I have only been breeding fish for 12 months or should I say I've been trying to breed fish. Either I never got them out in time or I got them out to early and they would abort. But...........................things have taken a turn in the last 2 and a half weeks 9 of my fish have had fry and I have got another 7 in breed nets ready to burst. What do I do with all the babies everyone tells me to feed them to my oscar but I havn't got the heart besides it's taken me this long to get it right I don't want to just feed them to another fish. Any idea's would be greatly appreciated.
babies everywhere
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dwarfgourami
Fish Connoisseur
Sounds like the ideal conditions for MTS (multiple tank syndrome). 
It is a bit of a problem with fish, they never know when to stop, they can't understand that you'd be delighted with just 4 or 5 babies, not 40.
Too late now, but you could have tried a halfway house of letting them give birth in the tank, that way at least the weakest would have got eaten. The choices you have are:
finding a home for them (but remember you have to have the space for them to grow to a reasonable size first). Friends or the lfs might want some when they are old enough to be sexed. Have a word with them.
feeding them to Oscar (remembering this is what would have happened in the wild-but I know it's hard)
buying more tanks!!! (if only my family could see that this is really the ONLY option!)
What is not an acceptable choice is letting your tank get overstocked, then they will all get ammonia poisoning.
Oh, and don't forget to separate your fry into males and females as soon as they can be sexed. Otherwise you will soon learn all you need to know about the problem of exponential growth.
It is a bit of a problem with fish, they never know when to stop, they can't understand that you'd be delighted with just 4 or 5 babies, not 40.
Too late now, but you could have tried a halfway house of letting them give birth in the tank, that way at least the weakest would have got eaten. The choices you have are:
finding a home for them (but remember you have to have the space for them to grow to a reasonable size first). Friends or the lfs might want some when they are old enough to be sexed. Have a word with them.
feeding them to Oscar (remembering this is what would have happened in the wild-but I know it's hard)
buying more tanks!!! (if only my family could see that this is really the ONLY option!)
What is not an acceptable choice is letting your tank get overstocked, then they will all get ammonia poisoning.
Oh, and don't forget to separate your fry into males and females as soon as they can be sexed. Otherwise you will soon learn all you need to know about the problem of exponential growth.
yeah I know all about ammonia poisoning got it once before it killed over 20 fish over night now I do a 25% water change every week. my sister and my aunty are trying to breed tropical fish but not havin much luck. Do you think I could just advertise them in the paper (when their old enough to go of course) or do you think my local fish shop will get agro at me
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??dwarfgourami
Fish Connoisseur
You could advertise them in the paper, you could advertise them on here (in the buy and sell section), you could find out if there is a local aquarium club whose members might want new stock, you could even try asking your lfs.
If you have the space, you could put them in another tank. They are easy to come by if you look in the right places. I only paid for one of the 5 gallon tanks in my sig. We (my wife) found them through "Free Cycle" locally. I was given the 90 gallon by a neighbor who couldn't keep up with it any longer. My wife and son just picked up another 10 gallon last night (not listed in my sig). It is being used for a terrarium.dwarfgourami said:
I don't know if this is possible for you, just a suggestion you could check into.
HTH
Bryan
could try advertising them on here. but i wouldn't expect any money for them. unless there rare.
http
/www.tropicalfishfinder.co.uk/exchange.asp
http
/www.tropicalfishfinder.co.uk/exchange.asp
Tokis-Phoenix
^_^
How many males do you have to your females and how many gallons are your tanks? Livebearer fry are cute, like most baby animals, but even in the wild only a very small percentage of them would survive to adulthood which is why livebearers breed on such a rapid scale.
Even after you have separated your males from your females your females will continue to get pregant for a while because they can store sperm in them, but they will eventualy run dry.
You must make a decision- either let the fry fend for themselves in the main tank and hope that most get eaten, feed them to other fish, or buy some decent sized tanks and split the males from the females.
Either way though, a single guppy can produce hundreds of fry in her lifetime, so it is unlikely you will have the space for all that fry. Local fish store's(lfs's) will probably not pay anything for your guppys since they get them for pennys anyways but they should take them off your hands for free, so will be doing you a favor- i suggest you talk to your lfs and see how many they can take off you.
Even after you have separated your males from your females your females will continue to get pregant for a while because they can store sperm in them, but they will eventualy run dry.
You must make a decision- either let the fry fend for themselves in the main tank and hope that most get eaten, feed them to other fish, or buy some decent sized tanks and split the males from the females.
Either way though, a single guppy can produce hundreds of fry in her lifetime, so it is unlikely you will have the space for all that fry. Local fish store's(lfs's) will probably not pay anything for your guppys since they get them for pennys anyways but they should take them off your hands for free, so will be doing you a favor- i suggest you talk to your lfs and see how many they can take off you.
nino
Fish Addict
where are you located? you could try craigslist.org. i know it is really big here in california and you can list in all the states and many other countries in the free or for sale section.
i know when i had my guppy babies i offered them to my friends who then proceeded to get into fishkeeping.
i know when i had my guppy babies i offered them to my friends who then proceeded to get into fishkeeping.
I have brought a new tank for my babies, a 3 foot tank infact they are very happy my pet shop are going to but them of me when they are old enough "thankgod" I just got rid of my first lof guppy babies I gave them to my family members ( I have about 7 other family members that breed fish.
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