So What Do You Guys Do With All The Babies?

[Amunet]

I keep seeing topics where folks' livebearers have pretty much bred until their tanks are overrun by them.
What on earth do you do with all of the extra fish? Just go out and keep getting new tanks to put them all in? Just keep them in where they were born even though it gets cramped and more than likely they'll keep breeding?
I'd really like to get 2 female guppies and put them into the Q/H tank (when it's empty) with a male so we could raise our own (bad experiences with getting them from petstore). I would take the male out though when I see that the females have been sperminated.
But I'm not sure if this would be a good idea b/c well... not sure if we'd even have enough room since we don't plan on getting any more tanks atm (dangit).

I don't even know where I'm going with all of this rofl...
I'm just a bit hesitant on this idea b/c I would hate for the guppies to have all of these fry and then be stuck in an overcrowded tank.

 

[clover]

eather give them away, sell them, of see if your lfs would like some. sometimes they give your store credit

 

[Jozlyn]

I bought a pregnant dalmation molly (unknowingly). I spoke to the LFS that I got her from and they're willing to take the fry and will give me a store credit of AU$1 each for them but I have to grow them out first, which I don't mind doing, they don't cost much to feed and even tho they're only 3 days old they're fun to watch. She had 30+ on Wednesday night, we netted out 30 and they are now in a fry tank, there are still some more in the main tank, I'll vacuum them out tomorrow when I do my tank clean and pop them in the fry tank as well.

I'd sound out your LFS's before you start breeding to see if they'll take them, some wont because of contamination issues.

 

[eggbert_99]

generally lfs will take them for store credit .. depends on the type of lfs ..

if its franchised like "Strictly Aquariums" in Aus they generally dont take fish from other sources coz of the reason above ..