Hi Well after reading a lot of posts on breeding livebearers..and wanting fry. I just want to show how quickly a tank can be overcrowded. Please know that Im not trying to burst anyones bubble and the fry are such sweet babies, but its not like you can re-home them soon after. They normally have to be about 2 months old or an inch and a half before a LFS will take them. {walmart, petco, petsmart do not take your fish} So while waiting for your fry to grow, they need an adequate tank to grow healthy. Also they need almost a daily wc, ( depending how many are born into the tank ), and they need good food not just flake food. And the females will keep producing, even if you decide to separate the males from the females
While this is just my little way of letting the potential platy, livebearer, 'breeders' see the future..lol..I do wish you good luck if its planned well..
LOL.... I know its not funny... but had to laugh at the warning beeps.. hahah... I KNOW what you have been going through with the upkeep of all those platy... and am happy to see that many will be going bye bye today thank goodness for the small mom and pop LFS!
ohhh btw... I did try to keep up with the scrolling words.. but wow... just moving too fast for these ole eyes! any way to slow that part of the film down?
LOL.... I know its not funny... but had to laugh at the warning beeps.. hahah... I KNOW what you have been going through with the upkeep of all those platy... and am happy to see that many will be going bye bye today thank goodness for the small mom and pop LFS!
ohhh btw... I did try to keep up with the scrolling words.. but wow... just moving too fast for these ole eyes! any way to slow that part of the film down?
..lol yes, just hit the 'dot' as it goes across the screen after playing, and it will stop or slow it down.. the warning beeps are funny ( blasting myself on all these fry ) YUP..going to the LFS today and thats NOT half of them..
That's a lot of fish! Oh Mare, the video is so funny. I'm sorry for laughing at your situation but you sure do seem to have a good sense of humor about it!
That's a lot of fish! Oh Mare, the video is so funny. I'm sorry for laughing at your situation but you sure do seem to have a good sense of humor about it!
.............lol thanks lucy, its ok to laugh...Im beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel ( hood light )..
It's really easy to get big ideas about breeding fish and "selling" them to the LFS. Your film brings home reality more than anything anyone can say. Nobody is going to get rich breeding fish at home I'm lucky that my LFS will trade me supplies for angel fry but they have to be quarter size so that's about three months old.
Carol
Not so funny situation, if your LFS won't take them until they're old enough to breed.
Craigslist allows for re-homing pets for free (some people charge fees & stuff, but I'm always wary.)
I gave away seven platy fry (I let the hornwort be the only protection) when they were about, oh, 5/8" or so, not quite a month old. It was to someone with whom my sister works, so she told me they made it and they're fine.
Someone out there probably wants at least a couple of those adorable babies, and in my very limited experience, you can move them safely before they're pubescent.
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Well after reading a lot of posts on breeding livebearers..and wanting fry. I just want to show how quickly a tank can be overcrowded. Please know that Im not trying to burst anyones bubble and the fry are such sweet babies, but its not like you can re-home them soon after. They normally have to be about 2 months old or an inch and a half before a 
hahah... I KNOW what you have been going through with the upkeep of all those platy... and am happy to see that many will be going bye bye today thank goodness for the small mom and pop LFS! 
any way to slow that part of the film down?
the warning beeps are funny ( blasting myself on all these fry ) YUP..going to the LFS today and thats NOT half of them..
That's a lot of fish!
Oh Mare, the video is so funny. I'm sorry for laughing at your situation but you sure do seem to have a good sense of humor about it!
I'm lucky that my LFS will trade me supplies for angel fry but they have to be quarter size so that's about three months old.
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