[QUOTE=decensored;1669035]bumble bee is a good place to start - you can get a male bumblebee for around $400 bucks and statistically speaking your odds will look like

25% bumblebee - $400-500
25% spider - $100 - $200
25% pastel - $100 - $200
25% Wildtype - $0

Average 4egg clutch sale: $750.00
Cost of Male: $400.00
Profit: $350.00


My personal recomendation is to throw out about $750 and find yourself a fire enchi. Bread your Fire Enchi to a normal you will statistically get.

25% Fire Enchi - $750-950
25% Fire - $300 - 400
25% Enchi - $300 - 400
25% Wildtype - $0

Average 4egg clutch sale: $1550.00
Cost of male: $750.00
Profit: $800.00

This is just an example and the prices are hypothetical, but when choosing a male for a normal female its important to look for two things:

a) Double Gene morph.
b) Genes that are showing higher prices in the market.

Bumblebees are awesome looking animals and personally one of my favorite morphs, but it has had its run as a new commodity and is dropping hard in price as EVERYONE has one and/ or are breeding them into the market at competing prices.

You can easily double your profits by looking at the current and future market trends and responding to them. It costs a little more in the beginning but its worth the investment.

Cheers!

Chris.[/QUOT
Where can I get one of those $750 Fire Enchi's? I was offered a hatchling male a few months ago for $2500.