Can I Realistically Sell Platy Juvis In The Uk?

[CrazyAirborne]

Well this question is for other in the UK who have come to the conclusion recently that they are going to be soon over run with platys. I have 2 females that are just dropping fry all the time. and I probably have about 20 juvis that are starting to show sex and will probably become pregnant as well. I see this as a disaster ahead.

Is it realistic for me to try and sell them privately on the classifieds? either here or aquarist classifieds? I just wonder if people actually go on those forums to buy Platys you know? Has anyone had a LFS buy platys from them? It just seems like the demand would be very low.

plz discuss

 

[ian]

my local LFS will take Platy juvis and not give anything for them. I think they are in that much of abundance, that if they are just the regular common platy, then you're gonna struggle selling them. But good luck!

 

[CrazyAirborne]

yeah this is what i expected. With platys it doesnt matter if u keep all males, or all females right? the males wont get aggressive or anything correct?

 

[StandbySetting]

Keeping all males is fine, just make sure you have at least 4-5 to help spread aggression or 'frustration', if you can line breed Platy's and get some nice colour morphs then they'd probably be sought after.

 

[OldMan47]

SS is probably right about the demand for new or unusual platies but effective line breeding of a single feature requires a large investment in tanks. It takes at least 10 tanks to breed for a single characteristic and along the way enormous numbers of failures or partial successes must be sold off before you get the new characteristic fixed in your line. As a commercial venture it can be profitable, but as a way to make it easier to deal with excess fry, it would be counter-productive.

 

[micko]

My LFS took about 70 off me one time and gave me 40pence each for them. He has always since asked me about breeding more but I said I didn't want to. He wasn't wanting fry, he was wanting them near adult so the time I have to look after and feed them it was no way of making money (that's not what I wanted to do anyway)