My Tank Has Been Overrun By Platies!

[brainyfish]

Hi Tropical Fish Forums!

 
 
I am new to this forum and I have some questions about my tank.
 
Right now I currently have a 20 gallon tank which includes 1 pencil fish, 3 fairy cories and multiple platies. My issue is that the platies have been breeding like crazy and now I have way to many platy babies and adults which I had not seen because my tank was so heavily planted. I have recently removed most of the plants in hopes that my bottom feeders would get some of the babies, but they do not seem interested in eating them at all. I was wondering if you knew of any fish that would go well in a community but kill of the platies offspring? 
 
If anyone has any advice it would be most appreciated.
 
Madeline 
 
 

 

[RyanTheFishGuy64]

Almost anything would eat the platies,even platies themselves eat their offspring! I dont think the tank mates are the problem, but the amount of hiding area they have is more of the issue

 

[tom54]

Why not advertise them free to any one who wants them.i dont your answer is to add more fish to eat them.

 

[Far_King]

Have you got a local fish shop that will take your newly bred fish off your hands?

 

[didz04]

+1 to giving them away at your local fish shop. 
 
It was pretty funny first time I kept guppies. I saw my first batch of fry swimming and I was worried about the fish eating them, especially my pair of pearl white angelfish. As soon as the angelfish caught one in their mouth I thought that was it they were a goner, but the fry were too big for their mouth and all I could see was a tale sticking out and they had to spin them right back out after a few seconds of trying to swallow them lol. The fry were fine.