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Absolutely spot on info! It was staggering how many people sent me the "You're living the dream" messages when I had my shop, they had no idea! As crazy as it sounds there was a HUGE feeling of relief when we closed our shop. It's hard for someone who's not in the business to understand but it's true! Once there's money and bills involved it's no longer a hobby, it goes from a hobby that helps you relax and destress to a source of anxiety and stress. Well said Joey.

I felt the same way when I bred my bettas...I had some gorgeous, high-quality fish, but the stores I sold them to shoved 'em into those tiny cups just like any other betta. It was heartbreaking since you have to "jar" betta fry and care for them individually, so I became very attached. And I couldn't stop thinking that those I sold individually wouldn't be cared for even half as well as I cared for mine. I had to stop just from sheer emotional burnout!

How I made $20,000 in 1 month. What you need to know if you want to do it.... and WHY I DONT WANT TO DO IT AGAIN PS: A local fish store tour is coming in a couple weeks! You can also find me on facebook: facebook.com/UaruJoey

How do you make a small fortune in the aquarium hobby/industry??... ...start with a large fortune. :-) Good work with the discus!!!

Great video Joey, thanks for sharing this insightful info!

My last fish was when I was 8 and named "Rainbow." I don't even know why I'm watching these videos but I can't stop..

Thank you so much ... I was into this many years ago attending a few local aquarium clubs in my town and really enjoyed the hobby. At on point I had my main 150g tank with 3 55g and 4 25g and 2 little 10g for feeders or sick fish I needed to quarantine. I'm looking to get back into it full force again soon as it was a great relaxing hobby with many benefits, like some you have mentioned in a few of your videos. You seem like a great guy with plenty of knowledge ... thanks again for sharing your experiences and thoughts on this hobby. I look forward to more of your videos and will keep an eye open for anything more you have to share! thank you again, Brian

The information you give to the public is worth more than all the money you could make , I think everyone should help you keep doing what you're doing, supporting you , good luck master.

Raising discus takes a huge amount of time. I didn't want to give any of mine away. The amount of TIME and EFFORT it takes to grow out discus is why they are expensive. That is a LOT of work. Great video Joey! Cheers.

Mad respect for you man! I really enjoyed this video and you gave us a very interesting and detailed recount of your whole experience. I really felt for you that you were taken advantage of by some people and impressed at how you handled it and moved on. I can't wait to watch more of your videos. You seem like a pretty awesome guy and I look forward to learning much from you as I start out on my hobby.

Kudos to you Joey for being a real fish keeper in wanting people to enjoy them as much as yourself. I recently started rearing my Kribensis fry because I love seeing the babies grow, and develop their own little quirks. Granted I don't even bother selling them but, I give them to my close friends that I know will appreciate them as much as I do. Two thumbs up for the small insight of the good hearted person that you truly are.

I went through the same thing breeding cichlids. Good for you for posting this video! People need to hear it!

Accidentally I came across your video. I found that you are very informative and intellectual about this hobby of yours and mine. Your video is easy to understand and without repeating yourself again and again like some of the aquarium video I watched before. And the most important is that you are a honest person in promoting this hobby with everything you know. Glad to know you are a Canadian and so do I. Your honesty and your ethical value are the deciding factors for me to subscribe. Nice to know you and keep up the good works. Thanks!!

You make it easy to listen and i like that bud. Regardless of what you strive to do in life be honest with everyone and yourself and it will end in a good way money or not. Keep these awesome videos coming.

You're a really good guy, the world would be a better place if there were more people like you with honest intentions. Unfortunately, that's the world of commerce we live in today, everyone's out to make a buck. Similar thing happened to my teacher. He wrote books, and he wanted people to benefit from it, he sold them cheap hoping the knowledge would reach out to more people but unfortunately, certain people saw it as a business opportunity and bought many from him and just marked up the prices. The good news is, the knowledge is with you, it's not with middle man, you can always do this again, but they can't. It's like that saying, how does it go? "if you give a man a fish you feed him for a day, but if you teach him to fish you feed him for life."

I'm not interested in breeding fish. I've had a few very successful long term tanks in my life and really enjoyed them. I just got my daughter a small hydroponics tank for Christmas and ended up finding this through a series of recommended related video links. I really liked the underlying philosophical discussion here and applaud your integrity. It's nice to hear you say you don't like looking at the fish as dollar signs and monetizing them took a lot of the enjoyment out of the hobby. Thanks for sharing. I like your passion for the hobby. Subscribed.

One of the best youtubes I've ever seen. Very thorough . After 50 years as a fishkeeper it is why I'm glad to not be into retail.

This is actually a great, easy to understand, and enjoyable lesson about business too. Well done!

Awesome video! It's good to hear someone care more for what they are doing more then making money off of it. I've had an idea of breeding in the back of my head but nothing too serious and I don't think I'll do it more then selling over grown fragged corals. Your videos were really my starting point to the hobby. Keep it going! and I need one of those shirts haha

Hey Joey, I just wanted to say thank you ever so much for making this and many other videos. I created my ‘Discus Fish UK’ channel 2 years ago after seeing your videos. Discus are beautiful creatures and you should be very happy to have made so many beautiful fish, so of which are looking amazing in some people tanks across Canada I bet. Thanks again for being such an inspiration to the KZfaq generation :-)

i really like these types of videos, all of my friends are not interested in this hobby, making it really hard for me to just learn from other hobbyists experiences or etc. this was a really cool vid joey! thanks!

Great video Joey. People sometimes forget about all the negative drawbacks from breeding/selling fish. Looking forward to next Thursday!

Great video!!!! I have my own small business and spend a lot of time developing my business plan. The most important aspect was to account for all the costs to be sure it made sense. This was a huge effort but in the end it helped to set the sell prices and made sure my costs were covered and the profit margin was enough to support the business and allow me to provide the high level of customer service I wanted to provide. Looking back it was a huge amount of work but it was well worth the effort as I have a solid understanding of where the money is going. Awesome video!

Fanatic video again, sir . Thumbs up for the detailed explanation of the whole project

I like this guy. Watched his six parter on a plywood tank build. Then watched this video, really shows you what a genuinely good guy he is! He just loves his fishies

the ending... spoken like a true aquarist. thanks for the vid and its a shame pple dont appreciate the hobbie as much as some of us do. if i had a dedicated fish room i would probably breed for friends/family who cant afford the fish but alas i dont. thanks again for the vid on thursday and im glad we get u twice as many days.

Very informative video as usual Joey. Well explained about the setup and the ongoing maintenance. I do it on a small scale, but don't expect to make any money on it. As long as it subsidises my hobby then I'm cool with that. Keep all the cool videos going, you've certainly been an inspiration to me and many others in the hobby. 👏

Hi Joey, Longtime subscriber here. I know you have heard this before, but since you are talking about money. I think you should try selling acrylic aquarium kits. My favorite videos are the old acrylic builds you did. I would pay for a kit. Pre cut acrylic with the cement. I've had a hard time finding some of the things needed for a build. You could prepare the kit. Either a set of instructions or just links to the videos needed for the kit. You are truly gifted as a craftsmen. I love your discus videos and I'm so glad you got into discus. I would love to see more about how you breed discus. How you fed the fry and the schedule of feeding. Also water chemistry when conditioning the parents and the grow out process. If you used live food for the fry I would love to see how you managed that. So proud to see you be so successfully without losing why you love this hobby. Very commendable.

I'm also a nova scotian into the aquarium hobby. I'm just starting though ( about 6 months in ) and learning a fair amount from your videos. thanks a lot man!

I'd love to hear more on how to breed discus for sure. Thanks for all your work Joey.

This is a great insight onto this layer of the hobby. Thank you Joey!

Awesome video Joey. You're a very respectable man. You tell it how it is and you do what you do for the love of the hoppy. Awesome work.

I love the message that you are giving here. I enjoy the fact that you promote saving money and you are real with costs. Its interesting that even though you made money, the time costs and other variables made it less profitable than you'd think. Sometimes something you love shouldn't turn into a job but like you say a hobby. Keep up the good work!

Very thoughtful presentation. Many beginning business owners overlook a lot of the things you mentioned. I have always scoffed at the "work at what you love" mentality. Every time I have made a passion of mine into a business, I have killed my enjoyment of it.

I know what you are saying, because I have tried it both sides. And found out that when I focus on turning them into a profession, a large part of the enjoyment of the beauty of the hobby is gone. A very good channel, made from the heart. Just subscribed. Keep it up.

This video is pretty much a life changer, about fish and everything else. I really enjoyed this video.

Nice vid, love the update. Maybe you can do a video discussing the types of fish that you want to keep with your arowana and why, I would love to hear your opinion on that! :)

I really admire your videos Joey, you haven't posted new ones so I'm looking at your older ones. You deserve your success 👌

Nice talk. I've been selling corals for years, and I almost got out of the hobby because of doing so. I'm so happy that I realized that and become a real hobbyist now.

Your insights into your experiences are very valuable. Thank you. I feel many of the same experiences when selling my off my breeding successes.

Have you ever thought of setting up an aquaponics system? You can grow plants as additional income and the plants clean up the water for you.

Well said joey and some great info and personal info as well that you shared with us. Thank you and keep doing what your doing buddy! KING OF DIY AND REEF TANK ADDICTION TEAM UP!

Great story, yes there is a great deal to consider when making money from something like a hobby. Thanks for breaking down all the pieces of the pie. It's like that in the US to, Uncle Sam always wants his share, whether he deserves any or not !!

I love your videos, you have a very pleasant personality! I've just started fishkeeping, with 6 small tanks sitting around my house (and a turtle pond in the back yard). I'd absolutely love some Discus, but I'm going to wait until I'm a bit more experienced in the hobby before I get them.

Nice story. It says a lot about you. Thanks, for sharing. I am in the process of setting up my discus fish aquarium for hobby. A lot to learn, but a lot of fun too.

You're a nice guy for trying to sell your discus for cheap, anytime you try to do good for other people on a large scale, you will be taken advantage of, but that shouldn't be a limiting factor. Awesome vid as always

This brings back memories. I had a breeding pair in my decorated tank and after entertaining breeding for a while it stressed me out incredibly that I ended up selling the pair. The joy definitely got sucked out of me specially since I wasn't at all prepared that my discus might actually breed.

I loved this video, I agree I'm definitely becoming obsessed with my discus, and have 2 planted tanks (65+125), While I am always battling to maintain equilibrium I find it very rewarding. I decided to add some discus from my local pet store about a year ago and have now fallen head over heals. I have come to realize that I need to figure out a better system for them as they are really not growing well in my 125 (I have eight 3-4" discus in there -2 have paired up). I have a pair of breading 5"+ pigeon blood discus in my 65gal which have breed about 30 times but because it is a community tank with other small fish obviously no success (only to wigglers). You mentioned that discus were your passion and I am very impressed by you DYI on tank building. I am an Architect and live in the Cayman Islands and as such the cost of importing tanks is really high. I would love for you to share more about your discus breeding tips from where you got the amazing breading pairs, (Wow there are by far the most amazing fish I have seen), to (most importantly) how you set your multi tank system, size of tanks and filtration etc. Your water quality is exceptional. I think it is time for me to take the next step and look at taking my discus out and into more favourable conditions for growing and breeding. I would like to get my tanks and stands made as I am not as handy as you are. I spend about an 1hr a day on my tanks, the time seems to just slip away (but its better than watching tv) but would love to design a discus breeding tank system. While I think you are amazing to have made such success, I agree - I would not be doing this for the money (my day job is just fine) but because this is my stress relief, and I find myself constantly doing research and drawing up options.

I love this calm informative version of Joey.

your a great guy. I love my discus and could never put a price tag on the hobby. keep doing your thing man. I'll keep watching and learning.

good to hear that you enjoy the discus fish!!! I love them too...

you provide such an exellent show I can't thank you enough, fellow fish nerd!

My heart goes out to you buddy! It's really tough not getting taken advantage of through the online market. People aren't as noble as you appear to be. Through KZfaq at least you can still share your aquatic life with us, and not feel scammed (hopefully). Thanks for videos!

Awesome video and thank you so much for being open and sharing your journeys with us!!

thanks for sharing that. I can understand what you mean about taking the fun out of it. I have had two people with in the last few years that wanted to set me up with a bakery or start a coffee house with me as a baker and i turned them down because it would take the fun out of baking, learning and sharing the results. On the other hand, congratulations on the learning experience.

This new series is awesome. Just like all your other videos. Thank You

holy crap power 80 bucks i have 2 tanks 450 + a month and all the prices cheap you are a genius man i love you

You have given me a lot of love and respect for flower horns and/also/mostly discus. ❤️ ( we all will always miss frank🙏🏻❤️)

Hello mate, I barely leave any comments in KZfaq channels, your last part of the video made me moved and have to say something. I really admire your attitude to this hobby. First when I saw this title, I thought you're just making money like some other youtubers, and how could it be possible, but your words and detailed explanations changed my views. I really look down upon those buyers who get the fishes from you in a very cheap price and sold them somewhere else, they should feel lucky of living so close to a friendly and kind hearted expert of this hobby which is you, but they didn't appreciate it. Keep on going with your hobby and life, all the best wishes for you and your family. God bless kind hearted people like you. P.S. I'm a Chinese, sorry for the bad English. ^_^

I'm going to like this Thursday video series. We get to know you and your past with the hobby. Great video!

I love that end clip with your aro, super simple but effective

top lad, as a marine aquarist from England I admire your honesty and breakdown of things, unfortunately you always get them many people in the game for the money, especially over here, I love the fish and the whole aquarium side of it exactly like you just for the hobby, keep up the great work

Wow, great story Joey and I was left with thinking, hey, for a first run, with actual start-up costs AND time that wouldn't repeat or wouldn't repeat fully the next time, if you could do that well just jumping in on a first run there is definitely a profit margin there that could be expanded. Many businesses start up and do not expect ANY profit for the first year. I get that $10 an hr isn't real motivation but if you could do that well starting there are many ways to branch out. Hire a person so it doesn't consume as much of your time, expand, stick to internet sales, sounds like the local thing was a bummer anyway. I enjoyed your story, I found it inspiring, you sounded a little worse for the wear from it but chalk it up to experience. Blaze your own trail, no guts on glory! You'll look back on it later as a positive and it was.

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I didn't realize how profitable discus could be! That's incredible. That's quite a lot of work but the payout is nice. Darn taxes too! Automating the maintenance could help out with relieving some of the monotonous time. I completely agree with the losing the sight of what you're going for. When trying to do something for profit it's easy to lose the passion.

would definitely want to see a video or a podcast about breeding discus. thanks for all your videos sir I really do enjoy them.

I can tell your a good hearted man and very smart at what you do good for you keep up the good work

Good stuff - I was one of the early breeders of cory cats in the Pacific NorthWest and I actually made money. But adding up the costs plus the aggravation for the family (wife & 2 toddlers) in a 1000 sq ft house with 30 tanks - plus adding up my time spent; I was working for about $2 an hour. But hey, at least my hobby paid something. Never want to do that again. My tanks now are all "show tanks". If fish breed in them, I'm happy. If the fry grow old enough, I'm very happy. If I get too many, I'll share them or take them to the aquarium society's auction.

Your efforts are true admiration for the hobbyists, Thanks for each of your videos your hardwork is less work for your followers. Apart of all your presentation is truly professional.

Excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing your unique experience.

I have seen all of your videos, but really loved this one as I have discuss as well. I have a red Mellon breeding pair which normally breeds every second week but not able to raise fries as it is a community tank, wll definitely use your tips given in your video, how to breed discuss. Thanks for all your videos Joe..

Thank you for all your videos ! and for keeping the information available for everyone to see. Also, disappointing to hear people were taking advantage of your humbleness. Peace!

Great story. I completely understand where you're coming from. I had a similar situation selling my ball python babies. I disliked underselling their value and was always worried about them going to good homes. In the end, I dialed back my hobby and just stuck to keeping the adults and not breeding. It's really fun planning the breeding and raising babies, actually. I think I just didn't like doing the customer service end. Thanks for being honest and staying true to your passion!

great vidoe love the honestly and true passion for the hobby.

You are awesome! Great video and I love your love for this hobby! Please keep having fun.

I really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing with us. I think that was nice of you to share all those discus with all those hobbyists for a fair trade. Good on you man I'll bet you've got allot of good karma swimmin around :)

awesome video man! love to see a profile video on uaru's if at all possible there aint too many about on youtube if any. keep up the good work.

This video hits home for me. Having a business is always a ton of work, fish or otherwise. I can't think of anything you could have missed, you covered this topic very thoroughly. The only thing I can think of not touched upon - stress. That was the major reason for leaving my small business after 20 years. How did you handle returns?

Great video. Thanks for the insight. I breed rosy boas but discus are next on my list.

i love the way how you explain everything :) good job !

Loved the story!!! Keep it coming...

One of the morals of the story is... government makes things more complicated and expensive.

Thank you for sharing this story and outlining the true cost of breeding aquarium fish. Fish farming does have the advantage of going geometrically bigger. If you have experience with giant tanks you can really blow up those numbers!

Amazing, the amount of time you put into doing this. It certainly sounds incredibly taunting. great vid and keep them coming.

So I agree with a lot of what you said. For me I never felt that the money spoiled it for me. I was so proud of the quality of my breeding pairs and the fact that I had people drive miles and miles to buy my discus I felt that I was their only source of high quality fish. I had a young guy who had an anxiety disorder and an overbearing mother who added to that. Although he was 20 years old he needed a hobby that helped with that. I shared a great deal of time and care in helping him set up a breeding system just like mine. Eventually I sold him mine as well. His mother approved because it helped her son. I also keep in contact with my buyers and watched them raise my fry. We talked and shared time and stories so my passion for it kept on growing. I simply stopped when I made a mistake and sold a fish that I thought I would never sell. Then my original supplier stopped selling discus altogether(Mike Beals at Central Ohio Discus) I bought a few fish from Kenny's Discus but Mike had the real rare ones. Anyway as I start looking for replacement discus I had a terrible quality issue. Pigeon bloods that looked like someone threw hot coffee grounds all over. Blue diamond with head deformities and chipped eyes. So all my tanks are empty and have been for the last 5 to 6 years. I am watching this video because I still love discus breeding and have intentions of keeping them again some day soon.

your ideas and mind set in this hobby is remarkable man i so need to link up with you some time and share ideas im thinking of going in the breeding business and would like your input on it

I recently got out of the hobby for now, but you definitely helped me get into it. Thanks for being so honest about the whole process. It's really refreshing for someone to give all the down and dirty facts.

Man, very sincere, honest an detailed video. I do not have discus (im more a goldfish person) but i enjoyed your video a lot. :)

Its like a dream comes true to see how to breed discus as I can't find any proper video on breeding discus in youtube. Hope that you will make it soon.

Wow Joey, that's a lot to chew on. I am actually trying to breed my discus pair right now, with not much luck. If you can do the Discus video that'll be great. Then I'll worry about the headache of selling Lol. Thanks for this great video Joey, I was really looking forward to it.

Even though you didn't enjoy the business side of it all, I'll bet you have enjoyed all the research and setup-I know I would have! Much respect for putting your values first over money. So often we are willing to sacrifice time and values for money, losing our selves and gaining little. Thanks for posting man, your videos are always on point.

thanks for the information, it was great, I was a small business man for years it is never as easy as it looks from the outside thanks again, would you consider talking about water quality and how to measure it. what do you track and what do you use to track it

Great insight. I was looking into breeding African cichlids and these are points I need to consider

Great video. I would definitely like to see your process for breeding Discus. Water temps, water composition, filtration, and lighting. Also any tips on triggering spawning.

Your a pretty dope dude man keep it up thanks, that video shows a lot of quality in a person. The world could use a few more guys like ya. keep it up

Before watching video "im going to be rich!" After watching video "looks like im going to continue to eat ramen" haha Great video though and such beautiful fish!

a video on breeding discus in depth would be great cheers joey great vids

Well spoken. In an abstract way I feel the same way about my music. Arowana intro in great.

Awesome.just watching you now for the first time.have to watch Moore.am keen to learn more..:-)