How long till i can sell my dwarf cockatoo cichlids

I first saw the fry on the 20th march getting eaten by my gouramis in my community tank, but i was quick to react and have 28 to this date.

How long will it take to get them to selling size and any idea how much I could sell them for.

I just started fish breeding as somthing to do.

I have 3 60cm x 30cm x 30cm tanks. 1 heavily planted tank with a breeding pair a dwarf cockatoo's. 1 with the dwarf cockatoo fry and a lone surviving guppy fry from my community tank . And 1 tank that I have tryed to breed pearl gouramis and opaline gouramis in before I took them out after the females lost most of there fins befor they even spawned. Im now trying to breed some bronze corydoras in it.

My community tank is a 170cm x 45cm x 45cm with a bit of drift wood at 1 end and some rocks at the other. The fish I have in this tank are pair of pearl gourmi, pair of opaline gourami, a single male honey gourami, a group of 9 zebra danios, 2 small bristlenose catfish, a few guppies and a group of 6 young angels that I got on special.

I want some easy fish to breed so I get a bit of confidence, any ideas??

thanks

How long it takes to get to saleable size depends on a variety of factors - how often and what quality food they're getting fed, how many of them a crammed into the tank, how often water changes are getting done. I would guess (VERY roughly) about 4-5 months but am happy to be contradicted.

As for how much you should be expecting to get for them - about half the price they sell for in shops is a good rule of thumb. I think you should always be putting yourself in the other persons position and think how much you would be happy to pay for that size and quality fish.

I think Rob's hit the nail on the head. 4-5 months is about right if they are well looked after. They grow pretty slowly.

Hi Fins,

Don't fall into the trap of breeding fish that nobody wants, or just for the sake of breeding them.. (unless you have a purpose)

You can run out of tank space real quick if you don't do some planning.

Ask around your local LFS's what fish they buy in and the average price range, although you may have no probs getting rid of your cockatoos