How I Breed Fish for a Living (and How You Can Too)
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:18 - How I started keeping fish
3:28 - How I started the business
6:12 - How the fish room started
10:37 - The keys to success
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I am 50 years old I am just starting on building a fish room. I have asked myself a couple of times if I am crazy but I keep moving forward. I brought my first 5 tanks online this week and it was a joyous moment. Your video was inspirational. Thank you and keep up the great work!
Hope it goes wonderful! I'm only 17, but I plan on getting a few tanks when I move out. I love fish! They're such beautiful animals!
@@YourMom-qk9pv lol, did u make your name that when u were 10?
@@Yourmum2863 Yeah, I was about 12 years old when I made it. I go to some appointments via zoom meetings and it's been mentioned a couple times when it's linked to my account. Really awkward!
How is it going?
You are not crazy sir, we are NEVER too old to get new hobbies or enjoy new things. However ill tell you do it smart and cheap to start with, because it is an extremely expensive hobby if you LET IT BE hahaha. I've been in the hobby on and off 18 ish years . Now I do everything smart and cheap . One of the best things you can do is get a small group of trusted friends in your near by community to swap stuff with ! Hope you enjoy ! Cheers
You are a true entrepreneur and someday you will look back at this and remember how you started this in just a small building. Much luck to you!!!
Thank you so much!!!!!!
Cool
It is a very encouraging story for a young man to start his own business; thumb up for you
Agree!
There is no future working for someone else
Ive been watching your videos since January of this year and you inspired me and my friend to start our own fish room modeled after what you're doing!!! We have been running since March of this year with minimal catastrophes and so much of that I credit to your videos! We just had our first official sale to a LFS in Grand Rapids, Michigan in mid July with tons more locations lined up and ready :) Thank you so much for posting all the types of videos you do, each one is super valuable!
Congratulations! 🎉
👍😊
Also from Michigan and curious if you guys are still up and running and maybe have a page?
During COVID, I decided to learn more about the hobby, understanding water chemistry, and become familiar with different species. The you tubers you mentioned, along with your videos kept me sane! So cool how you’ve evolved. Best of luck to you!
Congratulations!! It sounds like you got lucky with having good support and also worked really hard to make everything happen. It’s awesome to hear success stories like this.
Thank you!!
Great video! My fish room has only really been up for about 18 months. It's amazing how life can change in such a short amount of time with hard work
Thanks good luck!
Cannot express how deeply this video resonated with my soul, fish used to be a hobby for me, covid made me realize that it's my calling/gift, lots of love and support from Barbados 🇧🇧
Well done not to many yongster want to word hard for anything these days. Keep it up
Thank you !
Nick, I am 100% positive that this has been an amazing journey for you! Loving what you do, is the most important aspect of "working" for a living. Because it doesn't feel like work, it is life fulfilling. The joy of watching your progress in the industry is how I feel about being an Educator. The success of you breeding a species and sending them off to their new homes is like me watching my students graduate and go off to "life"! We have an emotional component that is attached to our vocations and that is passion. I wholeheartedly wish your continuous success and growth to be filled with joy and personal satisfaction! Thank you for sharing...
I couldn’t agree more! Your job is probably more impactful but 😄
@@KeepingFishSimple lol, well it is, but you get our connection to our passion with our vocations.
I am currently at your ~golfing era~ where I am letting life take over and keeping the hobby aside. I recently moved to another country for schooling, but I really could not keep myself off the hobby completely and I purchased a small 3 gallon tank. It just has three zebra danios. I might be far away or not even on the same path of what you are going on, but watching this spiked my interests in the hobby all over again.
All your hardwork will payoff!!!! Glad to see you thriving in something that you love!!! And so impressed for doing something that you are passionate about!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️✨✨✨✨
What a journey this was, I started watching in 2019 and now you have a own shop mate, great work, I am on 20 tanks and expanding now, you were my motivation that I can do it from the start
I appreciate your videos, I am a hobbyist that is working on becoming a full fledge breeder and your videos have made me realize that it is possible
Dream!!!😁🐟🐟
One of the best vids yet!! Ur incredible mate. Good job. Clean floor!!yay
Thanks for all the support along the way bro
Really great story, I have been following your channel for some time now and have learned a lot from you. I have been trying to breed fish for about a year now, with moderate success. I'm 17 and have kept fish for 6 years and I'm starting to get really invested into breeding fish. Thanks for sharing your story, and I know exactly how it feels to put all your money into fish keeping. Keep on going, you are doing great! Love the videos!
Agree!
Fish keeping has helped me thru the worst part of my life, it came in at the same time everything started to fall apart. Year and a half later and I feel like I’m still learning and healing but I’m in a better place then I was and the fish are a huge reason , I keep thinking about trying to grow and eventually make it a business I don’t care what I make but getting sales is so exciting and seeing my baby’s go to someone that’s going to appreciate them and they get to go places I’ve never been is a rush😆. Never thought I would think about a fish business but here I am 20 tanks later.
You're doing a great job mate! It's hard work to setup and maintain all that. Keep it up.
Thanks so much
Omg nick!! So amazing, inspired by your journey 😍
It’s funny you say that, considering the video is 16 minutes long and you commented that 5 minutes after the video released…
Hahahahaha
@@caelanharamis5660 maybe I had pre-upload access 🤭
Turning a passion into a job and it will never feel like you are working again. Good on you! I can see how excited you get talking about this. Doing a great job!
you are one of the channels that have helped me rediscover a childhood hobby, im trying to get approval from my landlord right now to get my first fish tank in years.
Young man you are so inspiring…..you are wise well beyond your years! I too have had a dream of breeding/ selling fish for a living, then 30+ years flow by. I wish I had taken the steps you did when I was young, well done!! I now into my 50s am now trying to make my dream come true. I hope I’m not too late, thanks so very much for all you do and have done🙂👍🏻
Never too late. This room was still being built only a year ago. Get into it!
KeepingFishSimple I’m deffinately going to give it a go!🙂👍🏻
Watching this while I pull eggs from my corydoras emeralds. I love animals and one tank is now 26 to planning a fish room too.
All from watching u and others on CZcams. I love this video please make more. Absolute inspiration 🙌
Crazy thing is, I will say in a couple years the people I watched in CZcams, was
Aquarium co op, Dexter’s world, and yours man, Keeping Fish Simple.
It’s a neat hobby that I would like to make money to support the hobby. Cause I over do everything. I enjoy growing plants so with that and breeding some fish will be awesome.
I have a pair of bettas that I will try. I got my I for from you!!
Thank You!
Your honesty, resiliency, and tenacity are why I watch your channel! It is amazing how focused and dedicated you are to your business at your age - so freaking impressive! My Venezuelan Corys have been breeding and I feel addicted 😬🙈 I see why you do this 🤣 I started selling. Thank you so much for your fun and informative content, fan forever ❤🙏
Amazing story bro. Very inspiring... you have no idea how this helps me look back at a time when I felt so passionate about the hobby and breeding fish. I did go into it as a business but somewhere along the line I lost that passion. Your dad was very correct. Retail wasn't the answer. It was breeding fish. I'm hoping to start back breeding again. Thanks for sharing. Huge fan all the way from Trinidad, Caribbean 🇹🇹
Sounds awesome!!!!
you have put some true dedication into this farm keep it up god has given you such a gift
What a good kid, you are doing great and you deserve every success.
Best of luck to you I recently bought 3 platies 2 female, 1 male and now my tank is being over run with young! Hopefully I have local people to take some or hopefully a store will my current objective with this little project is to at least make enough money to supply my fish keeping hobby. Maybe later if I can sell fish at a bigger scale, I'll buy more tanks and other types of fish! My goal is to have a "fish room" with fish im breeding and selling and others that I just really want as permanent pets!
Hard work turn into reward. Keep up this great work and make more great videos for us to watch ya!
Thank you
keep up the great work, been watching your videos since 2020.
seen you and your tanks grew non-stop.
from tanks in your home to a fish room and from a clean shave to a moustache!
keep doing what you're doing, persistence, determination and like you said patience.
well done!
Thank you for the support!!
I'm almost 24 & sooo close to starting my own pet / fish CZcams channel, but I'm building my professional experience first since I have the degree & opportunities to do so... Still, seeing you ~thrive~ doing what you love at a young age is so inspiring. Idk how to edit & no camera, but I've been breeding & raising Sparkling Gourami for the past year in quarantine! :) I really like nano planted tanks & nano fish, but idk if there's a market for that rn. Anyhoo, the 1% rule is new to me & really spoke to me, so thank you!! Love from Duluth, MN. 😊
Woa Duluth ! Nice my brother just moved to Houghton Mi , he says the lake and the nature is amazing ! We can't wait to visit and check out Superior , good luck on your journey !
@@knyghtryder3599 Thank you lots! Michigan is really beautiful! Especially the white sand beaches. Lake Superior has some pretty sweet resources. I scape my aquariums w really pretty white & black speckled stones from the shore, & collect sun dried driftwood pieces for my crested gecko :)
I also started to keep fish when I was 12 and today I’m still keeping fish at 13
Congrats mate, love your work!! Your website looks great and look forward to supporting your business and getting some cool livestock and plants from you
Your parents are awesome to help to create your bussiness idea.
I like that 1 percent rule!
Inspirational for both kids and people twice or 3 times your age. You seem to get through to all audiences Nick with great detail and modesty. You can't buy that pal! Best wishes from the UK fella 👌🇬🇧
I am very inspired by people who love animals and are passionate about it. I have many animals of all shapes and sizes (horses to dogs to fish and all in between) and am so happy to watch your videos.
That's hilarious that you caught mosquitofish for your first fish. I have never had fish before, and I just caught a female mosquitofish yesterday, I want to catch some more and keep them. They are native here in the southeast United States.
ALOT OF MONEY in turtles just payed 311 .00 for a terrapin turtle I love fish and turtles love the guppy's its so amazing all the live bearers are awesome
Good job man started watching you in March 2020 it’s crazy to see the growth of your CZcams channel and the variety of fish you have now keep up the great work can’t wait to see where you are in a years time
Thank you so much
So cool to see a fellow follower of Aquarium Co-Op and all the OG fish CZcamsrs with their own fish room!
Been watching you since I started keeping plants in aquarium. Watched all of your plant videos and continued watching you on your journey. Amazing work man! From mums kitchen to a fishroom GG
That was a great video. Thank you for sharing some of the "secrets to your success". You are one great young human!
Thank you so much!
Best Fish Channel on CZcams , Keep up the good work!!!
I'm really happy about you mate ❤️ plz make more content like this
Great job...love the discus and angels ...I'm a cichlid fan my self
Great inspirational video, and your fish room is a credit to you, I can't believe I haven't stumbled on your videos before, I think I will definitely enjoy watching some of them 🌾🐠🙂
Plan came together, well done,👏
Watching your video has inspired me to not give up and keep trying to breed fish. I envy the position your in and hope to succeed some myself.
Passion, Self believe, Hard work and taking risks. Good job my men.
Awesome video, good to see a young person doing what you are doing with your business!
Actually ur the best fish keeper met in You tube .ur going to be my favorite utuber,U have a nice talent,lvur work br really appreciate ur work.Actuall after seen this video my mind was like "yh ur good u can do it ".❤️
Thanks for this video. You are very inspiring... im starting some businesses myself and it was intended to start with my father.... but he passed away christmas eve. Ive taken some time and now im starting from scratch and found your channel. Youve really helped my belief that i can succeed and i will not give up. Please keep up the content
What a journey!! So inspirational.
Thank you!
Great inspiration mate, big time respect! 🐟👍
Thank you
You got a dream job, i thinking of start my own breeding business, but little to scared to take the big jump, now its still more a hobby with 9 tank and only breed L numbers
Pumping out the videos lately, good to see
Yes ! Thanks
Well done man! 👏🏼
Been here since close to the start! My fave go to for the hobby! Crazy growth! Well done :)
Thanks so much
I love your 1% idea.
I’m going to use that always from now on.
Amazing story! What an incredible journey you have had. Thank you for sharing, you are truly an inspiration. I love your 1% principle. It really does help. I do this to myself all the time too and I can always achieve a higher level of satisfaction when putting in just that little extra effort each day. Sometimes it's those little things at the end of the day that bring a great sense of contentment and fulfilment. I wish you all the best in the future and I look forward to many more videos. 🐠 🥰👍
Inspiring, I was just fed up of looking after my fry and the new inactive fish today.. I really need that resilience. Good luck with your business
Keep trying
Excellent video. Great story. It all starts at home doesn't it? Good family means a lot. It occurred to me the other day that the people you see in life that are doing well, in the vast majority of the cases had good starts in life. Same with businesses, marriages, churches, anything. Doesn't mean you can't come from nothing and become something, but mostly it's people who got a good start...they had both parents at home and it was a stable environment, good work ethic instilled at a young age, saving money taught at a young age and helped to get started, those sorts of things are real advantages that turn out to be huge in life. Keep up the good work! From America! Thanks!
Love your story man! I’m glad to be a OG subscriber ❤️
Thanks bro 😎
We are even not relatives but I very proud of you. It was huge and probably stressful part to build up everything and you did it. Rewarding? Definitely!)
You got me on the leaving extra 1% better for the next day mate, such a good mindset :)
I'm trying to start my own fish breeding buissness. I'm quite young and I was not sure if it would be possible, but now I am committed and I do think it's possible.
You are doing great bud keep it up 💯🤘🏽
I really enjoyed this video it was informative, to the point, and realistic. I have been enjoying your videos and will continue watching. Sorry to hear about getting scammed, great to hear you used your passion to not let it dissuade you.
Just discovered you today and binge watched love this channel!
Haha, that was what happened to me when I first discovered him!
Thanks, you inspire me to keep on following my passion!
Thanks ! I’m glad I can help
Definitely inspired me to get into betta's especially fell in love for the hobby. Wishing you nothing less but the best!
Thank you!!!
Really inspirational video, keep up the amazing work.
Thanks so much!!!
awesome video, bro!
I wish you all the success in the world. Thus was awesome to watch n listen to the backstory
I wonder how many other people watching this are like me and thinking, I wish I had the courage to do this. Its something I always wanted to do but for a variety of reasons I didn't take the plunge. I wish you all the best in your endeavour.
The only thing to fear, is fear itself.
Well done young fella
LOVED this 😍
What great life principles. Sounds like a golfer's mentality applied in business. Keep up the great work buddy 👍
Great man. Really appreciate what you are doing.
Thanks!
Simplyamazing. You're going to do great things
You are an inspiration to this old lady in Canada. ;)
Thank you !
Wonderful. Good luck in your fish breeding. Subscribed.
You've inspired me to restart fish keeping
Did not even watch 10sec and liked and subscribed.
So good to see a young aussie lad on youtube and your room is on par with all the american big boys (just on first site)
To top it off you got the fish I like too!
I'll stay tuned for more!
Nice work,keep these great vids going. 👌🏼😁
Thanks!!
This video is giving me major inspiration ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
You are a Blue Collar Worker so You got my attention and my support
This story is pretty amazing 🤩
great video!
You are my role model ❤️
So proud of you good job God bless you
Great work mate keep it up.
Thanks!!!
That's crazy, good for you for being able to follow your passion. I assume we're about the same age(I'm 19) and as a college student whos been struggling so much with school, I couldn't dream enough of being where you're at rn, or at least try something similar. Maybe not necessary towards fish keeping, but just something that I enjoy so much where it doesn't feel like hard work when working hard.
Really enjoyed your videos and I just wanna say good luck with whatever is down the road. Much love and appreciation from Taiwan :)
Thanks so much, really means so much. Good luck to you
Awesome video mate! Massive fan of your channel and a fellow Queenslander 👍
Wow I got scammed $4,400 as well trying to buy zebra plecos but finally found someone that was honest and got 4 of them
Awesome dude. You are the 1% you made all this happen
Awesome!!! Thank you.
Great Job!