Too many guppy fry, need advice

I have three female guppies that briefly shared a tank with two males earlier this year. Very recently I noticed fry in the tank. A week later we decided to move the fry to a small 10 gallon tank. At this point, I've been pulling out 8-12 fry per week for the last few weeks. There must be over 30 fry in there now, one to four weeks old.
The first batch was a complete shock since there hadn't been a male in the tank for at least 5 months. I realize now that's not totally unusual. Since the first batch, we did put a young male in the tank but he disappeared after two days. I assume the females were not pleased with his presence; I wish I knew they might retaliate.
I'm curious to see if any of the first batch of fry look similar to my original male guppies. They were magnificent males with very long flowy fins and tail. Sadly those long fins became a target and I didn't pick up on it soon enough. We raised them from a very young age so it was sad.
Anyhow, the tank they're in is moderately planted but pretty soon that small tank isn't going to cut it. So, what do people do with so many fry?
With regards to selling them, I read that they're not desirable until they show their colors...2 to 3 months. I'm not sure that's an option.
I have other tanks but they would become food for my rams, apistos, kribensis. Is that bad?
Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Some people use as feeder fish if your comfortable with that, I let nature take its course and never remove them from the main tank but mine are breeding in a 330gal community so an extra 20-30 guppies here or there really goes unnoticed

 

They taste good fried. A little bony, but still quite good.

Lol, In all seriousness when they are small the parents will usually eat them. Probably bugger fish would eat them too. You could also humanly euthanize them, with clove oil. Doesn't hurt them at all.

 

OK, I put 10 in a tank with an Apistogramma pair. If I end up with another batch I'll put them in the community tank. I'll let the larger one's grow out in the 10 gallon tank.

 

They taste good fried. A little bony, but still quite good.

Lol, In all seriousness when they are small the parents will usually eat them. Probably bugger fish would eat them too. You could also humanly euthanize them, with clove oil. Doesn't hurt them at all.

It depends on the strain. Some, like albino koi, are relentless fry hunters. Others bother them very little, if any.

 

So, what do people do with so many fry?

Selling, donating, use as feeder fish or get more tanks...

Lol, In all seriousness when they are small the parents will usually eat them.

Well, that just a generalization. There are lots of guppies that leave those fry (no matter the size) completely alone. If you'd hop by at my place, I can proof it...

I read that they're not desirable until they show their colors...2 to 3 months.

You'd be right if you would try to sell them to an lfs. But there are enough people who don't mind taking guppy fry and watch them grow up.

 

They taste good fried. A little bony, but still quite good.

Lol, In all seriousness when they are small the parents will usually eat them. Probably bugger fish would eat them too. You could also humanly euthanize them, with clove oil. Doesn't hurt them at all.

If they’re fried well, you shouldn’t notice the bones….


Anyway….

Yes, people do use them as feeders. It can actually save you a lot of money on food if you have enough predators. You can pay a bill for feeders, or supply your own feeders *and* maybe sell off some of your nicer ones for some side cash.

When my Bearded Dragon was a baby and eating a thousand roaches a month (no joke) Being able to trade some fish for feeders helped a lot. Now I can probably sell roaches back to them on occasion since she’s an adult and eating her greens now.

Or maybe I should start keeping quail or chickens.