Several Convict Fry

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Slufa111

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Ok a couple months ago (about 7 hehe) I got my first pair of Convicts......of course I got a female and a male....so guess what? They had a fry. I thought it was cool so I let me grow.....big mistake on my part. I now have like 11 medium sized convicts.

So, 3 of the medium sized convicts have laid two more fry and i now realize that they will just keep spawning these little guys until the tank explodes. I feel bad about flushing the new fry but really what other way is there?


I dont want to be a fish killer:(
 
You could contact all LFS and see if they will take them for free, I doubt any will pay. Aquarium Societies is another route to look at, again I don't think you'll get anymoney.

If you can't give them away then you will probably have to cull them, though don't flush them as this will no doubt be extremely stressful, painful and inhumane. Clove oil is meant to euthanise fish humanely, though a long term solution would be to split the pair up. If you want to keep the pair but not the fry, you could remove the eggs when you see them, but this may upset the pair's bond which may cause problems when the male wants to breed but the female isn't ready - just a possibility.
 
I will also be faced with this problem soon enough, I'm probably going to get another tank and put in some kind of predatory fish. Once the fry are freeswimming enough, scoop out a couple and there's a free lunch.
 

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