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June 18th, 2008
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uh-o more!!!
well the problem is that my fry tank is full to what i would like to be in there and three of my swordtails are knocked up and one of my guppies. should i just let them give birth in the tank and let them get eaten. i don't realy want to do this but i can't see any other option. any suggestions would be great.  |
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June 18th, 2008
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knocked up? (that word to describe pregnancy always triggered me) LOL that was a funny movie...I think only you can decide that..your LFS wont take them?
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June 18th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Shawnie
knocked up? (that word to describe pregnancy always triggered me) LOL that was a funny movie...I think only you can decide that..your LFS wont take them?
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no they wont at the moment as they have lots in the shop, shame realy cuz it;s a very good little shop who know alot and look after fish well, not like these big stores that are around. |
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June 18th, 2008
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Originally Posted by goggles
well the problem is that my fry tank is full to what i would like to be in there and three of my swordtails are knocked up and one of my guppies. should i just let them give birth in the tank and let them get eaten. i don't realy want to do this but i can't see any other option. any suggestions would be great. |
I would say a little more parental supervision would go a long way!  |
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June 18th, 2008
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I would say a little more parental supervision would go a long way! |
 so parental supervision you say. go on then tell me what to do. without another tank to seperate the fish what am i meant to do then, give them comdoms. |
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June 18th, 2008
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wow...fish condoms LOL....you just gotta tell them not to get to close to each other LOL.
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June 18th, 2008
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let nature do its thing..nature is not cruel it's nature..let them eat them the smart ones will hide and survive..survival of the fittest. you might want to put either the males or the females in the fry tank for now till you got population undercontrol
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June 18th, 2008
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Originally Posted by lalynya
let nature do its thing..nature is not cruel it's nature..let them eat them the smart ones will hide and survive..survival of the fittest. you might want to put either the males or the females in the fry tank for now till you got population undercontrol
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yeah i may feed some luke,my betta  |
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June 18th, 2008
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yeah i may feed some luke,my betta
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I have wondered about doing this myself... |
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June 18th, 2008
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Originally Posted by goggles
so parental supervision you say. go on then tell me what to do. without another tank to seperate the fish what am i meant to do then, give them comdoms. |
not sure the size of your tank, but instead of a condom, you could buy a separator  works wonders  and they are way cheap |
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June 18th, 2008
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I think if the tank has a few hiding spots, the ones that you will be left with will be your healthiest fry, since all the bad ones will die or be eaten...
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June 18th, 2008
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Originally Posted by goggles
so parental supervision you say. go on then tell me what to do. without another tank to seperate the fish what am i meant to do then, give them comdoms. |
oh god u guys are to much just had juice come out my nose reading this.
any how we have guppies and left the fry in most of them survived and are doing pretty good for the past 3 weeks. then again not sure how many where there to start with. |
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June 18th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Fish Addict
I think if the tank has a few hiding spots, the ones that you will be left with will be your healthiest fry, since all the bad ones will die or be eaten...
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and what happens when you have a few of the fittest, 17 batches of fry later? then what LOL
if you dont want more, ya gotta send mum n pop to time out |
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June 18th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Shawnie
and what happens when you have a few of the fittest, 17 batches of fry later? then what
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Then you have yourself a nice fish dinner. Just kidding... I think that it depends on how good your fish are at getting pregnant, and how many fish you have to eat the fry. My platies don't get preg. very much, and we usually end up with about 3 per batch when we're trying to catch 'em!
Try to release the fry ASAP so they can help with the crop thinning.. |
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June 19th, 2008
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sorry i forgot to say that i have been breeding for a few years now and know what i am doing but they all just managed to get knocked up at the same time. i have 3 female swordtails and one male, he is just a little casanova.
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June 19th, 2008
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With livebearers, you really need a tank for the fry since you'll get so many.
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June 19th, 2008
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Originally Posted by COBettaCouple
With livebearers, you really need a tank for the fry since you'll get so many.
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i do have a seperate tank for the fry but it's got alot of fry in there and i don't want to overstock it. |
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June 19th, 2008
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 None of the local shops take them? Do you have any aquarium clubs nearby that perhaps you could sell them at? |
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