Do pet stores buy fish from customers

[joseph2739]

I have a lot of baby fish that I’m gonna grow and I wanna know when I grow them would any pet store buy some


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[Colin_T]

Years ago any pet shop would buy fish from customers but today some do and some don't.

I recently came across a chain store pet shop and they refuse to buy fish from customers, which I found odd. But their policy is they don't buy anything from customers because they could be diseased. When I pointed out the fish they were getting from the eastern states wholesalers were diseased, and they had diseased fishes in their shop tanks at that moment, I was asked to leave

Most other shops will take fish tho and they usually give about 1/2 retail price in store credit, and 1/3 store price in cash. Some shops pay less than this but most pay these amounts.

If you want to sell large numbers of fish they usually pay less again but they take more fish.
eg: You have 200 male guppies to sell, the shop might take them all but they will offer you about 1/4 retail price in cash. The shop takes a chance on buying so many fish and they might not be perfect, and you don't get as much money per fish, but you do sell more of them at the same time.

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On a side note, when rearing tropical fish, the best temperature is 28C (82F). Do daily 75% water changes to dilute the growth inhibiting hormones produced by the baby fish. Keep the lights on for 16 hours per day. Feed them at least 4 times per day and feed them so their stomachs are huge and they look pregnant. Newly hatched brineshrimp is the best foods for rearing fry once they are a few weeks old. Microworms can also be added.

 

[joseph2739]

Years ago any pet shop would buy fish from customers but today some do and some don't.

I recently came across a chain store pet shop and they refuse to buy fish from customers, which I found odd. But their policy is they don't buy anything from customers because they could be diseased. When I pointed out the fish they were getting from the eastern states wholesalers were diseased, and they had diseased fishes in their shop tanks at that moment, I was asked to leave

Most other shops will take fish tho and they usually give about 1/2 retail price in store credit, and 1/3 store price in cash. Some shops pay less than this but most pay these amounts.

If you want to sell large numbers of fish they usually pay less again but they take more fish.
eg: You have 200 male guppies to sell, the shop might take them all but they will offer you about 1/4 retail price in cash. The shop takes a chance on buying so many fish and they might not be perfect, and you don't get as much money per fish, but you do sell more of them at the same time.

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On a side note, when rearing tropical fish, the best temperature is 28C (82F). Do daily 75% water changes to dilute the growth inhibiting hormones produced by the baby fish. Keep the lights on for 16 hours per day. Feed them at least 4 times per day and feed them so their stomachs are huge and they look pregnant. Newly hatched brineshrimp is the best foods for rearing fry once they are a few weeks old. Microworms can also be added.

Thanks

 

[mikey11]

independent stores might....chain stores probably wouldn't even take them for free

what kinds of fish are you talking about?

 

[joseph2739]

independent stores might....chain stores probably wouldn't even take them for free

what kinds of fish are you talking about?

Gourami’s

 

[Colin_T]

Most shops will take gouramis, especially the more unusual species.

Gouramis have very small fry that need infusoria as a first food. The following link has info on growing infusoria if you don't know how to do it
http://www.fishforums.net/threads/back-to-basics-when-breeding-fish.448304/

 

[NickAu]

independent stores might....chain stores probably wouldn't even take them for free

Because chain stores are usually franchises and and cant.

Disadvantages of buying a franchise. Buying a franchise means entering into a formal agreement with your franchisor. Franchise agreements dictate how you run the business, so there may be little room for creativity. There are usually restrictions on where you operate, the products you sell and the suppliers you use.

https://www.business.qld.gov.au/sta...ess/buying-franchise/advantages-disadvantages

And if they are not a chain of franchises store, It would be like walking into a Kmart/ Wallmart store and trying to sell them something, The manager of the store hasn't got the authorization to buy it, You would have to contact the state or national head office and talk to a purchasing rep.

Independent means the person who owns the store also runs it.

My LFS takes in fish that grow too big for peoples tanks.

 

[mikey11]

Gourami’s

depends what variety and what quality they are,

stores normally only want perfect fish.....that would probably only be about 25% of the fish an average home breeder would raise....so you would need to cull the bad ones ruthlessly

 

[mikey11]

Because chain stores are usually franchises and and cant.

not really....

chain stores get their fish so cheap it just really isnt worth the hassle of taking other peoples fish