Fry-stress

[Ava_Banana]

In our community tank, two of the Mollies have given birth.

We isolated a small number to start with, but the others had plenty of hiding places and so we are now left with around 40 Molly fry who are about 6 days old.

They are in a 100L tank with a coupla small synos, 3 zebra loaches, 8 adult mollies and 10 neons.

My questions are:

1) Will this number of fry worry or stress the other fish? (at the moment some of them think they are neons and are swarming with them )

2) Has anyone had any success in trading their fry with their LFS?

3) What do you people do with all your "spares" ?

Thanks all........... B)

 

[fishluver]

1. My Mollies have done that, like there ignoring the fry,I sometimes think they don't even see them. I don't believe it will stress the other fish.
2. After my fry gets over 1" in lenth I take a bunch to the LFS and trade them for mershandise, Mollies I get 2 dollars a piece and Guppies and platies I get 1 dollar a piece for them.
3. I really don't know what u mean by "spares"

 

[sunflower]

Well you need to decide if you're gonna keep the spares, give them away or take them to na lfs. Then there will be no spares.

 

[Ava_Banana]

Excellent responses thank you.

I did wonder whether the lfs would be innundated with people giving away fry, and would turn me away.......these things just don't seem to stop reproducing......

 

[willywonka099]

thats true but many times people just let the fry run around and only a few make it b/c the had them in a comm. tank .............. wear as i am getting ready to have a batch of sword fry (my first batch) and i will hopefully have plenty of survivers and keep a few fem. and send the rest to the LFS for merchendise (i hope) GOOD LUCK