца назад

Glad you like them!

@Oneshotelite1996 4 месяца назад

I really enjoy your videos, please ceep up the good work. I have learned so much 🦐🦐

@FishKeepingAnswers 4 месяца назад

Thank you! Will do!

@ganeshbhoye4083 10 месяцев назад

So much information and inspiration …😘👌🏻

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

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@anitabegley8456 10 месяцев назад

Great video. Gonna try some of these. Already got my angelfish babies up for sale. Got about, well, 500+ of 3 kinds, lrl. But I wanted to thank you again and can't wait for the video on the shrimp set up step by step.

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

Hey, thanks for taking the time to comment. Angelfish are a great ‘for profit’ fish. They always sell so well. New tank arrived today for the new breeding for-profit series 🎉

@metametameta69 10 месяцев назад

Good luck! 😱

@bensonb99 11 месяцев назад

Great video with good ideas 💡

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

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@aMinivanLife 8 месяцев назад

I really like your videos!

@FishKeepingAnswers 8 месяцев назад

🙏🏻

@gojakeman 11 месяцев назад

I appreciate this video, I’ve been interested in starting an aquarium cleaning & design business for some extra income. I have a car, supplies, knowledge, and I live in a city. The only thing holding me back is fear. Your video makes me feel like maybe I should just do it

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

Go for it! Start off slowly. Get your first customer. When that is going well, find your second customer. You have to punch fear in the face! 🤜🏻

@ONEFUNFONE 11 месяцев назад

Remember 98% of your customer base will be saltwater so if you don't have at least 10+ years of salt experience or a degree most potential customers won't call you. If you have competition in your area you've gotta be cheaper the better then the other guy while trying to survive. Been there, tried that. Didn't work or wasn't worth the hassle.

@stoneysscapes7544 10 месяцев назад

@@ONEFUNFONE looks like the energy from the video just got the % of freshwater nature aquariums and African Cichlids , Koi pond owners and the new Dentist up to 4% 🍒🍒🍒

@1963patto 10 месяцев назад

Hi mate, I am enjoying your videos. Very informative. I have a small RU-vid channel myself goldfish with ghost aquariums and I find it hard to find good people to listen to now and I will be adding you to My list of people to listen to. Well done

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

Hey, thanks for your kind words. As you know, creating RU-vid videos is hard. It’s good to know they are providing people value 👍🏻

@1963patto 10 месяцев назад

Yes, hitting that algorithm can be hard work sometimes

@euansgaming227 7 месяцев назад

Where can I get cherry shrimp online? In future I would like to start selling shrimp but I can’t find anywhere that sells shrimp that I can afford I have been keeping fish for a few years now and just last year I started keeping shrimp.

@Cleeon 6 месяцев назад

Check your online marketplace

@malcolmmcguire2876 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for another great video Richard. I have a couple of tanks with hundreds of shrimp I could sell but I struggle with culling single quality individuals amongst so many especially when they seem to know you are on to them. Can you explain one day how to cull single shrimp from hundreds without losing your rag. Cheers mate Malcolm

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

Hi. Thanks for the feedback. First question, why are you culling? Is it because of color, deformities or another reason?

@malcolmmcguire2876 10 месяцев назад

@@FishKeepingAnswers Yes many are quite low grade with little or no colour while others are more valuable. I thought of selling a lucky dip bag.

@jamesdavies9918 8 месяцев назад

@@malcolmmcguire2876can’t u sell them lower grade shrimp cheaper

@tomlawler8293 10 месяцев назад

This had the feel of David Mitchell's farming bit 😅 but seriously really good advice

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

I’m not familiar, but I’ll take it as a compliment 😂

@saianishchalamalasetty2984 11 месяцев назад

Hey dude I don't know from where but I just gain a sudden interest in breeding cherry shrimp for profit I did a lot of research and while I was doing so is how I found you channel. You inspired me to also set up something like your cherry shrimp breeding setup. Anyways I had a few questions 1. what size tubs do you use for breeding 2. how long should I wait to sell the babies 3. Any more tips to grow large colonies (I all ready saw your video on It but and wondering If I can get more tips.) my fish store is asking for 30 shrimp per week so I need to make sure I have enough Thanks for your consideration

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

Hi. I am working on a breeding shrimp for profit series, so look out for that. To answer your questions, I typically use 25 or 30 liters tubs (which is 6 - 8 gallons). Time frame to selling the babies varies, but as I will show in my series, I typically leave a colony for 3 to 4 months before selling true babies. As for growing colonies larger, it’s all about the food. The more you feed, the more they eat and the faster they grow (within reason) 💪🏻

@saianishchalamalasetty2984 10 месяцев назад

@@FishKeepingAnswers Thank you

@andystokes8702 9 месяцев назад

I've only just started with shrimp, I've been keeping fish for over 40 years. I started with 10 red cherry shrimp (allegedly, I had to buy them online). As it turned out I got a mixture of red and orange so I split them between two tanks to keep the lines separate. I was interested in your comment about just breeding basic red cherry shrimp because they are the best sellers at 2 quid a time and I agree, the market for £30-£50 shrimp is tiny. Maybe it's simply because they are so expensive. My thought is - is it harder to breed £30 shrimp than it is to breed £2 shrimp? If it's just as simple to breed high end shrimp why not do it and sell them at well under their true value? How many people would by £30 shrimp if they were only paying £5 - £7? I appreciate the initial outlay is greater, maybe £300 but after the initial outlay the costs of electricity, food etc is the same. The £300 outlay would easily be recouped if you were selling them at £5 rather than £2 for the red cherries, you only need sell 60. The market for £30 shrimp is tiny but maybe £5 for a good quality shrimp is realistic? Just a thought.

@FishKeepingAnswers 9 месяцев назад

Hey, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I agree with much of what you said. The great thing is, we can all experiment. If you do travel down that road, would love to hear how you get on 👍🏻

@MKSouthernStar 9 месяцев назад

My thoughts exactly.

@khoile5102 9 месяцев назад

It is harder. The more costly ones are harder to breed and maintain. Selling a 30 shrimp for 5 is a great way to make very little money and seriously bad business. Just sell for $5 less at 25.

@joaosalvado8668 6 месяцев назад

I’m breeding in uk as well, selling on eBay! Took some/several ideas from your videos. Allow me the question. How do you do with taxes? Does the eBay sells count? Thanks

@FishKeepingAnswers 6 месяцев назад

Hi. Whilst I can not offer financial advice, we filled out a tax return each April and paid tax as required 👍🏻

@skippa510 10 месяцев назад

I’ve very recently found out I’m the same with flipping fish tanks. A guy on FB marketplace had 2 tanks for sale, a 1 foot and a 2 foot for AUD$20. I only wanted the 1 foot so I pre-sold the 2 foot. As soon as I picked them up, I had sellers remorse. I sold it to a friend for the same amount I paid for the 2, but I really didn’t want to let go of it because as soon as I picked it up, I had a great scape in mind for it. 😂

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

😂 There’s always another scape to do 😂

@skippa510 10 месяцев назад

@@FishKeepingAnswers it’s never ending. My wife will kill me though. 😂

@skippa510 10 месяцев назад

But the tips in this video might just save my backside.

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

😎

@isaacnuoah2023 11 месяцев назад

Hello is there a good, popular shops or online store for aquatic life in UK like ebay or amazon

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

Personally I use either eBay or Tropco.co.uk

@isaacnuoah2023 10 месяцев назад

@@FishKeepingAnswers thanks, actually I'm looking for that repashy food here in the UK

@theduck4469 11 месяцев назад

Hi! How do you actually sell fish and shimps to the pet stores? You need to have a firm or LTD or documentation that you're a fish breeder? You have to pay taxes after the money that you recive?

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

Best thing to do is check the local laws, rules and regulations where you live. They vary the world over 👍🏻

@ColdStoneRacing 10 месяцев назад

What they don't know won't hurt them.. Give the LFS a fake name if you're that worried about it.

@Amanda-uc5jq 10 месяцев назад

We arent allowed to have shrimp where I live, also not allowed to sell fish without a licence but I make a few hundred a month on plants just selling all my excess. I just think of it as paying for the electricity I use running multiple tanks.

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

Yep, local laws really vary around the world. However, I think you are spot on by finding things you can do 🤑

@chrisweston3029 10 месяцев назад

What is your online store called please

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

Hi. Unfortunately I shut down my breeding operation in favour of making RU-vid videos 🙁

@dragzy8992 11 месяцев назад

Hi mate, genuine question. Why red cherry? when say. Bloody Mary's look so much better and cost the same.

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

Ok, so I’ll address that in the shrimp breeding for profit series, but essentially, it’s about setting expectations. If you sell ‘Red Cherry shrimp’, your buyers are happy no matter the color of the shrimp. If however you sell a set strain, such as Bloody Mary, you increase the chances your buyer will be unhappy with the quality of your shrimp. If they sell for the same money, why set expectations so high 🤷🏻‍♂️

@dragzy8992 11 месяцев назад

So would you just list the bloody Mary's as 'red cherry shrimp' to avoid this? I wonder sometimes when seeing red cherries how ppl can list them as that when some are pink and others translucent, whereas the bm are pretty much a stable colour. Anyway thx for replying and providing a great channel. Luv u bye

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

If it were me, I’d list them just as Red Cherry shrimp. Much better to have a bunch of customers who are pleased with the high quality of your Red Cherry shrimp than risk customers leaving back feedback/reviews or asking for refunds because they dispute the quality of your bloody Mary’s. Believe me, RCS will out sell BM shrimp 10 to 1 anyway 👍🏻

@dragzy8992 11 месяцев назад

Thank you, appreciate the advice.

@BornAgainFarmGirl 10 месяцев назад

You and I are going to quickly become fast friends 😊, I am looking for side hustles and I have two aquariums and am disabled from M.S. ❤.

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 месяцев назад

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@BornAgainFarmGirl 10 месяцев назад

@@FishKeepingAnswers 🫶

@jasonstouder 11 месяцев назад

Just joined. Thank you for making relevant and focused content. I wonder if snails are a beneficial part of my shrimp tanks. I say yes, because the snails eat the shrimp pellets I feed, then they poop the pellet crumbs out with clear slime and the shrimp love it. Are mystery snails a good add on to a shrimp breeding tank, in your opinion?

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

Hi. Thank you so much for joining. It always humbles me. To answer your question, in my opinion snails are a great addition to ANY aquarium. Exactly as you say, they clean up fish poop and uneaten food. Mystery Snails are great as a ‘breed for profit’ snail. However, they do require slightly specialised conditions for breeding. Mainly they lay their eggs above the water line, meaning you have to leave sufficient space between the waterline and the lid of the tank 👍🏻

@jasonstouder 11 месяцев назад

@@FishKeepingAnswers Thank you for your response. I have learned, recently, just how productive mystery snails can be. I am nursing 10 clutches from 11 snails, right now. I saw something, today that may or may not be true.- It looks to me like the mystery snails release their poop directly under the spot they plan on laying her clutch, so that the released baby snails fall into beds of partially digested goodness. It sure looks like that is what is happening, per 4 identical cases. so cool.

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

Well that is very interesting! Research is not my thing, but I would love to set up half a dozen tanks and see if that theory holds true 🤔

@scottseabury4014 10 месяцев назад

Ive just come here to ask about snails too 😅 any thoughts on other types of snails too? Like the blue or pink ramshorns etc?

@510subzero 4 месяца назад

Do you need a license to sell pet fish? Looking to get started selling fish maybe shrimp

@FishKeepingAnswers 4 месяца назад

That probably depends on where in the world you are based. I would check with your local government/council 👍🏻

@catchdjaks 11 месяцев назад

Waiting for the series.. And please tag me in the comment whenever your link is ready, just in case I miss it.. I'll be notified with the tag... Thanks for the great video.. Keep up the good work..

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 месяцев назад

Will try to remember to let you know 🤜🏻