Since my last frag swap, I have been kicking around the idea of actually starting up a small coral business. I am not sure to what extent I would go, I could be a wholesale distributer, or an online retailer. My thoughts are that I really, really like this hobby, I think if you do it right there is money to be made, and it seem as thought you could scale your operation as you needed as well as you could do it in a limited capaciy; i.e. still keep your day job.

I have some space in a temperature controlled area already. I guess I would need tanks, lights, pumps etc. Here are a few questions I was hoping others could help out with.

What are the obsticals that I would run into having just corals in my tank? Would the reduced bio load cause any issues?

Would it be wise to have all the frag tanks piped together?

Is the trade already saturated? Can you make money?

What am I missing?

(just thinking out loud here...)