What Should I Do With My Fry?

[VukovichD]

I have a male and female johanni's that just love to get it on. the only problem is i dont know what to do with the babbies. i have the first "batch" in a five gal. and they are reaching bout 2 inches. and i have the second batch in a five gal and they are about a half inch. is there certain places or what not i can sell or give these fry to? i recently discovered that my bumble bee cichlids who hate eachother had some babies too. i only found a couple but if they had more that would increase my number of fish and increase my need to get rid of them. i want to find a good home tho. what to do?

 

[kribensis12]

Sell them to your lfs. Or get another big tank.

 

[Colin_T]

as above. Most petshops will take a few but not hundreds. You can leave the babies in the tank for the other fish to eat. Most breeders will grow up the young for a few weeks and pick out the nicest fish before destroying the others. Then they sell a few good fish to their local shop and use the credit they get to pick up other fish or food.