Clownfish Credit

[littlest reef]

I was curious if anyone knows any vendors within New England that would take clownfish for store credit. I went from raising the fry with my kids as a fun project to having several breeding pairs, but I don't have the drive to sell them full time or ship them. I would take cents on the dollar. If not I will probably stop raising the fry.

And yes I 100% understand this is the issue with breeding them, supply drastically outpaces demand, I just figured I would throw out a final message before I shut it down because I am definitely not looking to make a profit, just looking some incentive to keep going (a couple frags a month, something).

 

[#Angels&Demons]

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[afboundguy]

I was curious if anyone knows any vendors within New England that would take clownfish for store credit. I went from raising the fry with my kids as a fun project to having several breeding pairs, but I don't have the drive to sell them full time or ship them. I would take cents on the dollar. If not I will probably stop raising the fry.

And yes I 100% understand this is the issue with breeding them, supply drastically outpaces demand, I just figured I would throw out a final message before I shut it down because I am definitely not looking to make a profit, just looking some incentive to keep going (a couple frags a month, something).

Try reaching out to your LFS or some of the sponsors as I'm sure they would gladly take locally bred fish for cheap. If I ever get lucky and catch my mandarin pair's eggs I want to try and raise them and get store credit for them and I've heard of other club members doing that.

I wish you were closer as I will be looking for 15-20 babies from the same clutch to start a clownfish harem tank within the next few months if life starts calming down...

 

[littlest reef]

I could meet you half way. However in my experience the harem tank doesn’t work, at least not long term. Skunks would work.

I haven’t had any luck with LFS within 30 mins or so which is why I figured I’d hit up the boards.

I have little kids, but I have toyed with the idea of scaling up and doing other breeds - bangaii, royal gramma. My kids really enjoy raising them but the time commitment is a lot. I have also reached out to RWU which is right near me, and comically I used to teach there, but they’ve never responded.